Datapoint Guadeloupean Creole/Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'

Values

‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist

Example 50-157:
An voyé'y alé Lapwent.
An
1sg
voyé'y
send.3sg
alé
go
Lapwent.
Pointe-à-Pitre
I sent it to Pointe-à-Pitre.
Example 50-158:
Timoun-la té ka pléré, manman-y menné-y alé.
Timoun-la
child-def
té
pst
ka
prog
pléré,
cry
manman-y
mother-poss
menné-y
take-it
alé.
go
The child cried, his mother took him along (away from the speaker).
French: L'enfant pleurait, sa mère l'a emmené.

Source: Ludwig 1996: 257

Confidence:
Very certain