The Use of the Locative Ending in Malecite

Abstract

The use of the locative is wide in Malecite. The internal and external locations are not equally common in the three dimensions: "moving to", "being there" and "moving away". The locative plural will be also studied (its limited use and its special meanings), as well as the possessed locative. What do the Malecites do when they want to express specific locations such as "under something", "near something", "on top of something" etc. In these situations there is an additional adverb right before or right after the locative of the noun.