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Datapoint Earlier African American Vernacular English/Ainʼt as generic negator before a main verb
Variety:
Earlier African American Vernacular English
Feature:
Ainʼt as generic negator before a main verb
Value:
B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants:
Alexander Kautzsch
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Examples
Example 1294:
I hop' ya ain't wanna kno' much mo' 'cause I 'bout through.
Source:
Perdue et al. (eds.) 1992
: 210
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