Also On the Merging Position of the Expletive there
The merging position of the expletive there is a matter of controversy in Generative Grammar.Analyses assuming high,low,lower and lowest merging positions for there have different starting points and face different empirical and theoretical problems.A series of facts show that the expletive there construction does not constitute a homogeneous group of linguistic phenomena.The discussion of the merging position of there should be handled with an eye to this non-uniformity and the possibility thereof of non-unified merging positions for there.
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