locative
Indicating a location
Locative refers to a grammatical case indicating location or place.
In languages like Latin, Finnish, or Sanskrit, nouns take locative endings to show where something happens: in the house, at the market.
English lacks a true locative case but expresses the same idea through prepositions.
The term appears mainly in linguistics and language instruction.
Position or location
- positionLocation or stance
- siteDesignated location
- whereAt what place
- whereaboutsApproximate current position
coordinates · latitude · longitude · geography · topography · orientation · proximity · distance
Preposition of location
- inDenoting enclosure or inclusion
- onTouching from above
- uponPreposition meaning atop
- withinIn the interior of
above · below · beside · between · among · around · beneath · beyond
Container or instance
- inflectionWord form alteration
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- declensionNoun form variation
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
agreement · affixes · linguistics · suffixes · postpositions · particles · nominal · marking
Case marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
- dativeCase showing indirect object
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
vocative · instrumental · partitive · illative · oblique · declension · singular · dual
Parts of a whole
- dependencyState of needing support
- agreementShared position between parties
- subcategorizationClassifying words by complements
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
complement · adverbial · circumstantial · thematic · ground · figure · goal · source
place
Position or location
whereabouts · coordinates · latitude · longitude · geography · topography · orientation · proximity · distance · direction
at
Preposition of location
within · above · below · beside · between · among · around · beneath · beyond · by
case
Container or instance
- inflectionWord form alteration
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- declensionNoun form variation
grammatical · agreement · affixes · linguistics · suffixes · postpositions · particles · nominal · marking · encoding
nominative
Case marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
- dativeCase showing indirect object
genitive · vocative · instrumental · partitive · illative · oblique · declension · singular · dual · plural
constituents
Parts of a whole
- dependencyState of needing support
- agreementShared position between parties
- subcategorizationClassifying words by complements
adjunct · complement · adverbial · circumstantial · thematic · ground · figure · goal · source · path
locativenominative
Case marking sentence subjects
accusative · dative · genitive · vocative · instrumental
- film locationWhere production takes place
- haunted locationsSites of alleged paranormal activity
- location independent
- remote locationIsolated, distant area
- current location
- location servicesPosition-detecting phone feature
location, relocation, locating, allocation, locations, allocations, relocations, allocative