Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

Examples

  1. Hi posh shi ina di hool.
    Hi
    3sg
    posh
    push
    shi
    3sg
    in-a
    in-pcl
    di
    art
    hool.
    hole
    Hi pushed her in the hole.
  2. I pook i hed in a jakspanya nes.
    I
    3sg
    pook
    poke
    i
    3sg.poss
    hed
    head
    in
    in
    a
    indf
    jak-spanya
    jack-spaniard
    nes.
    nest
    It poked its head in a jack-spaniard nest.

    See Prescod 2004: A20

  3. Mi de in di puul.
    Mi
    1sg
    de
    loc
    in
    in
    di
    art
    puul.
    pool
    I am in the pool.
  4. Mi ha a inglish tuhng ina fomi mout.
    Mi
    1sg
    ha
    have
    a
    indf
    inglish
    english
    tuhng
    tongue
    in-a
    in-pcl
    fo-mi
    for-1sg
    mout.
    mouth
    I speak English (lit. I have an English tongue in my mouth.).

    See Prescod 2004: A17