|
LAMSAS |
1627 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Courtland) |
VA (Courtland) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1882 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
Ages 6-10 |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
820 |
It might would've come back to you and you would've tried it. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
79 |
She might can wear it if she fixes the belt. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to family |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
331 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
47 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Valdosta) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
585 |
Might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
12th grade |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1976 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
95 |
Local schools |
GA (Doraville) |
GA (Doraville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
173 |
He might probably can find somebody to fix it. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
427 |
I might could do this.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
TN (LaFollette) |
TN (LaFollette) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1480 |
I might can get this finished tonight. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1570 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 16 |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2276 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1817 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
None |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1095 |
I might could have stood anything but that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
521 |
Might could see.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
33 |
College (4 years) |
GA (Colquitt) |
GA (Colquitt) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
775 |
She might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
269 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Medon) |
TN (Jackson) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1912 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
4 years |
SC (Greenville) |
SC (Greenville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1329 |
You might could have caught it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1125 |
I might could have been studying instead of fooling around had I known you were coming. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
111 |
We might will see some action now because the 15 car with Morgan Shepard is making his move in turn number four. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
ESPN announcer at NASCAR race |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
363 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Little Bayou Black) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2212 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1754 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Educated in Wilson and Saratoga |
NC (Evansdale) |
NC (Evansdale) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Butters |
1205 |
What It Might Can Do ... The Rural Development Act of 1972 |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
|
|
|
Reed |
1491 |
You might could look for it this way. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1509 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 15 or 16 |
PA (Danville) |
PA (Danville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
460 |
Might could have offered some assistance.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
37 |
11th grade |
TX (Harmony) |
TX (Harmony) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
554 |
Might wouldn't.
|
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
College |
TN (Knoxville) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
302 |
I might can think back.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
10th grade |
GA (Georgetown) |
GA (Georgetown) |
1978 |
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 |
|
|
|
Skipper |
144 |
I told Anne she might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
396 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Blairsville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
COCA |
1080 |
Yeah, but I- I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1993 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Feagin |
744 |
I might could think of a few more. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Bachelor's degree) |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
238 |
They might can break one of us, but they can't break all of us. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
from a wikipedia listing |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
492 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Some |
LA (Kentwood) |
LA (Kentwood) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1883 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Oakwood) |
SC (Oakwood) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1300 |
Might you oughtn’t to have done that?
|
might |
oughtn't to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
821 |
... but he might could show us today. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
332 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Ray City) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
586 |
I might would say that. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
11th grade |
MS (Soso) |
MS (Soso) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
England |
1179 |
[A: Could you do with any plants?] B: No, not really. I might could do with one or two spaces filled. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
917 |
He might can do it, if he tried. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAGS |
428 |
I might could farm.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
62 |
None |
GA (Colquitt) |
GA (Blakely) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1994 |
If he's feeling better, he might could give us some playing time. It'll just depend on how he's doing tomorrow. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Gaffney) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1571 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Pomfret) |
MD (Pomfret) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2277 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1818 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1096 |
Seems like if I could just remember that, I might could come to some kind of reckoning about come me to kill him. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.2 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
522 |
Might could sleep on it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
High school |
AR (El Dorado) |
AR (El Dorado) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
776 |
If ... we might could abbreviate it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
VA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
270 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
4th grade |
LA (Zachary) |
LA (Zachary) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1913 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
2 years |
SC (Walhalla) |
SC (Walhalla) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2083 |
They all might oughta do that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1660 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
None |
VA (Batesville) |
VA (Batesville) |
1933 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
853 |
... anything that looks like we might need it, we might better put aside ...
|
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
364 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
35 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Lafferty) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2214 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1755 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Illiterate |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1065 |
" I might could be subject to get [a] call of nature, " Gary Lee Stringer said from his cot. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1998 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1510 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
Very little; until age 21 |
PA (Orangeville) |
PA (Orangeville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
207 |
We have done an analysis of what we do and what we might could do. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
461 |
If you told me the word, I might could have thought of some.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Anniston) |
AL (Anniston) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1602 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
3rd grade |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1851 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Until age 14 |
SC (Hendersonville) |
SC (Hendersonville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
555 |
Might would and might wouldn't.
|
might |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
5th grade |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
303 |
You might can see that light.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Miller Co.) |
GA (Colquitt) |
1975 |
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 |
|
|
|
Skipper |
145 |
That might'll work. |
might |
will |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
397 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Dahlonega) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1542 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
38 |
Until age 14 |
DE (Willow Grove) |
DE (Willow Grove) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
745 |
Mr. Kershaw might could tell you ’bout that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
239 |
If you ask me, I might can help you with the problem. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1884 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
3 months of night school |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1301 |
'If he would get out from behind his pulpit and do some recruiting, he might could find somebody who can kick. Franklin said. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
22 |
College Graduate |
KY (Princeton) |
Newspaper |
1978 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
81 |
You might should better try on some of your clothes before you go home. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Myrtle Beach) |
c1990 |
female to family |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
333 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Calvary) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
587 |
I might would say that. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Knoxville) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
England |
1180 |
I’ll tell you who they could be. They might could be Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Skipper |
175 |
We might can get down some weekend soon. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
918 |
He might could do it, if he tried. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAGS |
429 |
You might could find.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
High school |
AR (Three Creeks) |
AR (El Dorado) |
1977 |
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 |
|
Labov |
1239 |
I might can’t get no more fines, neither. |
might |
can't |
|
Unknown |
Black |
12 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NY (New York City) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |