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What counts as a sentence in spoken language?



 
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What counts as a sentence in spoken language? #1 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:55 am   What counts as a sentence in spoken language?
 

What counts as a sentence in spoken language?
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What counts as a sentence in spoken language? #2 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 13:50 pm   What counts as a sentence in spoken language?
 

subject and predicate (same rules)

It seems to me that people often speak in fragments.

"ya get some of that coffee?" = "Did you get some of that coffee?"

"got it done" = "I/he/she/they/we (etc.) got it done."

Come to think of it, yeah, in conversation with peers I am constantly leaving out the subject. If the subject is obvious, I'll often omit it.
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What counts as a sentence in spoken language? #3 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 22:38 pm   What counts as a sentence in spoken language?
 

How about,

"What do you got?"
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What counts as a sentence in spoken language? #4 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 23:29 pm   What counts as a sentence in spoken language?
 

that might well end up being pronouncd "whatchoo got?" or "whatcha got?" in everyday American speech.

Again, whether one annunciates properly (or in a slangy fashion, as above) depends on a lot of things -- EG to whom he's talking, where he is, his mood, dental/oral health, etc.

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