|
COCA |
1076 |
And, I thought, well, and when me and my friend had talked about it, we thought we might- could get a job. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
28 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AR (Lonoke) |
Television |
1994 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1440 |
Harry said he might could fix the car. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
Montgomery |
228 |
If I stayed in Columbia any longer, I might could find my way around. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1873 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
70 |
I wonder if we might could get a copy of last year's test? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to group in no.69 |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
324 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Lollie) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1714 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
618 |
I used to couldn't stand something like that.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Female |
Black |
63 |
High school |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1808 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Very little |
NC (Kings Creek) |
NC (Kings Creek) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
554 |
Might wouldn't.
|
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
College |
TN (Knoxville) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
958 |
I useta could. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
354 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Wicker) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1744 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Whiteville) |
NC (Whiteville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
450 |
Some people might could have gone.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
High school (Some) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2016 |
We would have might maybe made it. |
would have |
might |
maybe |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1593 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
Until age 15 |
VA (Callao) |
VA (Callao) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
38 |
I might could have done so much better. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2104 |
might couldn't |
might |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Dumas |
1139 |
You might oughtta take a look at that pie before you eat it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Huntsville) |
1987 |
|
|
1.3 |
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 |
1776 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
NC (Reidsville) |
NC (Reidsville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1441 |
We might could make it if we hurry. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
680 |
Everything I used to could of.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
85 |
A few years of school |
FL (Jacksonville) |
FL (Jacksonville) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
THAT CLAUSE |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
229 |
I just can't do what I used to could do. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1874 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1291 |
shouldn’t SUBJECT ought |
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
777 |
Some of them might could have. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
71 |
Could I might see an example of that on the board? |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to professor (female) |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
854 |
We might could even stuff the catalogs in the bags?
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1715 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
6 months total |
NC (Arba) |
NC (Arba) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
165 |
You might should check further. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
419 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
91 |
College (2 years) |
GA (Butler - rural) |
GA (Butler) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2268 |
|
might |
not |
can |
Female |
Black |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NJ |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1091 |
I may not can come to that. |
may not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
713 |
They used to would hang themselves.
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
8th grade |
MS (Jefferson) |
MS (Jefferson) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1651 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
48 |
Private; to high school |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
807 |
I useta could hear him playin’ the organ. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
197 |
Do you have any time this afternoon that I might could talk with you? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
451 |
He might could have got well.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
5th-6th grade |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2017 |
You might maybe could have made it. |
might |
maybe |
could |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1594 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Remo) |
VA (Remo) |
1935 |
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 |
|
Mishoe |
39 |
I might would send it in if they would just give me til Monday. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to male |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1353 |
We might oughta leave that out. People around here are sensitive about racial issues. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1979 |
reporter to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2105 |
might wouldn't |
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
822 |
I figured she might not would tell me about it ... |
might not |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1683 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66+ |
None |
NC (Fruitville) |
NC (Fruitville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
387 |
You might could buy you…
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
84 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Cornelia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2236 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1442 |
We might could shorten the sleeves, if you want. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
Montgomery |
230 |
You might could find that next door. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1620 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
15 months |
VA (Dewitt) |
VA (Dewitt) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
778 |
Francine Barber said that I might could get a ride with you |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
72 |
What I need is money and time. Then I might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
326 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Savannah) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2137 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1384 |
Well, anyway, gosh. I might can do it, but, yeah. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
620 |
Used to couldn't.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
3rd grade |
TX (Fort Worth) |
TX (Fort Worth) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
420 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
8th grade |
GA (Savannah) |
GA (Savannah) |
1972 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2269 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1810 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
11th grade |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
714 |
They used to would have said I'm going to perk a pot of coffeee.
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
College |
TN (Tazewell) |
TN (Little Sycamore) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
8 |
If you go sign up right now, you might can still get in the class.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
808 |
I useta could go to Birmingham to shop. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1746 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
43 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
746 |
We might could run it over to you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
stranger |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1937 |
might would |
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
60 |
8 years |
GA (Metter) |
GA (Metter) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2107 |
might hadn't ought |
might |
hadn't |
ought |
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
823 |
I might could pay off some debts then. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1684 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
66+ |
None |
NC (Fruitville) |
NC (Fruitville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
126 |
Does anyone have some paper I might could borrow? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to class |
Spoken |
2.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1077 |
She might could die. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1444 |
We used to would play ball all day. |
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1534 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1876 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
In local schools |
SC (Creston) |
SC (Creston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1970 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Local schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1385 |
They've got two hurdles they've got to hop. One is they've got to, to uh get by the city. Second they gotta get by the federal government on their allocation. They might not can get... |
might not |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, television) |
1979 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1717 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Little or none |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
621 |
Used to couldn't get it up every morning.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Male |
Black |
63 |
College (2 years) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
167 |
She might should have gotten it. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Reed |
1474 |
We might should move it to another weekend in February. What do you think? |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Florence) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
Reed |
1092 |
To win a title, you have to have three things: a good system, a one-two punch, and good role players. Miami has all three, so they may can win the championship, unless they play the Spurs |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
40 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
NJ (Newark) |
Television |
2012 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
715 |
People used to would.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
9th grade |
TN (Whitehouse) |
TN (Whitehouse) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
9 |
Could you drive back come Christmas? Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
brother to sister |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1906 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
College graduate |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2076 |
[I/My truck] might can get about seventeen miles per gallon. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
SC (Florence) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to friends |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
105 |
I can live with it. Some people may couldn't, but I can live with it. |
may |
couldn't |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
stranger to stranger |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
357 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Raymond) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1747 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
89 |
no information |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |