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Flavors of the Progressive in Spanish
"The progressive aspect is one of the values of the imperfective aspect, alongside the habitual and the continuous aspect. Specifically, it expresses a situation where a unique interval of time within an event is emphasized. There appear to be various..." – By Romina Trebisacce
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Language Contact in Postcolonial Settings Developing Germanic Standard Languages
"Among the Germanic languages, particularly English but also Dutch as well as German were transported to territories outside their ancestral homes during colonization activities, instantiating the respective foundations of postcolonial forms..." – By Tobias Bernaisch
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