"there's" + <plural noun>

[Grant Barrett]

Can anyone point me to something definitive on the the use of
"there's" followed by a plural noun? I understand it to behave
somewhat like "hay" in Spanish and "il y a" in French.

I have seen this Language Log post by Mark Liberman, which is a good
start:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002447.html

Grant Barrett
grantbarrett at gmail.com

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