Variation in the imperfective in Bahamian English

The current study investigates variation in the marking of two aspectual subcategories imperfective Bahamian English. First, it looks into variable auxiliary be use progressive and future constructions, that is, between full, contracted zero non-past V-ing environments related contexts. Second, paper examines application preverbal does/is/’s habitual environments. variables were selected to represent ‘informal’ ‘anti-formal’ group respectively, one feature classifies as a reduction English structure direct transfer from creole (Allsopp, 1996, pp. lvi–lvii). Thus, addition examining linguistic constraints, will take close look at stylistic factors conditioning variation, placing special focus on distribution non-standardized variants over various registers well how speakers employ them create styles.