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The two highlighted features are also aspects of non-standard
dialect. Firstly, Ain’t. ‘Ain’t’ that attributes to Southern dialect use for short
terms of am not, is not, and are not. For instances:

Grammar deviation: I ain’t Dakin. [IDB, p.499]
Standard English: I am not Dakin.
Grammar deviation: he ain't gonna be mean. [OMM, p.101]
Standard English: he is not going to be mean.
Secondly, double negative. The sentences comprised of words
such as ‘no’, ‘none’, or ‘nothing’ in a simple negative sentence as shown in

the excerpts.
Grammar deviation: Don’t you get into no bad company [IDB,
p.255].
Standard English: Don’t you get into any bad company.
Grammar deviation: You ain't gonna get no argument [TGW,

p.245].
Standard English: You are not going to get any argument.

4.3 Lexical features
After automatically identifying Southern lexical using the software
AntConc, thirteen Southern vocabularies are found. They are arranged
alphabetically with the excerpts from the novel, including the novel name and
page number.

Awfully in the Southern context is the expression substitute for
‘very’. For instances, I’m awfully lonely [IDB, p.533], The men are quiet,
awfully quiet [IDB, p.579].