Existential Clause
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An Existential Clause is a linguistic clause that ...
- See: English Grammar#There as Pronoun, Clause (Grammar), English Language, Existential Quantification.
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2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/existential_clause Retrieved:2016-5-19.
- An existential clause is a clause that refers to the existence or presence of something. Examples in English include the sentences "There is a God" and "There are boys in the yard". The use of such clauses can be considered analogous to existential quantification in predicate logic (often expressed with the phrase "There exist(s)...").
Different languages have different ways of forming and using existential clauses. For details about English, see English grammar: There as pronoun.
- An existential clause is a clause that refers to the existence or presence of something. Examples in English include the sentences "There is a God" and "There are boys in the yard". The use of such clauses can be considered analogous to existential quantification in predicate logic (often expressed with the phrase "There exist(s)...").