Abstract
The locative expressions in Runyankore-Rukiga consist of nouns that can
refer to both places and spatial relations, whether they are inherent
or derived. Instead of focusing solely on the morphological properties
and presentation of locative words, our attention is directed towards
locative phrases. These expressions resemble prepositional phrases in
terms of their configuration since the locative particle appears before
the noun as a separate word. Despite describing spaces rather than
objects, these phrases function as nominal expressions and exhibit
morpho-syntactic behaviour akin to noun phrases. To support this
assertion, we examine Locative Inversion, arguments of negative verbs,
and Alternate Locative Agreement patterns in detail. By utilizing
type-semantic concepts alongside structural representations, we propose
a revised version of the two-layered noun phrase approach initially
proposed by Bresnan and Mchombo (1989).