Datapoint Gullah/Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns

Turner ([1949] 2002: 227) gives unna for 2nd person singular and plural. You is found pervasively in his texts as 2nd person singular pronoun, however. Cunningham's (1992: 18) pronoun paradigm confirms the distinction between you [2PL] and unna [2PL]. Turner's texts are transcriptions of semi-structured interviews between himself and his informants. There is no indication of a politeness distinction between the two.

Values

No pronominal politeness distinction

Example 13-5:
Yu aks me if I know 'bout de earthquake?
Yu
2sg
aks
ask
me
1sg.obj
if
if
I
1sg
know
know
'bout
about
de
def
earthquake?
earthquake
You ask me if I know about the earthquake?

Source: Turner [1949] 2002: 268

Example 13-28:
unna
unna
2
you

Source: Turner [1949] 2002: 227

Confidence:
Very certain