Southernisms (was Re: Genitive relationships (WAS: ConstructStates))

John Cowan wrote:

> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Perhaps the best example
> > is that stereotypical Southernism "y'all come back now, ya hear?", where
> > "ya" is used for plural in the second clause.
>
> That's because English pronouns come in emphatic and reduced forms,
> and the reduced form of "y'all" is [y@], just like the reduced form
> of "you".
I really like this explanation.  Do you think it has to do with the /l/
being velarized?

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