|
Feagin |
778 |
Francine Barber said that I might could get a ride with you |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2137 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1969 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Common schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1716 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Off and on until age 20 |
NC (Snow Hill P.O.) |
NC (Snow Hill P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
366 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Mena) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1171 |
He wouldn’t could’ve worked, even if you had asked him. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
Reed |
1473 |
might could be indefinite leave |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
40s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
unknown |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2269 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1810 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
11th grade |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1565 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
no information |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
951 |
He used to could do it, couldn’t he? |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
462 |
You might could have.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
MS (Lee County) |
MS (Saltillo) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1905 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
4th or 5th grade |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1322 |
Q: Do you have a vase? A: I might could find one. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1652 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 14 |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1045 |
Are you Bubba Pritchert, president of the Saucer Nuts of America?" Bubba took his time answering. "I might could be, " he said at last, his eyes narrowed." |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
808 |
I useta could go to Birmingham to shop. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1746 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
43 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1060 |
Yeah, I'd be out the interest I might could've made on that money and the ten K, too, but I got the feeling your people had already spent most of it and were going to be strapped to come up... |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
2003 |
adult to adult |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1430 |
Even if he doesn't get the Stanford job, they might could still come. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1501 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
146 |
They might not could have gone over the state line to get her. |
might not |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
398 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
67 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Cornelia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
652 |
Used to could put boards.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Decatur County) |
GA (Calvary) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1595 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
VA (Brays) |
VA (Brays) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1842 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
2nd grade |
SC (Cross) |
SC (Cross) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
746 |
We might could run it over to you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
stranger |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
823 |
I might could pay off some debts then. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
334 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Jena) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Dumas |
1140 |
They may still could be all right UT fans. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Knoxville) |
1987 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1778 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
College (Some) |
NC (Guilford College) |
NC (Guilford College) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1443 |
She might could have it done by five. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
682 |
We used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
6th grade |
FL (Cedar Key) |
FL (Cedar Key) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1533 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
2-3 years |
PA (Buck Valley) |
PA (Buck Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
919 |
He must could do it. |
must |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
430 |
He might could find a picture.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
8th grade |
FL (Carraway) |
FL (Bardin) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
177 |
I was just thinking I might could use them. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
431 |
You might could find one or two.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
LA (New Era) |
LA (New Era) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1876 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
In local schools |
SC (Creston) |
SC (Creston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
525 |
Someone that might could tell him. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
TN (Stewart) |
TN (Stewart) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
779 |
There are so many things we might could do. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1970 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Local schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1717 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Little or none |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
367 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Arkadelphia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1172 |
A good machine clipper would could do it in half a day. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2270 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1811 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
None |
NC (Rock Creek) |
NC (Rock Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1566 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
None |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
209 |
My father-in-law flies a lot and gets a lot of frequent flier miles. We might could drop him a hint, and he might would help us.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
463 |
He might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
FL (Oxford) |
FL (Oxford) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1906 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
College graduate |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1323 |
You might could sweet-talk [girls' name]. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1653 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Boydton P.O.) |
VA (Boydton P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
809 |
We useta could hear ’em when we lived up yonder, but since we moved up there, I haven’t heard ’em. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2206 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1747 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
89 |
no information |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1061 |
" It all boils down to will it be profitable, " he said. " It might could pay off, but I don't think so. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
Newspaper |
2003 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1502 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 15 |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Smiley |
888 |
wouldn't could |
wouldn't |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NY (New Paltz) |
1924 |
|
|
|
|
|
LAGS |
399 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Rhine) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
653 |
A man used to could raise a family fairly well.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
High school equivalent and 2 years trade school |
LA (Ville Platte) |
LA (Ville Platte) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1596 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
2 years |
VA (Wares Wharf) |
VA (Wares Wharf) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1843 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
no information |
SC (Moncks Corner) |
SC (Moncks Corner) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
493 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
39 |
12th grade |
LA (Zachary) |
LA (Zachary) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
747 |
She might could tell you some’in.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
82 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1938 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
High school (Some) |
GA (Stilson) |
GA (Stilson) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
824 |
[One] used to could get a bag like this for three dollars - five dollars. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1685 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Point Harbor) |
NC (Point Harbor) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
335 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Cedar Key) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2238 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1779 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
Very little |
NC (Sophia) |
NC (Sophia) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1077 |
She might could die. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
683 |
I used to could eat a green.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
2nd grade; illiterate |
AL (Butler County) |
AL (Greenville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1534 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
684 |
You used to could hear. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
High school |
AL (Mexboro) |
AL (Mexboro) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1535 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
432 |
You might could get a book.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
5th grade |
GA (Columbus) |
GA (Eelbeck) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1622 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Prince George Courthouse) |
VA (Prince George Courthouse) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1877 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
9th grade |
SC (Cordova) |
SC (Cordova) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
526 |
Might could tell you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
89 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Paris) |
TN (Paris) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1294 |
It scared him that he might could’ve been killed yesterday. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1971 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
10th grade |
GA (Carnesville) |
GA (Carnesville) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
857 |
If the items are gonna be released, they can't share, but if they aren't gonna be released, they might could. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1718 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
368 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
69 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Natchitoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1173 |
I used to could do it. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1812 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
NC (Mill Spring) |
NC (Mill Spring) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1567 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Illiterate |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
210 |
There are some ideas we have in mind and you might could think about some of them.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
464 |
Might could help.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
College (Junior at time of interview) |
TX (Edinburg) |
TX (Edinburg) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1907 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
150-200 days in country schools |
SC (Abbeville) |
SC (Abbeville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1324 |
Call back some other day and I might could tell you some more about it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1654 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
None |
VA (Ebony P.O.) |
VA (Ebony P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
52 |
I thought I might could eat it, but when I tasted it, knew I couldn't. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
810 |
We useta could hear the trains. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1748 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Lasker) |
NC (Lasker) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Allan |
1202 |
For a dime a head, I might could strip off the feathers. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1485 |
I might could touch the net, but... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
26 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Columbia SC) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1503 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
male |
None |
PA (Cochranville) |
PA (Cochranville) |
|
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Warner |
889 |
I might could play the piano. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (southeast) |
1938 |
|
|
1.0 |
|