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Value Aspect change in verb chains is possible
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Aspect change in verb chains
References
Veenstra 1996
: 102
Examples
A fáa páu
tá
túe.
A
3sg
fáa
chop
páu
tree
tá
asp
túe.
throw
He is felling the tree (i.e. at this very moment the tree is falling).
See
Veenstra 1996
: 102
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