Value Preposition

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Going to named places

Examples

  1. De nex day we git ta Rhodes, an fom dey we gone ta Patara.
    De
    the
    nex
    next
    day
    day
    we
    we
    git
    get
    ta
    to
    Rhodes,
    Rhodes
    an
    and
    fom
    from
    dey
    there
    we
    we
    gone
    go.pst
    ta
    to
    Patara.
    Patara
    The next day we got to Rhodes and from there we went to Patara. (Acts 21.1)

    See Anonymous 2005: 479

  2. ɪf ɒɪ fa ɡo ɒf tʊ wɪlyəmz.
    ɪf
    if
    ɒɪ
    I
    fa
    for
    ɡo
    go
    ɒf
    off
    tʊ
    to
    wɪlyəmz.
    Williams'
    If I should go off to Williams' [place].

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 212

  3. I rɒɪd də ɟaksnbʌrə.
    I
    3sg
    rɒɪd
    ride
    də
    prep
    ɟaksnbʌrə.
    Jacksonboro
    He rides to Jacksonboro.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 210