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===Directional preverbs=== | ===Directional preverbs=== | ||
Directionals fall into two types: | Directionals fall into two types: | ||
*Global directionals describe movement towards a final destination or describes a global shape. | *Global directionals describe movement towards a final destination or describes a global shape. These fall into multidirectional/indefinite vs unidirectional/definite distinction, like Russian. | ||
*Local directionals describe movement from the speaker's point of view or from a small-scale perspective. These directionals are used especially for fluids and for individual behavior in groups of people or animals. Ex: "locally inwards", "locally outwards", "shearing", "with turbulent motion", "with some local movement opposite to the global direction", etc. | *Local directionals describe movement from the speaker's point of view or from a small-scale perspective. These directionals are used especially for fluids and for individual behavior in groups of people or animals. Ex: "locally inwards", "locally outwards", "shearing", "with turbulent motion", "with some local movement opposite to the global direction", etc. | ||