Q:

What type of colloquialism is 'soon as it ready'?

I am wondering if there is a specific name for the type of speech pattern (I am not sure if that is the right term) or vernacular used below.
Example:
"I'll beep you, soon as it ready."
Being a contraction of "I'll beep you, as soon as it's ready".
Also, please tell me if I should improve the title/clarity of my question.

A:

It's a zero copula. According to Wikipedia:

In informal speech of English, the copula may be dropped, as in the sentence, "She a nurse". It is a feature of African American vernacular English but is also used by a variety of other English speakers in informal contexts. An example is the sentence "I saw twelve men, each a soldier".

