I'd only ever use "going to" at the end of a sentence e.g. "I'm not going to.", I've heard people say "I'm not gonna", but that's not something I'd use. How is this for you guys?
"gonna" vs. "going to" at the end of a s
I myself tend to generally strongly prefer "going to" over "gonna" in sentence-final positions as well, but at the same time having "gonna" in sentence-final positions is not ungrammatical for me either and I may use it on occasion (primarily cases where I was going to continue with the sentence but decided mid-sentence to stop there, though).
I pronounce "gonna" as ["gV~4~@:] (implying that it is really underlylingly /"gVnt@/ in my dialect despite how it is conventionally spelled).
I should note that said /t/ is probably a good example of a "silent phoneme" in my dialect which only exists to make all the rest of the analysis work out right - I never have [t] or [t_h] in "gonna", and rather such is solely there to explain the presence of the short vowel in the first syllable [V~] rather than [V~:] and of the nasal flap [4~] where one might expect [n] (as my dialect does distinguish [4~] and [n] intervocalically).
<<How do you pronounce 'gonna'? I've heard people who use their THOUGHT vowel in the first syllable, but I use STRUT, or have a reduced vowel: [gVn6] or [g1n6].>>
I myself actually pronounce it [go@n@], where [o@] is a diphthong. I don't have either the STRUT or THOUGHT vowel in that word.
I myself actually pronounce it [go@n@], where [o@] is a diphthong. I don't have either the STRUT or THOUGHT vowel in that word.
''How do you pronounce 'gonna'?''
gona [gAn@] strong form
gona [g@n@] weak form
gona [gAn@] strong form
gona [g@n@] weak form
''I myself actually pronounce it [go@n@]''
that's Southern pronunciation
that's Southern pronunciation
>><<How do you pronounce 'gonna'? I've heard people who use their THOUGHT vowel in the first syllable, but I use STRUT, or have a reduced vowel: [gVn6] or [g1n6].>>
I myself actually pronounce it [go@n@], where [o@] is a diphthong. I don't have either the STRUT or THOUGHT vowel in that word<<
I forget - where are you from exactly? (I thought you said here in Wisconsin, but I'm not sure.)
I myself actually pronounce it [go@n@], where [o@] is a diphthong. I don't have either the STRUT or THOUGHT vowel in that word<<
I forget - where are you from exactly? (I thought you said here in Wisconsin, but I'm not sure.)
>>''How do you pronounce 'gonna'?''
gona [gAn@] strong form
gona [g@n@] weak form<<
There aren't weak and strong forms of "gonna" here; the equivalent of using a strong form would be to simply use "going to" here.
gona [gAn@] strong form
gona [g@n@] weak form<<
There aren't weak and strong forms of "gonna" here; the equivalent of using a strong form would be to simply use "going to" here.
I prefer "going to" here as well, but this can be contrasted with "I don't wanna", which is a common child's complaint:
Mom: Clean your room!
Kid: I don't wanna!
Mom: Clean your room!
Kid: I don't wanna!
''There aren't weak and strong forms of "gonna" here; the equivalent of using a strong form would be to simply use "going to" here.''
Not really, by STRONG forms I mean STRESSED forms...
And yes, GONNA can have both stressed and weak (not stressed forms...
At least, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary has them listed (gonna: strong forms [gQn@] or [gAn@]; weak form [g@n@] ;)
Not really, by STRONG forms I mean STRESSED forms...
And yes, GONNA can have both stressed and weak (not stressed forms...
At least, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary has them listed (gonna: strong forms [gQn@] or [gAn@]; weak form [g@n@] ;)
<<I forget - where are you from exactly? (I thought you said here in Wisconsin, but I'm not sure.)>>
Alabama. I'm not from Wisconsin.
Alabama. I'm not from Wisconsin.
>>Alabama. I'm not from Wisconsin.<<
I think i was confusing you with someone else then. The reason why I asked is that the pronunciation that you gave for "gonna" is very, very different from anything I have heard here.
I think i was confusing you with someone else then. The reason why I asked is that the pronunciation that you gave for "gonna" is very, very different from anything I have heard here.