eWAVE - Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Ain’t as the negated form of be

Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Ain’t as the negated form of be

Variety:	Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:	Ain’t as the negated form of be
Value:	A - feature is pervasive or obligatory
Informants:	Alexander Kautzsch

Example 1292:: but I aint 'bleevin in nothin but de good Lawd.

Source: Rawick (eds.) 1977/1979: 570