Tense marked Prepositions

Wed Feb 16 00:27:43 UTC 2000

I was wondering if there are many Austronesian languages where there are
prepositions which show tense agreement with the main verb. I'm working on
a grammar of Titan (Admiralty Islands) and this language appears to have a
subclass of prepositions that do this (all clearly related to verbs, eg,
(k)ila 'into', la 'go'). I'm familiar with verboids/deverbal
prepositions/prepositional verbs, but none of the examples I've looked at
seem to mark tense on the relevant constituent. I'd be grateful for any
references.
Thanks!

Claire Bowern

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