“Expletives” as Discourse Markers: Semantic and Pragmatic Considerations in “It” and “There”
This paper explores the syntactic and semantic configurations of expletives “it” and “there.” It attempts to show that expletives are not just syntactic fillers; they are semantic markers and are pragmatically bound NPs that can be co-indexed with covert referents. The study follows a theoretical a...
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| Language: | English |
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Department of English, University of Chitral
2023-12-01
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| Series: | University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature |
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| Online Access: | https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/113 |