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locative (lŏk`ətĭv) [Lat.,=placing], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Sanskrit), the case case, in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus,
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 referring to location. Nouns in this case are often translatable into English phrases beginning with at, in, or on.


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Part of the new heterogeneous transnational media ecology, locative media expands upon legacies of Fluxus and participatory art that foregrounded the assemblage of transitory publics.
We came to the job armed with a raft of new tools and buzz words--we would Twitter our editorials; we would geotag to build commentary by community; we would exploit locative media and spread the word via widgets.
Pinker first suggests there is no rule that explains why some verbs are suitable for locative alternation and others are not, and thus sends us off down a series of grammar-filled psycholinguistic dead ends before revealing that there is in fact a rule that distinguishes 'spray' from 'pour'.
 
 
 
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