Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Existential Constructions
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| Author: | Ljuba Veselinova | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Typology
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| Query: |
In English (as well as other languages I am familiar with) existence can be
expressed by a special 'existential construction' as in (i) below or by a clause with the verb 'exist' as in (ii) (i) There is such a thing as non-alcoholic beer (ii) Non-alcololic beer exists (i) represents the 'normal'/frequent/unmarked way to express existence whereas (ii) can be shown to be marked in many ways: it is less frequently used, functionally restricted etc. When grammars report on existential constructions, typically constructions of the type of (i) are presented. I would like to check in what other languages there is marked construction like (ii) above used to express existence. The languages I know are Bulgarian, Swedish, French and Russian. I would very much appreciate data from other languages. Thanks a lot in advance! I will post a summary if there is enough interest. All good wishes, Ljuba |
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| LL Issue: | 18.1143 | |
| Date posted: | 15-Apr-2007 | |
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