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Query:	Wanna, Searchin' and Spellings like that
Author:	guitart -
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Semantics Typology
Summary:	Thanks again to Laura Callahan and John Koontz who told me separately that the term is Eye Dialect. (Query: Linguist 14.1071) JG > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:28:39 -0400 > From: ''Jorge M. Guitart'' > Subject: Query about wanna, searchin' and spellings like that > > 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 > represent pronouncing [n] instead of the velar nasal)? > > Thanks. > > Jorge Guitart > Department of Romance Languages & Literatures > 910 Clemens Hall > University at Buffalo > Buffalo NY 14260-4620 > > > LINGUIST List: Vol-14-1071

LL Issue:	14.1121
Date Posted:	16-Apr-2003
Original Query:	Read original query
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