Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
Note that PROG + so-called state verb does not automatically trigger an inchoative meaning. Rather, the inchoative meaning seems to be generated by the context.
Verbs like andastan ‘understand’ which are clearly stative in English can either be used as an active or a stative verb in Ghanaian Pidgin English. Therefore, when andastan is preceded by the PROG marker dè, it is no longer a stative verb but means something like 'actively understanding'.
However, my consultants did not agree on the meaning of PROG+STATIVE VERB constructions, one claiming that an inchoative reading is possible (see Example 71 à dè taia), the other that it is impossible (à dè hɔŋ [1SG PROG be.hungry] can only mean 'I am hungry', not 'I am getting hungry').
Values 
Inchoative expressed by progressive marker
- Example 16-70:
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ɛn dɛ famili planiŋ dè no andastan; ì bì nau we pipu dè andastanɛnanddɛartfamilifamilyplaniŋplanningdè3plnonegandastan;understandì3sgbìcopnaunowwecomppipupeopledèprogandastanunderstandThey did not understand the family planning. It is now that people begin to understand.
Source: Huber 1999: 230
- Example 16-71:
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à dè taiaà1sgdèprogtaiabe.tiredI am getting tired.
- Confidence:
- Intermediate