|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1972 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Until age 14 |
GA (Bogart) |
GA (Bogart) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
858 |
We may could do a conference call. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1719 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Illiterate |
NC (Chinquapin P.O.) |
NC (Chinquapin P.O.) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
369 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Pineville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1174 |
[Q: What’s it been like?] A: Terrible. I haven’t could sleep.
|
have |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1813 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
Very little |
NC (Friendship Church) |
NC (Friendship Church) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
LAGS |
465 |
Might could help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College (Student at time of interview) |
MS (Hattiesburg) |
MS (Hattiesburg) |
1978 |
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 |
|
Reed |
2079 |
I may could sell that. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
Television |
2013 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1656 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Illiterate |
VA (Stony Creek) |
VA (Stony Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
812 |
I useta could, but I can’t any more. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
15 |
9th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
112 |
We wanted to come and we might possibly could have, but like everybody else, we got money worries. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.1 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1505 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Until age 21 |
PA (Hanover) |
PA (Hanover) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Taylor |
891 |
I mought ’a’ could if I’d ’a’ wanted to. |
mought have |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
MO (southwestern) |
1923 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAGS |
402 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
4th grade |
FL (Sopchoppy) |
FL (Sopchoppy) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
656 |
I used to could sing.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
8th grade |
FL (Jena) |
FL (Jena) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1941 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
About 10 months |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1688 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
None |
NC (Old trap) |
NC (Old Trap) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
338 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
91 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Shelbyville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
144 |
I told Anne she might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1782 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
Little |
NC (Corinth Church) |
NC (Corinth Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
686 |
Used to could get them.,
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
LAGS |
434 |
The worms might could get in them.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
8th grade |
TN (Wear Valley) |
TN (Wear Valley) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1624 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
no information |
VA (Mills Swamp) |
VA (Mills Swamp) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1720 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Until age 20 |
NC (Friendship) |
NC (Friendship) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
370 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Ville Platte) |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1814 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school student |
NC (Walnut) |
NC (Walnut) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1237 |
'Scuse me for buttin’ in ... You want postcards of blues musicians, you may could get ’em at that ... There’s that tourist place the corner of Beale there. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Memphis) |
|
[Elderly Caucasian Southern man, gratuitously, to a mother and her son (apparently northerners) outside the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
955 |
I cannae dae it the now, but I would could next week. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAGS |
466 |
You might could help out.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
10th grade |
FL (Rockmart) |
FL (Rockmart) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
16 |
We have everything you might could need right here. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
clerk to customer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
17 |
I might could have done better. I just didn't have enough time. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1327 |
I've seen ones that might possibly could be flowers, but I haven't seen any yet [that are flowers]. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1984 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1657 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Short terms until 17-18 |
VA (Browntown) |
VA (Browntown) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1047 |
He had sold his quota of Bibles and then some and did she reckon she might could come on over to his cabin after dark for a little roll in the hay before he headed out?
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
man to woman |
Written |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2210 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1751 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
NC (Rocky Mount P.O.) |
NC (Rocky Mount P.O.) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1488 |
You know, if things go right, they may could get some votes for number 1. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1506 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 17 |
PA (Grantville) |
PA (Grantville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
MISC |
892 |
[I] think if I could get in there and people would work with me, we might could get something going. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
GA (Mayorsville) |
|
1972 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
403 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
College (Student at Emory University at time of interview) |
FL (Ft. Myers) |
FL (Ft. Myers) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1600 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64+ |
None |
VA (Central Garage) |
VA (Central Garage) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
973 |
He wouldna could dae’t, |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Argyll) |
1929 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1847 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
High school |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
497 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
12th grade |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
R&W |
1264 |
I might could ketch a possum tonight, over on East Mountain.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
|
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
751 |
She might could be, help you out with something else. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1942 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
Lessons at home and 6 months at school |
GA (Halcyon Dale) |
GA (Halcyon Dale) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1689 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Belcross) |
NC (Belcross) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
339 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Crossroads) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1783 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
College |
NC (Salisbury) |
NC (Salisbury) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1448 |
I might could make that happen. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
687 |
I used to could play a harp.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
MS (Homewood) |
MS (Trenton) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1538 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
None |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
435 |
You might could get up here and help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
7th grade |
TN (Big Creek) |
TN (Big Creek) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
237 |
Dena Dalton handles those accounts. I might could help you but I would rather have her call you. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1880 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Hattieville) |
SC (Hattieville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
529 |
I might could tell you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
5th-6th grade |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1974 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Cleveland School |
GA (Bogart) |
GA (Bogart) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
860 |
We might could just kinda look and see.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1721 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Little; until age 21 |
NC (Pleasant Hill) |
NC (Pleasant Hill) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
371 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Wiergate) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
625 |
But I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
12th grade |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1478 |
I thought I might could make it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1568 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 16 |
MD (River Spring) |
MD (River Spring) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2274 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1815 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
One or two months |
NC (Dillingham) |
NC (Dillingham) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1094 |
Well, he might could. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1991 |
panelist to panelist |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
956 |
He cannae dae it these days, but he used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAGS |
467 |
I might could help you. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1911 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Country school |
SC (Anderson) |
SC (Anderson) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1658 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1064 |
" I expect to see a picture of us with him might could be in newspapers in Memphis and New Orleans, " C. Moorman said. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1998 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1507 |
ought to could |
ought to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
4 months per year until age 18 |
PA (Turbotville) |
PA (Turbotville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Johnson |
893 |
I used to could speak that jargon better than I could English and we had a i-dea that was to be the standard language here in Oregon.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
OR (Unknown) |
1909 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAGS |
404 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1416 |
I don't think I have any grants you might could apply for. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1848 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Private finishing school |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
498 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
LA (Natchitoches) |
LA (Natchitoches) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
R&W |
1265 |
I might could dry them dishes for ye. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
MO (Unknown) |
MO (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
752 |
Y’all might could talk to her about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1943 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
7th grade |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
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