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==== Phenomonological ====
==== Phenomonological ====
==== Motion Verbs ====
==== Motion Verbs ====
Motion verbs are typically satellite framedVerbs, nor their arguments, encode directionality via morphological devices such as nominal case affixes or verbal applicative markers.  Instead, directionality is a semantic feature of the verb: the verb ''narin'' means "to go to/towards", whereas ''andrin'' means "to go away".  Depending on the semantics of a motion verb, the argument structure of its clause may manifest either as transitive, or intransitive:
Corrádi indicates directionality via satellite verbs.  Corradi neither nominal morphology, such as case markers, nor verbal inflections, such as applicative affixes.  Instead, directionality is embedded within the semantics of the verb.  For example the verb ''narin'' means "to go to/towards", whereas ''andrin'' means "to go away".   
 
Depending on the semantics of a motion verb, the argument structure of its clause may manifest either as transitive, or intransitive:


1) Transitive Marking
1) Transitive Marking
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