-Giving new information
For and Thompson also found some interesting tendencies with “existential” head nouna (i.e., logical subjects) following nonreferential there subjects ( see Chapter 23).
These logical subject head nouns lend overwhelmingly to have indefinite determineas หน้า 6
Are specific in reference as well as being human: furthermore, they strongly
Tivized subjects over relativized objects: In the two cases below the italicized
And in the U.S. ground the head nouns in the discourse. The relative clause moves the discourse forward—that is, it gives new information that contributes to the development of the discourse:
There were two people there who were constanly on stage. ExS (Logical SS)
In the U.S. there are over a hundred thousand people who
Are over a hundred yeare old.