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    I'ma Tell You 'bout I'ma : a Syntactic and Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Reduced Form of I'm Gonna

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    2011-05
    Author
    Risdal, Megan
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    Benson, Erica J.
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    Abstract
    This study is the first to define the unique syntactic properties of I'ma (cf. I am going to). As an apparent contraction of I'm and gonna, I'ma is a combination that has yet to be understood syntactically. This study uses native speakers' judgments of acceptability to determine the rules governing it usage in different contexts.
    Subject
    I'ma (The English phrase)
    I'm gonna (The English phrase)
    Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax
    Sociolinguistics--Analysis
    English language--Contraction
    Language and languages--Variation
    African Americans--Languages--Influence
    English language--Dialects--Southern states
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    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/55091
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    Color poster with text, charts, and graphs.
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