| Name | IT-Definite-Reference-NP Construction |
|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | ① Referring to a ‘thing’ that is not a person (sometimes also used to refer to a baby). ② Referring to another constituent of the same clause. |
| Usage conditions | – ‘thing’ must be identifiable from linguistic or extralinguistic context; – any NP-slot |
| Syntactic form | it |
| Agreement | singular verb |
| General cxn-type | DEFINITE-REFERENCE-NP CONSTRUCTION PERSONAL-PRONOUN CONSTRUCTION |
| Construction family | NP CONSTRUCTION |
| Specification | 3rd person sg |
| Literature | Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch. 5) |
| Annotators/Date | TRH/04/21F |