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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Escure 1992
Examples
[Bra Fayaflay] lɛf Bra Anansi ina daknəs widowt wan fiʃ sɛf.
[Bra
[Brother
Fayaflay]
Firefly]
lɛf
left
Bra
Brother
Anansi
Anansi
ina
in
daknəs
darkness
widowt
without
wan
one
fiʃ
fish
sɛf.
self
[Brother Firefly] left Brother Anansi in the dark without a single fish [for] himself (Anansi).
See
Escure 2004
: CD
I daʃ an rayt ina tayga mawt.
I
3sg
daʃ
dash
an
it
rayt
right
ina
into
tayga
tiger
mawt.
mouth
He threw it right into Tiger's mouth.
See
Escure 2004
: CD
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