Register as a source of non-equivalent contracted constructions: going to and gonna in British English
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DOI: 10.1017/s1360674325100373
Abstract: Recent studies in Construction Grammar have suggested that contracted modals constitute different constructions from their full forms. In this article, we present a corpus-based analysis of the relationship between the modal forms going to and… read more here.
Keywords: british english; gon british; register source; non equivalent ... See more keywords