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This paper is to review the meaning and function of there through an analysis of the notion of information structure and show that there-constructions are basically independent of the so-called corresponding constructions, as both the constructions should be used in their respective situations in discourse. In particular, it is argued that there as non-expletive is a presupposedly situational indicator, representing given information as a meaningful unit, not a meaningless one. This assumption will be made from these facts that there should always be placed at the subject position in a sentence and, in general, the subject position stands for given information on the basis of information structure.