質問: there is theについて 「~があります」というthere isの文では there is my bookやthere is the bookなど 特定のものは主語にできないということですが, 次のような文がありました。 laura ingalls wilder著の little house in the big woodsの中で there were only trees and the wild animals who had their houses among them. このtheは先行詞で使われています。 実際にはthere isの後でもmyやtheなどの 限定詞はよく用いられているのでしょうか。
回答: 下記の原文を見ますと、"wild animals"は初出であるにも関わらず定冠詞が付けられていますが、初出の場合は定冠詞は付けないのが普通でしょう。文学的な効果を意図して用いられたものと思われます: once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of wisconsin, in a little gray house made of logs. the great, dark trees of the big woods stood all around the house, and beyond them were other trees and beyond them were more trees. as far as a man could go to the north in a day, or a week, or a whole month, there was nothing but woods. there were no houses. there were no roads. there were no people. there were only trees and the wild animals who had their homes among them. https://www.recommendmeabook.com/lauraingallswilder/littlehouseinthebigwoods