|
LAMSAS |
1938 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
High school (Some) |
GA (Stilson) |
GA (Stilson) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1685 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Point Harbor) |
NC (Point Harbor) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1534 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
389 |
You might could call them.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Lorman) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
643 |
I used to could say it. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
82 |
8th grade |
GA (Americus) |
GA (Americus) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1876 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
In local schools |
SC (Creston) |
SC (Creston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Smiley |
888 |
wouldn't could |
wouldn't |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NY (New Paltz) |
1924 |
|
|
|
|
|
Montgomery |
231 |
They might could have some over there. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
485 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
65 |
8th grade |
GA (Leesburg) |
GA (Leesburg) |
1977 |
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 |
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 |
|
|
|
Feagin |
747 |
She might could tell you some’in.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
82 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
327 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
84 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Surrency) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
1566 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
None |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
421 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Troy) |
AL (Troy) |
1977 |
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 |
|
COCA |
1077 |
She might could die. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
man to man |
Written |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
516 |
Might could say it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
47 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Piedmont) |
AL (Piedmont) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
358 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Soso) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2021 |
At the time I lookd at it, I thought I may could draw a distinction there. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
1991 |
Student to professor |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1597 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Until age 17 |
VA (King and Queen Courthouse) |
VA (King and Queen Courthouse) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1844 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
58 |
7 years |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1934 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
England |
1173 |
I used to could do it. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
454 |
Might could have helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
66 |
9th grade |
LA (St. James Par) |
LA (New Orleans) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1939 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
College graduate |
GA (Statesboro) |
GA (Statesboro) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1686 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Moyock) |
NC (Moyock) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Reed |
1445 |
I think I might could help out. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1535 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
390 |
[People] might could carried.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
644 |
I used to could, but I can't now. |
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
61 |
4th grade |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Allan |
1202 |
For a dime a head, I might could strip off the feathers. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Warner |
889 |
I might could play the piano. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (southeast) |
1938 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
486 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
College (1 year) |
TN (Portland) |
TN (Portland) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1971 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
10th grade |
GA (Carnesville) |
GA (Carnesville) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
970 |
What I want to ken is, if I winna could hinder him that’s my fiancé frae dicin’ or drinkin’ ‘t awa’ ance he got me mairried to him? |
will |
could |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Argyll) |
1927 |
|
Written |
1.2 |
|
|
Mashburn |
1261 |
She used to could run the marathon.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1718 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
748 |
My sister might could tell you somethin’ further bout that, cause she was oldest and she might have known somethin’ about it; but me, I don’t know anything about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
328 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Ocilla) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1812 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
NC (Mill Spring) |
NC (Mill Spring) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1059 |
He might could drink a strawberry cold drink. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
2008 |
narrator |
Written |
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 |
168 |
He might could play pretty good. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
422 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
College (2 years) |
AR (Salem) |
AR (Salem) |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
COCA |
1078 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1655 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
62 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Gholsonville) |
VA (Gholsonville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
685 |
I used to could blow on it a little bit.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
922 |
He should could do it. |
should |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
517 |
I might could say "fixing."
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
High school and business school |
LA (Shreveport) |
LA (Shreveport) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2208 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1749 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
no information |
NC (Hollister) |
NC (Hollister) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
359 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Picayune) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
613 |
You used could buy it.
|
used |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
90 |
Less than 1 term school |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1845 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
8th grade |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
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 |
|
Skipper |
151 |
I had an aunt in Goldsboro who might could've been able to tell me… well I don't know. She weren't too bright, but then she might could've helped. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
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 |
|
Montgomery |
201 |
We lived out in the country, and Laura has had a pretty hard time as you might could imagine. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
455 |
Might could have helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
6th grade |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1940 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
About 18 months |
GA (Rincon) |
GA (Rincon) |
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 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1781 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Thomasville) |
NC (Thomasville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1536 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Part of three winters |
PA (Greenbriar) |
PA (Greenbriar) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
811 |
You useta could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
391 |
He might could carry you to the doctor.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
85 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Jonesboro) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
645 |
I used to could remember. |
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
8th grade |
FL (Point Washington) |
FL (Point Washington) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
1623 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Newville) |
VA (Newville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1879 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Local one-teacher schools |
SC (Livingston) |
SC (Livingston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
487 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
High school (Graduate) |
AL (Montevallo) |
AL (Montevallo) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |