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Example 14-49
mine/mines, yours, his, hers, theirs
mine/mines,
mine
yours,
yours
his,
his
hers,
hers
theirs
theirs
mine, yours, his, hers, theirs
Comment:
In some older varieties of African American English in the southern US, the forms
yourn
,
hisn
,
hern
, and
theirn
are also used.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special pronoun form
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