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Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
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Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Example 36-59:
Mene thêka
kwaji
vitxa.
Mene
Mene
thêka
prog
kwaji
almost
vitxa.
arrive
Mene is almost arriving.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Language:
Angolar
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Source:
Own fieldwork data 2008
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