Possessive form of Y'ALL

[Mark A. Mandel]

Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
But my Alabama student came in with another intuition yesterday:  She said
some people say "your allses" (reduced to "y'allses" down there).
<<<<<

If it's reduced, how much evidence does she have that the /r/ is there at
all? Has she ever heard it, or is it just her reconstruction of what she
thinks is the underlying form? Especially if it's not a form she uses ("She
said SOME PEOPLE say...", emph. added).

   Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
          Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Senior Linguist
 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com