Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Query about wanna, searchin' and spellings like that
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| Author: | Jorge M. Guitart |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
Is there a term in English phonetics/phonology for the representation of rapid (or relaxed) speech phenomena using ordinary spelling (instead of phonetic transcription), examples of which would be 'wanna' (to represent not only /t/ deletion in both 'want' and 'to' but also pronouncing shwa instead of [u]) and searchin' (to represen pronouncing [n] instead of the velar nasal)? Thanks. Jorge Guitar Department of Romance Languages & Literatures 910 Clemens Hall University at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14260-4620 |
