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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.
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    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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