Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Plural marking generally optional: for nouns with non-human referents

Variety: Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature: Plural marking generally optional: for nouns with non-human referents
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Alexander Kautzsch

Examples

Example 1249:
An' jes' take a little 'simmon [persimmon] switch, lak dat, an' yo' split it an' put it in each one of dem sock.

Source: Hyatt 1970-1978: 1055