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Example 12-108
[So you like the job?] Yeah, I like the job, but now I getting tired, you know.
[...]
[...]
but
but
now
now
I
I
gett-ing
get-
prog
tired
tired
[...].
[...]
[...] but I’m getting tired [of it] [...].
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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