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

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

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

Example 838:: Shi lewen down dare now.
She lives down there nowadays'.
Example 839:: Dem kamen up ar school fer play.
They usually come to school to play.