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Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
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Particle, nothing can intervene
Example 10-103:
Dehn
de
du evriting fi get Turkl souba.
Dehn
3pl
de
prog
du
do
evri-ting
every-thing
fi
comp
get
get
Turkl
Turtle
souba.
sober
They were doing their best to get Turtle sober.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 98
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