11.883, Qs: "There" Constructions, Malay/Indonesian Ling

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Subject: 11.883, Qs: "There" Constructions, Malay/Indonesian Ling

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1)
Date:  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:24:46 EDT
From:  YukaMakita at aol.com
Subject:  There-constructions

2)
Date:  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:29:12 -0400
From:  Ilse-Marie Gates <ngates at intranet.ca>
Subject:  Malay/Indonesian

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:24:46 EDT
From:  YukaMakita at aol.com
Subject:  There-constructions

Dear Linguists,

I'm now interested in there-constructions, especially,
whether the existential there make NO contribution
in interpretation or not.
So, could you judge the following sentences and tell
me semantic differences if any.

(i)   There is a lamp beside the table.
(ii)  Beside the table there is a lamp.
(iii) A lamp is beside the table.

Thanks in advance,


*****
Yuka MAKITA
E-mail: YukaMakita at aol.com


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Date:  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:29:12 -0400
From:  Ilse-Marie Gates <ngates at intranet.ca>
Subject:  Malay/Indonesian

Advice requested.  As a retired person studying Malay/Indonesian - best
sources to go for (a) reports of current work on syntax and semantics
(b) books on these topics
Noel Gates

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