The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)
existential "there"
Definition -
The use of
there
used as a subject in an
existential sentence
.
Example -
There's
nobody at the door.
a type of
:
dummy
similar:
existential "it"
see:
existential sentence
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