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“there” is a pronoun in your example. You’re saying “pronouns were not there” in a ye-olden format, and “there” is standing in for a place (meaning has changed over time).

'Way back when, yet still in memory, English had no pronouns."

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Nice!

[Sincere] Thank you for the explanation!

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I’m not a native speaker, but wouldn’t it be an adverb?

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there

depends on the use, but in this situation I’m leaning towards definition #2

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