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Lingvisticæ InvestigationesVol. 12:1 (1988) ► pp.85–100
L'interprétation Événementielle des Phrases en Il Y A
This paper presents an illustration of the claim that it is possible to treat a semantic problem with the use of syntactic data only, i.e. without appealing to extralinguistic considerations. The example in question is concerned with French clauses constructed around Il y a, for example Il y a un tank dans le jardin (There is a tank in the garden) The event interpretation of such a clause can be explained by the pseudo-sentential clause construction Il y a que S, which is formally related to such clauses.
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