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

Examples

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.