[Lingtyp] Double marking of the goal argument

[Farhad Moezzipour]

Dear all,

Is anyone aware of a language where the goal in a motion event is doubly
marked? This happens in colloquial Persian:

(1) *Ta     xune=ro          tu  20  *dæqiqe* dæv-id-æm*.
      until  house=POSP in  20  minute  run-PST-1SG
      'I ran the distance to the house in 20 minutes.'

The goal is marked once by the preposition and once with the postposition
RA, which is basically an object maker in Modern Persian. The given example
is also possible without RA, as in (2).

(2) *Ta     xune    20  *dæqiqe* dæv-id-æm*.
      until  house  20  minute  run-PST-1SG
      'I ran toward the house for 20 minutes.'

Regards,
Farhad
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