@article{Matushansky_2019, title={The case of restricted locatives}, volume={23}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/604}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2019.v23i2.604}, abstractNote={<p>This paper examines the cross-linguistic phenomenon of locative case restricted to a closed class of items (L-nouns). Starting with Latin, I suggest that the restriction is semantic in nature: L-nouns denote in the spatial domain and hence can be used as locatives without further material. I show how the independently motivated hypothesis that directional PPs consist of two layers, Path and Place, explains the directional uses of L-nouns and the cases that are assigned then, and locate the source of the locative case itself in p<sup>0</sup>, for which I then provide a clear semantic contribution: a type-shift from the domain of loci to the object domain. I then examine cross-linguistic restrictions on the use of locative case and show that the patterns observed can be accounted for on the same assumptions.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Matushansky, Ora}, year={2019}, month={Jul.}, pages={161–178} }