So, an emergent existential...
Paul
> Yes, as I said, univerbation.
> Peter
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> 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
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> 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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Paul J. Hopper,
Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emeritus,
Department of English,
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Carnegie Mellon University,
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University of Pittsburgh
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