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