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DIRECTIONAL-LOCATIONAL SLOT (D) 



A directional-locational slot with its filler specifies the direction 

 taken by an action and/or its location either in an absolute sense or in 

 relation to the speaker. The D slot may be filled by one of the follow- 

 ing elements. 



A preposition: 



D P 



■^e su ?e hawe- ca-ni 



this way he came 

 Then he advanced. 



A directional: 



D P 



'i'e su fe dn de^eyu 



up they went 

 Then they went up. 



A referential which includes a locative clitic: 

 P __D_^ 



su 'e di'ydtisiwisdyanu' gd-ru-di 

 he hitched them wagon to 

 Then he hitched them to the wagon. 



A phrase belonging to one of the follovnng general types: 

 1. Two prepositions: 



D P 



yuke- hdwe- digd-nikuyA 

 that way this way he was looking 

 He was looking this way and that. 



2, Two directionals : 



p P 



su fe sa dn cugiiyanu- 



back up he sat 

 Then he sat up again. 



3. A combination of one or more prepositions with one or more 

 directionals : 



D P 



su 'i'e yiisi na zud^u 



from there down he went 

 Then he went back down. 



D P 



duke- ku na 'eu se-nicAd^AyA 



that way south down I am going 

 / am going on down south. 



