Abstract
(1a) and (2a) are locative constructions in which the goal argument is realised as the complement of a preposition inside a PP. (1b) and (2b) are the corresponding double object constructions, which realise the goal as an NP-object preceding the theme. In these constructions, the clitics -ho and -mo (underlined in (1b-c) and (2b-c) respectively) are attached to the verb. These clitics bear an obvious cognate relationship to the prepositions ku and mu in the (a)-examples (see Baker 1988; Kimenyi 1980, 1995). (1c) and (2c) illustrate that the clitics -ho and -mo are not
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