Value Prepositions

Language:
Norf'k
Parameter:
Order of adposition and noun phrase

Examples

  1. daun ar toun
    daun
    deic
    ar
    det.def
    toun
    Kingston
    (in) Kingston town
  2. Hi yuus' draiw daun' taun.
    Hi
    3sg.m
    yuus'
    hab
    draiw
    drive
    daun'
    deic
    taun.
    town
    He habitually drives to Kingston.
  3. gen mii
    gen
    prep
    mii
    1sg.obj/obl
    next to me
  4. Bligh, en eaghteen dem one nawa mutiny, fine demsalf driften in ar Tongan Sea.
    Bligh,
    Bligh
    en
    and
    eaghteen
    eighteen
    dem
    3pl
    one
    one
    Ø
    Ø
    nawa
    never
    mutiny,
    mutiny
    fine
    find
    demsalf
    3pl.refl
    driften
    drift.continuous
    in
    in
    ar
    det.def
    Tongan
    Tongan
    Sea.
    Sea
    Bligh, and eighteen of the ones who did not mutiny, found themselves drifting on the Tongan Sea.

    See essay 2006