Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb

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Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene

Example 16-62:
sɔm pipu sɛf [...] dè no dè fit pe go fɔ dɛ̀a taũ
sɔm
some
pipu
people
sɛf
emph
[...]
[...]
dè
3pl
no
neg
dè
hab
fit
abil
pe
pay
go
go
fɔ
for
dɛ̀a
3pl.poss
taũ
town
Some people cannot even pay the money to go to their (home) town.

Source: Huber 1999: 228

Example 16-63:
nau dɛ tin dè kam sprɛd
nau
now
dɛ
art.def
tin
thing
dè
prog
kam
seq
sprɛd
spread
[And] now the thing (clashes) was starting to spread.
Confidence:
Very certain