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Vincentian Creole
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Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
The irrealis modality marker can intervene.
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Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Example 7-124:
Hi a juhs sel sprat.
Hi
3sg
a
prog
juhs
just
sel
sell
sprat.
sprat
He is only selling sprat.
Example 7-120:
Wen aawi a go si yo?
Wen
when
aawi
1pl
a
prog
go
irr
si
see
yo?
2.
obj
When will we be seeing you? OR: When will we see you?
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 98
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Feature:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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