Rebecca Watford Oct 11, 2016:

In this case it refers to locus. I'd say "in this second instance".

Mario Chavez (X) Oct 10, 2016:

Then “instance” it is Erik, thanks for the added info. I would go with “instance” since it is a discussion, metalinguistically speaking, of something a specialist (Coruntus) said or wrote.

Besides, I'm all for making theoretical texts accessible to the layman. :)

Carol Gullidge Oct 10, 2016:

In this particular case, as I see it, this "lugar" is not necessarily referring to any grammatical/linguistic term, regarding the position of the adverb within the sentence (e.g., "tres líneas más adelante"), but simply means "case//instance". I.e., were it not for the word "segundo", I feel that the whole phrase (En este segundo lugar) could possibly be translated as "Here" - in the sense of "in this case/instance". Especially, since, as far as I can see, no second alternative term to "tres líneas más adelante" has actually been put forward.

I realise that I am speaking as a non-specialist in the field, but even specialised texts have to contain a certain amount of general vocabulary, and this is what appears to me to be the case here/in this instance!

Evan Tomlinson (asker) Oct 10, 2016:

Place or locus This question is pretty much going to resolve into "place" or "locus"; I was hoping to encounter someone with a background in textual criticism, but it's pretty specialized so I'm not surprised there aren't any specialists around.

Evan Tomlinson (asker) Oct 10, 2016:

Textual criticism This is from an article relating to textual criticism, ,i.e. the theory and practice of developing critical editions of texts based on manuscript families.

Mario Chavez (X) Oct 9, 2016:

lugar Erik, just out of curiosity: is this a paper on linguistics? On a particular grammar or linguistic theory? Because if it is, each theory already has its own terminology.