Tempting, but univerbation could also account for (1) - (2):
(1) Where's my books?
(2) Where's my mum and dad?
Marc
On 27/10/2013 21:29, Paul Johnston wrote:
> If we're talking Robert Burns here, aren't we running into the
> Northern Subject Rule, which states that you have present tense verbs
> take the -s suffix unless immediately proceeded by a personal pronoun,
> existential construction or not?
>
> Paul Johnston
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Marc FRYD <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>> Before this gets too cold, may I say that there is "there's", but
>> there is also "there was", isn't there?
>> e.g. There was three kings into the east (/John Barleycorn/, Robert
>> Burns).
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On 27/10/2013 16:34, Paul Hopper wrote:
>>> So, an emergent existential...
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, as I said, univerbation.
>>>> Peter
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: Variationist List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Troike,
>>>> Rudolph C - (rtroike) [[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: 27 October 2013 04:57
>>>> To:[log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: Is vs. are research
>>>>
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> Uri, the awareness is interesting, probably showing the traumatic
>>>> effects of prescriptive schooling.
>>>> Even President George H. W. Bush used "there's people" in non-formal
>>>> speaking. It is interesting
>>>> that in languages like Spanish ('hay'), Turkish ('var'), and Chinese
>>>> ('you') there is a single word
>>>> used to express the existential assertion. Probably English, left alone by
>>>> teachers and editors, would
>>>> eventuate in a single form 'theres'.
>>>>
>>>> --Rudy
>>>>
>>>> Rudy Troike
>>>> University of Arizona
>>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>> From: Uri Horesh [[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 10:12 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Is vs. are research?
>>>>
>>>> Even though I am, admittedly, kinda tired of this thread, I felt an urge
>>>> to add the following anecdote that just appeared on my Twitter feed:
>>>>
>>>> @quixoticblazes: Just just overheard, re: restaurants in Chelsea: "God,
>>>> there's [sic] people everywhere." (Gurl, you must be from out of town.)
>>>>
>>>> Quick & dirty analysis: Even though the writer himself doesn't shy way
>>>> from non-standardisms (e.g., "Just just," "Gurl"), he made a point to
>>>> indicate that there was something out of the ordinary with "there's
>>>> people" by interjecting a "[sic]" between those two words.
>>>>
>>>> I'll say no more.
>>>>
>>>> Uri
>>>>
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