|
LAMSAS |
1674 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 18 |
VA (Allum Ridge) |
VA (Allum Ridge) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1052 |
She might could have a live interview. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TX (Abilene) |
Television |
2005 |
panelist to host |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
578 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
52 |
High school |
GA (Sumter County) |
GA (Plains) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
318 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Lithonia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1768 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
College (after governess at home) |
NC (Abrams Plains) |
NC (Abrams Plains) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
H&S |
1211 |
See that drug store? You might coulda find it there. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Bahamas (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1433 |
So she might have couldn't, SO she might have couldn't drove that truck of yours |
might have |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
11 |
Elementary School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
672 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
33 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1523 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
160 |
You might could use it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
412 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
8th grade |
LA (Ridge) |
LA (Ridge) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
909 |
He’ll can get you one. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1073 |
You might not can if you keep asking. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Loudon) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to grandson |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1611 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
Little; ages 11 to 15 |
VA (Grafton) |
VA (Grafton) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
991 |
I can’t do it now, but I used to could |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Warwick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1865 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
Until age 18 |
SC (Chesterfield) |
SC (Chesterfield) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
514 |
I think I might could recognize it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1281 |
You might couldn’t do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
254 |
Sometimes they maybe may would. |
may |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
72 |
9th grade (Some) |
AL (Brantley) |
AL (Selma) |
1978 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
768 |
And you might could tell her you hadn’t been gettin’ one. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1959 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
8 years |
GA (Fort Hawkins) |
GA (Fort Hawkins) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1374 |
I would like for you now to ask questions of me or anyone else here who might can answer them. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
College |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1973 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2129 |
might not ought |
might not |
ought |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
96 |
I thought you said we might could get some candy? |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
348 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Barbineau Park) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
845 |
I might oughta do that, shouldn't I? |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
|
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1706 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NC (Beaver Dam) |
NC (Beaver Dam) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
1161 |
He might should claim his expenses. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
610 |
Shouldn't ought to.
|
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
College (1 year) |
TX (Victoria) |
TX (Victoria) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1800 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74+ |
Illiterate |
NC (New Hope P.O.) |
NC (New Hope P.O.) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
F&B |
1231 |
She is not a victim because she might could have prevented it but did not try. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
College Student |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
1.8 |
|
|
Montgomery |
190 |
You might can borrow Doctor Greiner's, if he's in. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
704 |
Used to wouldn't.
|
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation on Cedar Creek) |
AR (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1555 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Ages 6 to 18; on and off |
MD (Hickory) |
MD (Hickory) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
444 |
Might could have.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
19 |
College (student at time of interview) |
MS (Jackson) |
MS (Jackson) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
941 |
He should no could have come. |
should no |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1896 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
4th grade |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2066 |
I might should've asked for fruit instead. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
31 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Seymour) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
33 |
That might would be just fine. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1643 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1112 |
He might would have seen Morris this morning, if he had arrived on time. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
547 |
I might used to call them.
|
might |
used to |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
9th grade |
GA (Blackshear) |
GA (Blackshear) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1315 |
I've got this chart we might could use. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Graduate |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
woman to woman (friends) |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
287 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
High school (Graduate) |
GA (Deepstep) |
GA (Deepstep) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
801 |
I useta could play, too, but I couldn’t pick out nothin’! |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
6th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1737 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1992 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Country public school |
FL (St. Augustine) |
FL (St. Augustine) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1408 |
(woman's name) oughta could answer my questions although I didn't do so well. |
oughta |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
|
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
381 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Waxahatchie) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
Montgomery |
2009 |
They might could tell you more than I can about what's in the archives. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Some) |
TN (Jefferson County) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1994 |
Friend |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1586 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
VA (Naulakla) |
VA (Naulakla) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
959 |
Ye’ll can cum neist weik. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (southern) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1833 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
4th grade |
SC (Plantersville) |
SC (Plantersville) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mashburn |
1250 |
He may could see you today.
|
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Montgomery |
223 |
I don't know who you would talk to. You might would want to start with the person in the head office. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
737 |
Take your granddaddy, Ron. He might can tell ye! |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
477 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
9th grade |
MS (Dillon) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1928 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1345 |
She probably might would get it. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
65 |
You might could possibly help me. I don't know. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1014 |
I might not can write but I want a piece of a great man to remember. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1675 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
None |
VA (Spencer) |
VA (Spencer) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1053 |
And I felt like I might could help contribute to that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
57 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
MS (Greenwood) |
Television |
2005 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
579 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
High school |
AL (Lee County) |
AL (Opelika) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
319 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
47 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Atlanta) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1769 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
A few months for a few years |
NC (Cary P.O.) |
NC (Cary P.O.) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1074 |
Janie, letting her voice go good-old-girlish, says she might could, then quotes a figure that would put a strain on most people's gratefulness if she weren't so sure they'd smile... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1995 |
woman to group |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1434 |
She mighta, mighta coulda driven that truck of yours. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
12 |
Elementary School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
673 |
I used to could whistle.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
63 |
6th grade |
MS (Washington County) |
MS (Leland) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1524 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Until age 15 |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
161 |
We might could work something out. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
413 |
Maybe they might could do something. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
FL (Oxford) |
FL (Oxford) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1098 |
You might ought to get that from her. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Loudon) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
1 |
I thought you might could help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
Customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1612 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Private school |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
992 |
He use to could lift a fifty-six ower his heead wi’ one hand, but he can’t nah.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (West Yorkshire) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1866 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
SC (Boykin) |
SC (Boykin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
515 |
Might could say.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
85 |
3rd grade; illiterate |
GA (Fayetteville) |
GA (Jonesboro) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
255 |
May would
|
may |
would |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Carter) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
769 |
You might could lead into it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Birmingham) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1960 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1375 |
We might can fix it |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to cousin |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
97 |
I thought you might could do it a little different this time. I'm tired of this same old look. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to hairdresser (f) |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
349 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Pensacola) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
846 |
I might would too. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
|
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1707 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
High school |
NC (Washington P.O.) |
NC (Washington P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
1162 |
He might can go. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
611 |
Shouldn't ought to have done it.
|
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
LA (New Orleans) |
LA (New Orleans) |
1983 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1464 |
Do you think I might could bring it in tomorrow? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1801 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
High school graduate |
NC (Trinity Church) |
NC (Trinity Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1086 |
You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
woman to woman |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
191 |
Well you might would know. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
705 |
Used to wouldn't.
|
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Part of 9th grade |
GA (Lamar) |
GA (Lamar) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1556 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Benson) |
MD (Benson) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
445 |
I might could have done a little better.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
8th grade |
GA (Cross Roads) |
GA (Toccoa) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
942 |
He should could no have come. |
should |
could no |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1897 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2067 |
If it's the difference in grammar, I may should take points off. |
may |
should |
|
Female |
White |
25 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
NJ |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
34 |
I guess I might could do it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
College (Freshman) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to instructor |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |