locative-temporal phrase

noun
UK /ˈlɒkətɪv ˈtɛmpərəl freɪz/
US /ˈloʊkətɪv ˈtɛmpərəl freɪz/

A group of words that tells where and when something happens.

In the sentence 'We met at the park on Sunday,' the phrase 'at the park on Sunday' is a locative-temporal phrase.

SYNONYMS

place-and-time phrasewhere-and-when phrasespatial-temporal expressionlocational-temporal construction

RELATED WORDS

adverbial phraseprepositional phrasecircumstantial phrasetime expressionplace expression

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A phrase combining a location marker with a time marker in grammar studies.

Linguists analyzed the locative-temporal phrase in the sentence.

3. A word group that answers both 'where?' and 'when?' questions.

'Under the tree at noon' answers where and when, so it is a locative-temporal phrase.

4. A syntactic unit expressing spatial and temporal setting together.

The story opened with a locative-temporal phrase: 'In the old house, long ago.'