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Example 11-258
Lea shub Maria iina di houl.
Lea
Lea
shub
shove
Maria
Maria
iina
in.to
di
art
.
def
houl.
hole
Lea pushed Maria into the hole.
Comment:
When you compare with Example 257, which was also elicited but in which the preposition is identical to the at-rest preposition, you can notice that the word 'hole' has the more basilectal form
huol
as opposed to
houl
which occurs in this example.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Nicaragua project questionnaire
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Special motion-to preposition
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