Abstract: On the basis of Tang Yuzhu（2001） who proposed that expletive there in English existential construction is an independent argument of existential verbs,this paper further proposes that there functions as an independent argument in there-construction regardless of whether locative appears in the sentences or not.When the locative appears in the beginning of existential construction without the expletive there,the locative is an argument of the existential verbs and functions as subject of the sent...