Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 10:31:17 EST

From: Mark Ingram MAINGR01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UKCC.UKY.EDU

Subject: Re: Anyone familiar with the following expressions?



On Thu, 17 Nov 1994 09:57:21 EST Terry Lynn Irons said:

Rex asks bout the following expression:

4) "Let's go see us a movie this evening."



This use is referred to in the literature as a personal dative.

I don't have a list of references handy, but I believe Wolfram and

Christain discuss it a bit in _Appalachian Speech_.



Terry,







Is this similar to "I'm gonna buy me a sandwich."

I note the German dative "Ich kaufe mir..."





Mark Ingram

University of Ky

Medical Library-Reference

Lexington, Ky

maingr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ukcc.uky.edu