17.375, Qs: Use of 'You's' in AAVE

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Subject: 17.375, Qs: Use of 'You's' in AAVE

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Date: 01-Feb-2006
From: Jim Fitzpatrick < jfitz at alumni.duke.edu >
Subject: Use of 'You's' in AAVE 

	
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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:31:40
From: Jim Fitzpatrick < jfitz at alumni.duke.edu >
Subject: Use of 'You's' in AAVE 
 


Hello all,

I would like to know if anyone knows of any scholarly resources done on the
use of 'you's' in African American Vernacular English.  I am specifically
interested in its use where a deleted copula might otherwise normally
occur, as in the following examples:

(1a) You a X.
(1b) You's a X.

I am specifically interested in any sociolinguistic work done on
distribution patterns or social significance of this variant.  Thanks in
advance for any help anyone can provide.

Best,

Jim Fitzpatrick
Ph.D Program in Linguistics
University of California-Santa Barbara 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics




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