|
LAMSAS |
1718 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
44 |
I thought you might would like this. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
298 |
I can try, I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
9th grade |
GA (Blackshear) |
GA (Blackshear) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1812 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
NC (Mill Spring) |
NC (Mill Spring) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1236 |
You might should get that [fee] looked after today, else they might cancel your registration. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
College official to an undergraduate student. |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1567 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Illiterate |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
140 |
He might could have pulled a C out of it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
25 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
392 |
Might could catch some.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Vienna) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1908 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
College (Some) |
SC (Lebanon) |
SC (Lebanon) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1325 |
Q: Can you read Hebrew? A: I might can even read this word |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2078 |
You might ought to call a locksmith. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
Television |
2013 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1655 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
62 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Gholsonville) |
VA (Gholsonville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1046 |
If he could learn when to keep his mouth shut, thought Clearwater, and how to think ahead, he might could still turn out with some kind of maturity and style. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
narrator |
Written |
1.2 |
|
|
LAGS |
559 |
You might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
235 |
I'm calling for someone else, but I hope you might would know when the course would be offered next. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
489 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
67 |
4th grade |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Pensacola) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2208 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1062 |
The question is whether or not the attorney general has said things in the past which would -- might could mitigate his objective ability to enforce the law, as he is charged to do as attorney... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
NY (New York) |
Television |
2001 |
host to panelist |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1504 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 17; first learned English at school |
PA (Bethel Township) |
PA (Bethel Township) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Payne |
890 |
Go to see Mr. Smith. He might can tell you. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (eastern) |
1909 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Mishoe |
77 |
Do you think if we wrote them a letter, they might would keep it on? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
2.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
329 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Sumner) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2022 |
One of our goals might ought to be to encourage non-member involvement. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
22 |
College graduate |
|
SC (Columbia) |
1991 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1845 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
8th grade |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
495 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
75 |
None |
LA (Lake Providence) |
LA (Lake Providence) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1262 |
She might could have been being seen by someone else.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
749 |
If these people wanted it, they might could keep it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
425 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
85 |
8th grade |
LA (Anacoco) |
LA (Anacoco) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1357 |
I might oughta go back and get that suit. Those pants look(ed) cute on me. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Lubbock) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
826 |
I didn't know if there was a person who handled technology who might could better answer my question. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
customer to representative of rental meeting space |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1687 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Moyock) |
NC (Moyock) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
591 |
Might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
7 years of school |
MS (Lorman) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
13 |
Maybe we might should wait till next week. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
267 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
3rd grade |
GA (Gum Branch) |
GA (Allenhurst) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2240 |
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1078 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1446 |
The man said he might could send it later. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
39 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1536 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Part of three winters |
PA (Greenbriar) |
PA (Greenbriar) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
109 |
He might can put the son of a bitch back together. He's good at shit like that. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
361 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Boothville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1623 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Newville) |
VA (Newville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
1105 |
I might will can go tomorrow. |
might |
will |
can |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
Scotland (Unknown) |
1994 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1879 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Local one-teacher schools |
SC (Livingston) |
SC (Livingston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
527 |
You might could tell.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
23 |
6th grade |
TN (Rankin) |
TN (Rankin) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1295 |
That I might could’ve done it yesterday excited me. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
781 |
Call the druggist and he might would send you somethin’ for it. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
457 |
You might could have helped me. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
4th grade |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1972 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Until age 14 |
GA (Bogart) |
GA (Bogart) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
299 |
I might can do that
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Elementary school (Some) |
GA (Chatsworth) |
GA (Chatsworth) |
1968 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1476 |
I thought y'all might would. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Lake City) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2272 |
|
might |
not |
could |
Female |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
CA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1093 |
If you do that, it might could spark |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Greenwood) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
954 |
I dinae think he’ll dae it, but I suppose he might could. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
Skipper |
141 |
I don't know. I might would say that. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
393 |
He thought of something he might could do for me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
95 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Hopewell) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
142 |
It might would be better if you talked to him first. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
394 |
Might could do it by next week.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
53 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Houston) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1909 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
Until age 12-13 off and on |
SC (Anderson) |
SC (Anderson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1326 |
I might could sublegally get it for you. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Corpus Christi) |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1123 |
She might should be taking some pills for her cold. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
560 |
It might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
84 |
8th grade |
MS (Soso) |
MS (Soso) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
236 |
I have only a listing for administration. Do you think they might could help you? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
call to operator regarding airport limo service |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
490 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
10th reader |
MS (Shucktown) |
MS (Klondike) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2209 |
|
might |
will |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
WI |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1750 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
59 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Darlington) |
NC (Darlington) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1063 |
Well, I think it was a 50/50 decision between the both of us, after looking at the long jump competition, knowing that you might could make it, jumping about 22 feet, 22-5, knowing that Miriam (sic)... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
49 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
CA (Los Angeles) |
Television |
2000 |
panelist to host |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1487 |
I think you might should move this paragraph down to here. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
tutor to student |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1505 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Until age 21 |
PA (Hanover) |
PA (Hanover) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
330 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Fargo) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Hern.&S |
2023 |
I might should do the dishes. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Black |
c17 |
High school student |
IL (Chicago) |
IL (Chicago) |
1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1599 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
College |
VA (West Point) |
VA (West Point) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
972 |
Yince an A’d wun there, A thocht, A micht mebbies cood geet a hurl the lenth o Hawick.
|
might |
mebbies (=maybe) |
could |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Roxburghshire) |
1925 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1846 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Grammar school |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
496 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
38 |
College (1 year and some business college) |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1263 |
He might used to could run the marathon.
|
might |
used to |
could |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
750 |
But you might could catch ’em home one night. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
426 |
I might could do that, too.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
4th grade |
LA (Olivier) |
LA (Olivier) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1941 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
About 10 months |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1358 |
You might oughta take them some letters to the post office. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
827 |
I might could recruit some people from Aiken too. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
592 |
Might would say it.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
High school |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
268 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school (Graduate) |
AL (Adger) |
AL (Birmingham) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2241 |
|
might |
will |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1447 |
Jeff wants to know if we might could have chicken tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1537 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 12 or 14; off and on |
PA (Cannelton) |
PA (Cannelton) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
110 |
I'm gonna give a little demonstration of what might woulda happened to that guy if we'd a fought. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television Show |
c1990 |
character from NBC's 'Cheers' to barfolk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
362 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
57 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (New Orleans) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1878 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Country school |
SC (Patterson Mill) |
SC (Patterson Mill) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
528 |
He might could tell you a lot of stuff.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
9th grade |
LA (Bogalusa) |
LA (Bogalusa) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
782 |
The kids might would enjoy it if you gon throw it away. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
458 |
You might could have helped me. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
3rd grade; literate |
AL (Peterman) |
AL (Peterman) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
859 |
There's two possible things that we might would need. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1720 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Until age 20 |
NC (Friendship) |
NC (Friendship) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
1175 |
You might can see underneath. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
46 |
We might can find a closer way to go.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
300 |
Might can
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
8th grade |
GA (Cross Roads) |
GA (Toccoa) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1477 |
We might could come. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2273 |
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1814 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school student |
NC (Walnut) |
NC (Walnut) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
143 |
Let's try that. It might would work. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |