locative case

Also known as loc, locative, place case

grammatical case which indicates a location

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The locative case is a grammatical feature in some languages that marks where something is located or where an action takes place. It matters because it helps speakers and listeners clearly understand the spatial relationships between people, objects, and events in a sentence.

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exact match: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#locativeCase
short name: LOC
equivalent class: purl.org/linguistics/gold/LocativeCase

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In grammar, the locative case (/ˈlɒkətɪv/ LOK-ə-tiv; abbreviated loc) is a grammatical case which indicates a location. In languages using it, the locative case may perform a function which in English would be expressed with such prepositions as "in", "on", "at", and "by". The locative case belongs to the general local cases, together with the lative and ablative case.

The locative case exists in many language groups.