Datapoint Norfolk Island/ Pitcairn English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to stative verbs

Variety: Norfolk Island/ Pitcairn English
Feature: Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to stative verbs
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Peter Mühlhäusler

Examples

Example 837:
I lewen down Norfolk
I live on Norfolk Island.