THERE, HAPPENS, TO, BE, HAVE

This paper argues for an analysis of experiencer have and presentation al there constructions based on a small clausal structure of which the predicate - a dative PP in the former and the 'expletive' there in th e latter - inverts with its subject. This subject can be a simple nomi nal phrase (as in simple possessive John has the car or there is no so lution) or a proposition, This paper will concentrate on have and ther e constructions in which the subject of the small clause is propositio nal, analysing in detail more complex there constructions like there w alked a arrange man into my office and so-called experiencer have cons tructions like ! had a strange man walk into my office, both of which feature the verbal proposition [a strange man walk into my office] as the subject of the there/dative small clause, The structure assigned t o these constructions will be seen to correctly predict their extracti on properties, in conjunction with a few independent hypotheses concer ning the semantics of experiencer have constructions. The analysis bri ngs forth a typology of there and have constructions which will be see n to be empirically attested, It lends support to an analysis of 'expl etive' there as a small clause predicate, and to a decompositional (ha ve = be + to) approach to have.