Youse/You-uns possessive

[Ed Keer]

Thanks, your message was clear. My mind wasn't.

--- "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:

> Sorry; I thought my message made it clear that I
> have no evidence
> whatsoever of /y^zIz/ or /yu^nzIz/. The broad
> phonetic forms I gave
> were used as possessives.
>
> dInIs
>
> >Are they /y^zIz/ or /y^z/?
> >
> >--- "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> >>  I have recordings of both "youse" (/y^z/) and
> >>  "you-uns" (y^nz) as
> >>  possessives. I have no evidence of the "full
> forms"
> >>  (/yus/ or
> >>  /yu^nz/) as possessives, but I wouldn't expect
> it
> >>  since the possessed
> >>  N is likely to have stress, and I appear to have
> no
> >>  examples where
> >>  contrastive stress is placed on 'youse' or
> >>  'you-uns.'
> >>
> >>  dInIs
> >>
> >>  >Any native speakers out there willing to
> confirm or
> >>  >deny that youse or you-uns can be used in the
> >>  >possessive.
> >>  >
> >>  >I grew up around youse speakers, but don't
> trust my
> >>  >judgements. To me, youse is not possible as a
> >>  >possessive:
> >>  >
> >>  >1. We went over to youse'/youse's house.
> >>  >
> >>  >Ed
> >>  >
> >>  >watchmesleep.blogspot.com
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>
>
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> >
> >
> >
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> Department of English
> Morrill Hall 15-C
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1036 USA
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