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    • Truth Is, Sentence-Initial Shell Nouns Are Showing Up Bare 

      Stvan, Laurel Smith (Palacký University, 2014)
      **Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: In one subtype of English shell noun construction, the noun serves as the subject in a pre-clausal unit, e.g., “The thing is.” Shell noun NPs have mainly been ...