|
Skipper |
148 |
You might say, well, he might can get away with that. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
20 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
416 |
Might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
76 |
2 days of school |
TN (Fulton) |
TN (Fulton) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1362 |
That's why you might oughta give me a ring--if something comes up and I don't think about it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1692 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
Only a little |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
510 |
It might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
7th grade |
GA (Manor) |
GA (Statenville) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
764 |
.. might could ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
258 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
8th grade |
TN (Arno) |
TN (Arno) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
84 |
We might can keep a pet there. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to son |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1786 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
90 |
None |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1451 |
I might could drive a race car. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
26 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Greenwood) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
841 |
She might could offer her own two cents’ worth on accommodations and modifications or whatever.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
352 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
89 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Freerun) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1084 |
Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1883 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Oakwood) |
SC (Oakwood) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
194 |
There's lots of stuff I haven't gotten to. If I did, I might could develop my ideas more. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
448 |
I might could have done so-and-so.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
66 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
MS (Jackson) |
MS (Jackson) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
20 |
I wonder if he might would be interested in that? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1977 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1724 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
542 |
You might ought to go see about that.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
High school (Graduate) |
GA (Atlanta) |
GA (Atlanta) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1310 |
But you might could check back in a month or two |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
worker to client |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1198 |
John might should ought to annoy Bill. |
might |
should |
ought to |
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
543 |
I might ought to spot-fight them. [fire ants]
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
College (1 year) |
MS (Oktibbeha County) |
MS (Oktoc) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1311 |
(You/Y'all) might could sign better. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
291 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school and business course |
GA (Woodbine) |
GA (Woodbine) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
1995 |
It might could begin by a normal mother-daughter argument about different things. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
20 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
TN (Memphis) |
1980 |
stranger to hypothetical |
Written |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2278 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
117 |
I might should be taping this. I forgot how funny it was. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
874 |
I might could go there tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
TN (Perry County) |
|
1954 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
385 |
Might could be.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Marietta) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Brandstetter |
1190 |
Well, it might wouldn’t bother you, I would guess. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1914 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
9th grade |
GA (Savannah) |
SC (Savannah) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2084 |
They might all oughta do that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
COCA |
1027 |
We might ought to get you in a tub first. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
father to son |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Combs |
1246 |
I might could do it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
KY (Unknown) |
KY (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
481 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Dayton) |
TN (Dayton) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2214 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
53 |
If she wouldn't eat so much salt, she might would feel better.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother-in-law to daughter-in-law |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1755 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Illiterate |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1492 |
You might would have to import it in. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1010 |
Come on now woman, you might can tell it, but you can't change it. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
brother to sister |
Written |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1510 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
Very little; until age 21 |
PA (Orangeville) |
PA (Orangeville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
575 |
He might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
71 |
11th grade |
AL (Clanton) |
AL (Clanton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
323 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
76 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Griffin) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1602 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
3rd grade |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1070 |
You might could use a little trim, too. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
worker to client |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
149 |
I'm going to ask her if she might can help me get a job. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1851 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Until age 14 |
SC (Hendersonville) |
SC (Hendersonville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
417 |
Might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
9th grade |
TX (Pleasant Retreat) |
TX (Tyler) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1946 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
92 |
9 months |
GA (Wayesboro) |
GA (Waynesboro) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1363 |
Jeanie's house is the fartherest from K-Bob. Do you think they might oughta meet us there? |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1693 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
College (Some) |
NC (Winfall) |
NC (Winfall) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
511 |
Maybe I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Sparta) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
765 |
If she had seen ’em, she might could have said who they are.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
259 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
5th grade |
GA (Buford) |
GA (Buford) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2246 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NE |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1452 |
We might could design it better. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
tutor to student |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
842 |
That would be nice. Even we might could use it for OAASIS [=a grant project].
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
supervisor to subordinates |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1542 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
38 |
Until age 14 |
DE (Willow Grove) |
DE (Willow Grove) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
353 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Trenton) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Butters |
1229 |
You might ought to tie that tree from the other side. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Durhamj) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1884 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
3 months of night school |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
449 |
We might could have found it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
10th grade |
MS (Kosciusko) |
MS (McCool) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
21 |
I might could use another piece of bread.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to daughter |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1978 |
might possibly will |
might |
possibly |
will |
Female |
White |
45 |
11th grade |
GA (Decatur) |
GA (Decatur) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1979 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
59 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
GA (Atlanta) |
GA (Atlanta) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
544 |
Might should have.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at Emory University at time of interview) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1312 |
A few pointers that you might could use... |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
292 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
4th grade |
GA (Moniac) |
GA (Moniac) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1573 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 16 |
MD (Keedysville) |
MD (Keedysville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2279 |
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
118 |
You might should go ahead and wake him up. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
875 |
"might could" = pasttense of "may can" |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
KY (central southern) |
|
c1960 |
|
|
|
|
|
LAGS |
386 |
Might just could be.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Tomoka Farms) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1915 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school (Some) |
GA (Savannah) |
SC (Savannah) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2085 |
Pledges might oughta all carry their pledge book with them at all times. |
might |
ought to` |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College Student |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
COCA |
1028 |
"Might ought to tune this thing," he'd say. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1990 |
man to man (with audience) |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1662 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Cismont) |
VA (Cismont) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mashburn |
1247 |
He might could see you today. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
Montgomery |
228 |
If I stayed in Columbia any longer, I might could find my way around. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
482 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
5th grade |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
54 |
Do you think Rosa might will be there? |
might |
will |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to group |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1756 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Smithfield) |
NC (Smithfield) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1493 |
You might could get something. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1011 |
My stepfather, he fix TVs and vacuum cleaners, and he say since I can already drive, if I get my license, I might can go with him sometimes.
Primary tabs |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
student to teacher |
Written |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1511 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Valley View) |
PA (Valley View) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1051 |
For CBS. She might could do " Nightline. " |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TX (Abilene) |
Television |
2005 |
panelist to host |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
576 |
She might would hurt him.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
47 |
None (Illiterate) |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
324 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Lollie) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1071 |
Walter said. " Me and him might could be buddies. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
teens |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
150 |
… and I was wondering if I might could come and talk to you later in the week. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
418 |
Garlic might could do that [=make your eyes water]. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
55 |
7th grade |
GA (Cumberland Island) |
GA (Sapelo Island) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1947 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Private school |
GA (Bath) |
GA (Bath) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1364 |
I might oughta look into that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1981 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
512 |
Might could name it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
7th grade |
GA (Berrien County) |
GA (Ray City) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
766 |
If I could talk to one of the men, I might could tell you how much you’ve got |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
260 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2247 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
86 |
The only thing that could change the outcome would be if we might could get a caution flag. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
NBC announcer to audience |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1788 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Jones Creek) |
NC (Jones Creek) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|