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This paper investigates the use of aspectual constructions in Dutch,
Norwegian, and German, languages in which aspect marking that presents
events explicitly as ongoing, is optional. Data were elicited under
similar conditions with native speakers in the three countries. We show
that while German speakers make insignificant use of aspectual
constructions, usage patterns in Norwegian and Dutch present an
interesting case of overlap, as well as differences, with respect to a set
of factors that attract or constrain the use of different constructions. The
results indicate that aspect marking is grammaticalizing in Dutch, but
there are no clear signs of a similar process in Norwegian.*
