19.90, Qs: Gonna Wanna

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Subject: 19.90, Qs: Gonna Wanna

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Date: 07-Jan-2008
From: Stefan Dollinger < dstefan at interchange.ubc.ca >
Subject: Gonna Wanna

 

	
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From: Stefan Dollinger [dstefan at interchange.ubc.ca]
Subject: Gonna Wanna
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Hello everybody: 
I've been noticing a double modal-like construction in Canadian English
recently, of the ''You are gonna wanna see this''. I know it's also used in
American English, but I was wondering whether you might know of any studies
that specifically deal with this (new?) double modal. Most studies I know
deal with gonna<going to and wanna<want to in isolation.

I'd be grateful for any hints for literature, also for ancedotal snippets
and evidence. 

I'll post a summary.

Thanks a lot,
Stefan 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics





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