Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Aspect change in verb chains

Aspect change is possible in the sense that the highest verb in the chain, which will be finite, is aspectually independent of the other verbs in the chain. For verbs that truly serialize, the aspect is consistent across the chain.

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Verb chaining does not exist

Example 66-59:
Skul na epi, mulbər eblajar, Farida nyanyiattu tulisambε aduduk.
Skul
school
na
p
e-pi,
asp-go
mulbər
Tamil
e-blajar,
asp-learn
Farida
Farida
nyanyi-attu
song-indf
tulis-ambε
write-prog
a-duduk.
prs-aux
Having gone to school and learned Tamil, Farida is writing a song (in it).
Confidence:
Certain