Datapoint Nigerian Pidgin/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

The auxiliary dè is refered to as an incompletive aspect marker in Faraclas (1996).

Values

Particle, nothing can intervene

Example 17-67:
À bin do̱n ko̱m dè go.
À
1sg.sbj
bin
ant
do̱n
compl
ko̱m
REALIS
ncompl
go.
go
I had actually been going.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 73

Confidence:
Very certain