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Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
References
Maurer 2009
: 69-70
Examples
Mene xintxi ya jingantxi sa
kwaji
xiga.
Mene
Mene
xintxi
feel
ya
comp
jingantxi
ogre
sa
prog
kwaji
almost
xiga.
arrive
Mene felt that the ogre was almost arriving.
See
Maurer 2009
: 70
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