Value Postpositions

Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Order of adposition and noun phrase
References
Kouwenberg 1992; Kouwenberg 1994: 191-227; Kouwenberg 2007: 49-50

Examples

  1. o wa grui di lanʃi ben ka
    o
    3sg
    wa
    pst
    grui
    grow
    di
    the
    lanʃi
    language
    ben
    inside
    ka
    neg
    He did not grow up in this language.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 213

  2. ɛk gruitɛ en tosn
    ɛkɛ
    1sg
    grui-tɛ
    grow-pfv
    eni
    3pl
    tosn
    between
    I grew up between them.

    See Kouwenberg 1994: 224