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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
He in the kitchen.
He
he
in
in
the
the
kitchen.
kitchen
He is in the kitchen.
Bruce push(ed) Marie in the hole.
Bruce
Bruce
push(ed)
pushed
Marie
Marie
in
in
the
the
hole.
hole
Bruce pushed Marie into the hole.
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