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Value Particle, nothing can intervene
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Examples
Hangri
de
killi mi.
Angri
hunger
de
prog
kiri
kill
mi.
1sg
I am hungry (lit. Hunger is killing me).
German:
Ich bin sehr hungrig. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 58
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