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anticipatory it

Noun
Japanese Meaning
文法用語。後に実際の主語や目的語が現れる場合に、一時的にその位置を補うために用いられる代名詞「it」のこと。
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彼女は統語論の論文で、実際の主語を後の節まで延期するためのプレースホルダーとして使われる代名詞「it」(予告的代名詞)の働きを分析した。

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(grammar) The pronoun it used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or, less commonly, object.

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anticipatory it

In her syntax paper she analyzed how the anticipatory it allows sentences to postpone the real subject until later clauses.

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In her syntax paper she analyzed how the anticipatory it allows sentences to postpone the real subject until later clauses.

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