Comparative Concept: locative phrase (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
locative phrase (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | locative phrase • locative (attributive) phrase • locative attributive phrase |
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Definition
an attributive phrase whose head denotes an object concept - modifying a referent expression via a figure–ground spatial relation. Example: in the bicycle in the garage, in the garage is a locative attributive phrase: its head denotes an object concept, the garage, and the garage is the ground in a figure–ground spatial relation with respect to the bicycle. (Section 4.1.4)