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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 I'd be grateful for any hints for literature, also for ancedotal snippets and evidence.
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Thanks a lot, Stefan
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Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
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