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=====Positional, Motion, and Coverbs=====
=====Positional, Motion, and Coverbs=====


The Positional/Motion verbs usually appear at the beginning of the VP.  They appear in two forms, an independent form, and a shortened form, called a coverb.  Coverbs serve to provide additional syntactic information to the following verb, usually the main verb itself.  Clitics that otherwise attach to the main verb, such as the Inverse marker and and aspect markers, move to and attach to the first occurring coverb of the VP.  Morphophonemic alternations may take place when the Inverse marker ''ta='' cliticizes to the coverb, such as in the Subessive ''cor-''.  
The Positional/Motion verbs appear at the beginning of the VP.  They appear in two forms, an independent form, and a shortened form, called a coverb.  Coverbs serve to provide additional syntactic information to the following verb, usually the main verb itself.  Clitics that otherwise attach to the main verb, such as the Inverse marker and and aspect markers, move to and attach to the first occurring coverb of the VP.  Morphophonemic alternations may take place when the Inverse marker ''ta='' cliticizes to the coverb, such as in the Subessive ''cor-''.  


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