Datapoint Vincentian Creole/Aspect markers and inchoative meaning

Values

Inchoative expressed by progressive and completive markers

Example 7-137:
Dem tuhn dootish.
Dem
3pl
tuhn
turn
dootish.
stupid
They have become stupid.

Source: Prescod 2004: 126

Example 7-138:
Rein a kuhm an i maango an dem a reip kwik.
Rein
rain
a
prog
kuhm
come
an
and
i
art
maango
mango
an
and
dem
pl
a
prog
reip
ripe
kwik.
quick
It is raining and the mangoes are ripening quickly.
Example 7-139:
A duhn sik.
A
1sg
duhn
compl
sik.
sick
I have become sick.
Confidence:
Very certain