Value Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Examples

  1. Dem tuhn dootish.
    Dem
    3pl
    tuhn
    turn
    dootish.
    stupid
    They have become stupid.

    See Prescod 2004: 126

  2. Rein a kuhm an i maango an dem a reip kwik.
    Rein
    rain
    a
    prog
    kuhm
    come
    an
    and
    i
    art
    maango
    mango
    an
    and
    dem
    pl
    a
    prog
    reip
    ripe
    kwik.
    quick
    It is raining and the mangoes are ripening quickly.
  3. A duhn sik.
    A
    1sg
    duhn
    compl
    sik.
    sick
    I have become sick.