eWAVE - Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Deletion of auxiliary be: before progressive

Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Deletion of auxiliary be: before progressive

Variety:	Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:	Deletion of auxiliary be: before progressive
Value:	B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:	Alexander Kautzsch

Example 1305:: I reckon somebody Ø livin on my land now.

Source: Rawick (eds.) 1977/1979: 1347