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It has recently been claimed (Hazout 2004) that the English expletives it and there do not differ in their theta-properties. This paper argues that Dutch het and er do differ: all instances of het bear a (quasi-)theta-role; no instance of er does. Evidence comes from an analysis of expletive selection in constructions with seem-type verbs.
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Ruys, E.G. Expletive selection and CP arguments in Dutch. J Comp German Linguistics 13, 141–178 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-010-9037-5
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