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Oktavianti, Ikmi Nur – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2018
This paper examines the usage frequency of phonetically reduced modals (i.e. "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 five corpora used in this study, "Corpus of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Verbs, Computational Linguistics, Word Frequency
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Gauvin, Lise – Langue Francaise, 1976
This article discusses the problem of choosing a language style for literary purposes in Quebec. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Dialect Studies, French, Language Styles
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Walker, Lawrence – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Relates the English language spelling system to sound and examines whether spellers make use of the information available in that relationship when spelling words. Describes how certain phonological features of a dialect spoken along the northeast coast of Newfoundland influence spelling errors among fourth graders. (SB)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Elementary Education, Grade 4