Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 18:14:33 -0500

From: Carrie Crockett crocketc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUSUN.GEORGETOWN.EDU

Subject: reflexives



In response to the request for information concerning dialect differences

and reflexives, I can say that I've certainly found people from my region

(Memphis) and maybe from the South in general to use reflexives in more

contexts and sometimes in more forms than people from other regions of

this country. I myself frequently say things like "Get you some," "I'm

gon eat me a ton of X tonight," or "Order you whatever you want," where

speakers of a different dialect might not have a reflexive at all or else

might have yourself or myself instead of me or you. These are my

perceptions, but I don't know of any references on the subject.



Carrie Leigh Crockett

Sociolinguistics, Georgetown

crocketc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gusun.georgetown.edu