Constituent order can encode grammatical relations in a language. The visual-spatial modality imbues sign languages with characteristics such as simultaneity or the use of space which raise question appropriate unit analysis constituent studies. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on core constituents elicited declarative clauses for non-reversible, reversible and locative states-of-af...

This paper uses the realisation of locative-related roles in Balinese to show that there is no clear-cut distinction between arguments and adjuncts, supporting the gradient nature of grammatical functions (cf. Croft 2001; Langacker 1987; Aarts 2007). It argues that argumenthood is not wholly a property of a lexical head predicate and that a purely lexically based projectionist approach to synta...

With the proliferation of smartphones and the increasing popularity of social media, people have developed habits of posting not only their thoughts and opinions, but also content concerning their whereabouts. On such highly-interactive yet informal social media platforms, people make heavy use of informal language, including when it comes to locative expressions. Such usage inhibits the abilit...

This paper reports on a survey of 62 languages with complex local case morphology, drawn from 5 language families and several language isolates. The local case morphology of all the languages surveyed conforms, without exceptions, to the template in (1), as detailed below. This template shares with recent analyses of spatial PPs (Koopman 2000, den Dikken 2006, Svenonius to appear) the view that...

This paper explores locative media projects involving play and games, and their potential to act as a tool for empowerment, community building, and cultural change. Locative media, as a genre of projects and as a set of tools and technologies, often offers playful scenarios or actual games with which to explore spaces, particularly the space of the city. What contemporary media artists attempt—...

We reconsider discrete quantum causal dynamics where quantum systems are viewed as discrete structures, namely directed acyclic graphs. In such a graph, events are considered as vertices and edges depict propagation between events. Evolution is described as happening between a special family of spacelike slices, which were referred to as locative slices. Such slices are not so large as to resul...