109 |
(160) …
ARROJÉ
un billete
sobre la mesa
.
(CdE:19-F, Oquéi, Oquéi ... )
‘I
THREW
a bill
on the table.
‘
It is not uncommon for prepositions that normally express
location to be used to
express the goal (NGRAE §29.5l). In (158-160), the prepositions mark the end point of
motion, and also the spatial configuration at the end. In other words,
bajo
un pino
‘under a
pine tree’ (158) states that once their motion was completed the individuals ended up under a
tree (and not next to it or behind it).
This compatibility between locative prepositions and
verbs of motion does not
necessarily mean that these prepositions include motion as part of their meaning. We can still
state that the prepositions are locative and do not imply motion (Meilán García 1998:25).
They are compatible with motion verbs because the preposition only expresses that the object
is located in a certain place at the end of the event (Fábregas 2007:193). The concept of
motion is contributed by the verb.
Locative prepositions are useful because sometimes
they express a spatial
configuration not expressed by any directional preposition. The preposition in (159) indicates
that the stone is inside the pit. If we change this to a directional preposition such as
a
‘at/to’,
it no longer implies that the stone is contained inside the pit, but could be on the outside edge
(See Fábregas 2007:178-181).
The data do not show any statistically
significant differences for the
choice of preposition
or adverbial. The only element that occurs more
than 10
times with each verb is
a
‘at/to’; all the
other prepositions
are too infrequent to test
statistically. Even if we compare the use of
a
to all
other
types of prepositions, adverbials and clitics,
there is no distinct behavior among the verbs. The
results are shown in table 12.
It is also possible to group prepositions/adverbs into general functions. In our case, we
classified them into 5 groups
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. Locative prepositions are ones that do not imply any motion.
They include
en
‘in/on’ and
sobre
‘over/on’. The remaining four categories are prepositions
that
imply motion, but highlight different parts of the motion event. The goal indicates the
22
The classification was based on NGRAE §29 and Meilán García (1998). Other classifications are also possible.
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