Dhegiha Progressive (Re: h- vs. x-aspiration in LDN)

[RLR]

Well, the progressive business plus it's use with the future, etc. are
things that Kathy ought to be planning on covering in her dissertation,
so please feel free to keep on feeding her questions. I certainly didn't
get a complete picture in my Kaw elicitations back in the '70's.

Bob

> The perception may be sudden, but the difference seems to be that in these
> examples the condition of the weather is background to the person being
> outside and perhaps noticing the weather (the thread of the discourse),
> whereas in the others it is the main thread of the discourse.  At least
> that's the way I interpret the contextualization that PW offers.  That
> analysis is also typical of the opposition between imperfective and
> perfective in discourse-based analyses of their functions.
>
> It would be interesting to know how to say '(In the evening) it got
> cloudy.' (vs. 'In the evening it was cloudy.') or 'It kept clouding
> up (and then clearing).' or 'Suddenly it was cloudy (or clouded up).'
>
> JEK