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Publication details [#23316]
Downing, Angela. 1990. The discourse function of presentative `there' in existential structures in Middle English and Present-day English: A systemic-functional perspective. Occasional Papers in Systemic Linguistics 4 : 103–125.
Annotation
A brief examination of the discourse function of presentative `there' from the point of view of its consolidation in Middle English and a discussion of certain problematic aspects of `there' structures in Present-day English.