Variation in the imperfective in Bahamian English

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-538356
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.53835

Laube, Alexander

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Abstract

The current study investigates variation in the marking of two aspectual subcategories of the imperfective in Bahamian English. First, it looks into variable auxiliary be use in progressive and future constructions, that is, the variation between full, contracted and zero be in non-past V-ing environments and related contexts. Second, the paper examines variable application of preverbal ...