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Example 12-107
[So when did you start working at the school - that was then, too? Two years ago? When you moved here?] Uh-uh. I start - uh-uh. I was work-ing there - let me see - from 91. I's - this year make my six years.
I
I
was
pst
work-ing
work-
prog
there
there
[...]
[...]
from
from
91.
1991
I’ve been working here since 1991.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
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