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Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
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Inchoative expressed by progressive marker
Example 1-31:
Lampo de fulu tumussi, a de go passa abra.
Lampu
lamp
de
ipfv
furu
full
tumusi,
too.much
a
3sg
.
sbj
de
ipfv
go
go
pasa
pass
abra.
over
The lamp is (getting) overfull, it is going to overflow.
German:
Die Lampe ist zu voll (Oehl), sie wird überlaufen. [op.cit.]
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 132
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Language:
Early Sranan
Feature:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning
Source:
van den Berg 2007
: 82ff
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