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Value Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Examples
Li lé apré bien kozé, komsa li tonb [...].
Li
3sg
le
cop
.
prs
apre
prog
byen
well
koze,
talking
komsa
like.that
li
3sg
tonm
fall
[...].
[...]
He keeps on talking, and like this he falls down [...].
See
Cellier 1982
: 183
Li lé apré toujour anmèrdé.
Li
3sg
le
cop
.
prs
apre
prog
toujour
always
anmerde.
annoy
He is always annoying [us].
Canadian French:
Il est toujours après [nous] ennuyer (emmerder).
See
Cellier 1982
: 109
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