The English existential

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 0. INTRODUCTION: THE ENGLISH EXISTENTIAL AND UNIVERSALS OF LANGUAGE -- 1. THE PHRASE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS -- 2. THE PHRASE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND CLEFT REDUCTION -- 3. THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS -- 4. STANDARD THERE-INSERTION -- 5. THERE-INSERTI0N AND SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION -- 6. THE STRUCTURE-PRESERVING ANALYSIS OF THERE-INSERTION -- 7. THERE-INSERTION IN GENERATIVE SEMANTICS -- 8. LOCATIVE ANALYSES OF THERE-INSERTION -- 9. CONCLUSION -- 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY