LINGUIST List 21.3614 Mon Sep 13 2010 Qs: Resource Search: 'hay' Constructions in Spanish Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Javier Perez, Resource Search: 'hay' Constructions in Spanish Message 1: Resource Search: 'hay' Constructions in Spanish Date: 09-Sep-2010 From: Javier Perez <jperezuvigo.es> Subject: Resource Search: 'hay' Constructions in Spanish E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST List members, In order to undertake a contrastive analysis of "hay" and "there" sentences in Spanish and English, I would be grateful if you could send me references containing functional and formal analyses of presentational "hay" constructions in Spanish ("Hay tres estudiantes esperando por el profesor en el pasillo"). I am interested in issues such as: the syntactic structure of the construction, its informative organisation (in terms of old vs given information), processing (distribution of constituents along the sentence), etc. So far I have focused on: Suñer, Margarita (1982) "Syntax and Semantics of Spanish Presentational Sentence Types". Washington, DC: Georgetown University. I am not aware of more recent stuff. Thanks in advance, Javier Perez-Guerra University of Vigo, Spain jperezuvigo.es Linguistic Field(s): Syntax Subject Language(s): Spanish (spa) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Sep-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.