in its specifying sense

[GoldfishLord]

1. There is a restaurant around the corner. 2. There are two people waiting outside. In [1] “is” has the noun phrase “a restaurant” as PC (predicative complement) in its specifying sense,......I'd like to know what exactly "in its specifying sense" means.

 

[probus]

Me too.

 

[5jj]

the sentence comes from post #4 in this thread: https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/287444-There-are?p=1697465#post1697465. Please provide a link in future with your questions about posts here, GoldfishLord.

 

[GoldfishLord]

the sentence comes from post #4 in this thread: https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/287444-There-are?p=1697465#post1697465Please provide a link in future with your questions about posts here, GoldfishLord.

I'd like to know if "here" is a filler after a noun, solely for emphasis.

 

[Tarheel]

Arguably, it could have been omitted. (Obviously, he meant here on the forum.)