The Use of Phonetically Reduced Modals in Present-day English: A Corpus-Based Analysis

This paper examines the usage frequency of phonetically reduced modals (i.e.Â gonna, wanna, gotta) in Present-day English. It is assumed that in distinct sociolinguistic and discourse contexts, the use of reduced modals is dynamic. To collect the data, there are two corpora used in this study,Â Corp...

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Published in:	English Language Teaching Educational Journal
Main Author:	Ikmi Nur Oktavianti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 2019-07-01
Subjects:	phonetically reduced modals corpus sociolinguistics discourse
Online Access:	http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/749

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