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ε ([2019-02-05-1]) ³ain't ˤĤơϤε˴ؤ뤤ĤҲ𤷤褦
Ҥ٤褦 ain't ϡam not, isn't, aren't ΤѤȤƤѤ뤳Ȥ顤Τ줫˵ĤȹͤΤɸŪ3ĤΤ줫ȯãȲꤹ硤n Ҳξü˴ؤȡ1첻 /eɪ/ ˴ؤ褷ʤФʤʤ줬ʤʤ
1;ñ I б ain't ˴ؤƤϡCrystal (35) ϡŪ amn't, amna, amnae, ammot, am't ʤɤλҲæˤΤȤߤƤ롥
. . . from the sixteenth century on, we see forms dropping the m appear---first an't, then ain't, again with many regional variants such as een't in Suffolk, yunt in Worcestershire, yent in Berkshire, ant in New England, and ent in African-American usage.
ˡOED be, v. Ƥߤȡ츻2.1˾ܤҤ롥ˤȡain't ϡamn't ȯãȤǽ⤢뤬aren't ⡤ isn't ƱͤȯãȤƤ롥
The forms an't and ain't, when functioning as 1st singular, perhaps represent a contraction of am with the negative particle rather than levelling from the 2nd singular and plural (i.e. corresponding to aren't with simplification of final consonant group; compare discussion of ain't below and see discussions in E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500-1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §238, W. N. Francis in Focus on: Eng. & Wales (1985) 141-151; a third possible source (for ain't) is by compensatory lengthening after loss of s from isn't; compare discussion of en't at Forms 2c(iv)ζ). However, if so, an't and ain't were subsequently reanalysed as equivalent to are not, and the spelling aren't superseded an't in standard English, leading to avoidance not only of I aren't but also of aren't I by some speakers of current English. A similar problem arises with the early modern English form wan't, which when used for the singular, may represent either a contraction of was with not or show levelling of a variant of weren't. Compare also the concurrent development of similar contracted forms shan't (contracted form of SHALL v.) and han't, hain't, ain't (contracted forms of HAVE v.).
;ΤȤ˾ʬȯãõȤȤɬפ⤷ʤޤҲϡξˤæפդ뤳ȤǤ뤫⤷ʤ첻ˤĤƤѶŪʥȤϤʤǤȤñ˰۷ǤȤΤ褦ǺѤޤƤ礬¿褦Ϥꡤain't ŪǤ롥
Crystal, David. The Story of Be. Oxford: OUP, 2017.
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