3.1.1.3. Locative markers
Locative markers in LSC can be realized as the beginning and end points of a path movement. The beginning point coincides with the source location and the end point with the goal location, when both locations are relevant to the verb. In the example below, the verb fly starts moving at the location of the signing space where Barcelona (the source location) is established and ends its movement at the location of the signing space where Brussels (the goal location) is placed.
plane barcelonaa aflyb brusselsb.
‘The plane flew from Barcelona to Brussels.’
Sometimes, only one of the locations may be relevant. This location can be either a source location or a goal location. In example (a) below the verb take starts its articulation at the source location. In example (b) below the verb put ends its articulation at the goal location.
a) dh: ix1 book shelfa takea
ndh: cl(|): ‘shelf’
‘I take the book from the shelf.’
b) dh: ix1 book shelfa puta
ndh: cl(|): ‘shelf’
‘I put the book on the shelf.’
There are also some examples of locative markers in verbs that express a static location. In the example below the position in the signing space of the classifier cl(x): ‘book’is marking the location of the subject (‘the book’).
dh: book shelfa cl(x)a: ‘book’
ndh: cl(|): ‘shelf’
‘The book is on the shelf.’
Any location of the signing space or the body of the signer can be a locative marker. In the example below the body of the signer, namely the heart, is used as a locative marker.
ix3 heart_surgery.
‘He was operated on his heart.’
Moreover, sometimes the two hands of the signer can express two different locative markers, as shown in the example below.
dh: bike cl(f): ‘bike’++
ndh: cl(f): ‘bike’
‘The bikes were parked one next to the other.’