Variations in Spelling and the Special Case of Colloquial Contractions.

Weber, Rose-Marie

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Publication Date: 1986

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Variations in Spelling and the Special Case of Colloquial Contractions.

Weber, Rose-Marie

Visible Language, v20 n4 p413-26 Fall 1986

Examines colloquial contractions (spelling variants such as "kinda" and "hafta") against a background of other variations in the English writing system with respect to their morphological identity, characteristic spelling patterns, and significance in print. Divides variants into those that are independent of speech variation and those that are tied to speech. (SKC)

Descriptors: Language Research, Language Variation, North American English, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Writing Research, Written Language

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