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> こんなとこで寝てっと風邪ひくぞ

Is this a contraction of something? How does it differ from something like 寝ると
or 寝てると?

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て-form contractions particle-と
<te form> + っと (conditional particle)
This is obviously a contraction of 寝てると. Not sure if this pertains to certain
dialects/age groups etc. though. Haven't heard this one myself in real life.
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The ーと in this sentence relates two parts as a consequence, but also gives an
admonishment: I.e. this character is effectively saying: "You shouldn't sleep
in such a place or you will catch a cold, you know!".

(Contrast this with ーば (as in こんなとこで寝れば...）which would just states the
fact/opinion plainly: "if you sleep in such a place, you will catch a cold.")

The "tto" contraction used here is emphatic, or possibly male speech. Or both.
It strengthens the statement, as if the character is saying, "you really
shouldn't sleep here."

It is a phonetic feature of Japanese that changes toward stopped consonants
are emphatic. For instance consider：

> やはり→やっぱり
>
> 「。。。」と → 「。。。」って
>
> とても → とっても
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