In:Urban Panamanian English
Catherine Laliberté
[Varieties of English Around the World G70] 2023
► pp. 115–136
Chapter 5The Panamanian English verb phrase
Published online: 21 August 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g70.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g70.c5
Article outline
- 5.1be
- 5.1.1Zero copula be
- 5.1.2Present tense be leveling
- 5.1.3Was/were variation
- 5.2do
- 5.2.1Preverbal marker did
- 5.2.2Habitual does
- 5.3have
- 5.3.1Existential they have
- 5.3.2have and time elapsed
- 5.4Modal expressions
- 5.4.1was to
- 5.4.2able to
- 5.5The expression of time reference
- 5.5.3Past time reference
- 5.5.2Present-tense agreement marking
- 5.6Summary: The kinships of Panamanian English
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