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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, ..... Click the link for more information. referring to location. Nouns in this case are often translatable into English phrases beginning with at, in, or on. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Each occurrence of the following structures was tallied and labeled 'subjunctive-related structures': 1) Structures that trigger the use of the obligatory subjunctive in nominal clauses (volitive, impossible, causative), 2) Structures that trigger the use of the variable subjunctive in nominal clauses as categorized by Ocampo (1990) (comment, doubt, negative casual, locative, modal, relative), and 3) Structures that trigger the use of the obligatory subjunctive in adverbial clauses. An inverse example comes from Europe, where tens of thousands participate in BotFighters; a cellphonebased game that uses locative technologies to track players as they move through the city, which on screen becomes a virtual realm. Jonathan Smith, for example, contrasts two types of space, locative and utopian (Smith 1990: 121-42). |
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