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- I'm looking for papers about words like "gonna, wanna, gotta, Imma" and other similar constructions https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/a-prefixing 18 comments linguistics
- TIL that the Rust Belt has a tic that linguists call “Needs Washed” where a speaker creates an implicit “to be” out of nowhere, e.g.... “The car needs washed” https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/needs-washed 19 comments linguistics