Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

Next to the suffix -in, there is also a progressive marker deh.

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Example 11-130:
Di man no lukin an har egen.
Di
art.def
man
man
no
neg
luk-in
look-prog
an
on
har
3sg.f
egen.
again
The man wasn’t looking at her again (i.e. wasn’t interested in her anymore).

Source: nd

Example 11-131:
Puor Mansi stil mi deh wiet fa hier di swiit swiit myuuzik.
Puor
poor
Mansi
Mansi
stil
still
mi
pst
deh
prog
wiet
wait
fa
for
hier
hear
di
art.def
swiit
sweet
swiit
sweet
myuuzik.
music
Poor Mansi was still there waiting in order to hear the sweet, sweet music.
Confidence:
Very certain