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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Essegbey and Bruyn 2013+
Examples
alla somma, dissi de na inni hosso
ala
all
soma,
person
disi
rel
de
cop
na
loc
ini
in(side)
oso
house
all the people who were in the house
See
Schumann 1781
: 58
Pulu hem na watra.
Puru
remove
en
3sg
na
loc
watra.
water
Pull him(/her/it) out of the water.
German:
Zieh ihn aus dem Wasser. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 142
Pulu da dotti na inni hosso.
Puru
remove
da
det
.
sg
doti
dirt
na
loc
ini
in(side)
oso.
house
Get the dirt out of the house.
German:
Thu den Dreck aus dem Hause heraus. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 142
A de na hosso.
A
3sg
.
sbj
de
cop
na
loc
oso.
house
He is at home.
German:
Er ist zu Haus. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 119
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