Comparative Concept: predicational location (inf/cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
predicational location (inf/cxn)
| Typ | information packaging (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | predicational location • predicational locative • locative predication |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | predicational location (inf/cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a spatial location situation with a predicational ( topic–comment) information packaging, such that the figure in the spatial relation is the topic and its location (including the ground) is the comment; and the construction expressing that function. Example: The pot is on the table is an instance of the predicational locative construction. (Section 10.4.1)