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This paper examines the linguistic means employed by speakers of Sezo to encode object location, with particular attention to the expression of static spatial events. Static spatial expressions in Sezo fall into two broad categories: non-angular and angular spatial relations. Non-angular spatial relations are expressed through demonstratives, topographic terms, deictic serial verb constructions, and relational nouns, all of which serve a deictic function. Angular spatial relations, by contrast, are further divided into intrinsic and relative frames of reference. Intrinsic frames of reference are encoded by body-part terms, whereas relative frames of reference are expressed by lexical items such as mànì ‘right’ and wèŋílì ‘left’. Across both domains, these expressions function to locate a figure with respect to a reference entity, or ground.
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