Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Configurational Approaches to Locative Inversion 2.1. Review of the Topicalization Approach 2.2. Review of the Unaccusative Approach 3. Lexicalist Approaches to Locative Inversion 4. A construction and Constraint-Based Approach 4.1. Constraints on the Mapping Relation 4.2. Constructional Constraints 5. Conclusion References