Deictic 'go'

[Joel S. Berson]

When the Starbucks barista this noon handed me my latte, he said
"Here you go."  Another case of focus on the action(s):  handing me
my drink; expecting me to take it somewhere (whether drink-in or drink-out).

If he had put it down on the counter before I arrived, I would have
expected him to say "Here/there it is".

Joel

At 11/6/2013 10:30 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>This reminds me of the "get" vs. "come" question.  Does "go" get used
>when there is a focus on an activity, a process of something going
>somewhere, and "is" is preferentially used when the focus is on existence?
>
>Here goes nuthin' -- the unnamed activity may get nowhere.
>Here go your permission slip -- I'm giving it to you.
>
>hw gray's examples seem similar.
>
>Joel
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>At 11/6/2013 01:21 AM, Benjamin Torbert wrote:
>>I think several of these examples are distinct from the ones I hear in
>>AAE.  They don't accurately paraphrase with a *be  *verb.
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>>On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 12:19 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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