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Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
References
Pfänder 1996
;
Pfänder 2000
Examples
mo ka jis krè zombi-a ka egzisté
mo
I
ka
ipfv
jis
just
krè
believe
zombi-a
zombi-
def
.
art
ka
ipfv
egzisté
exist
I am about to believe (that) the zombi exists.
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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