|
LAGS |
596 |
What we might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
7th grade |
GA (Sumter County) |
GA (Koinonia) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
68 |
I thought it was a good idea, but I might could have been wrong about that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to group |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2253 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1083 |
" Well, " he replied cautiously, " What if they are? I suppose I might could perhaps have seen one of them before. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
438 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
91 |
None (literate) |
LA (Tensas Par) |
LA (Cooters Point) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
164 |
You might could wear a size three and a half. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1044 |
If nothing else, he thought, there was someone in the deeds office that he might could get to lose the papers and snarl up the transaction with red tape for a few weeks. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
Fictional Novel |
2008 |
narrator |
Written |
1.6 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1308 |
They might could; I'm not sure. But they might could. My father (would could) tell you some stories |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
532 |
Things that somebody might could use now.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
93 |
College (1 year) |
GA (Fayetteville) |
GA (Fayetteville) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
786 |
And I thought I might better tell you. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
280 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Eldorendo) |
GA (Newton) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
4 |
If you can find the exact same color [of carpet], I might could fix it so it doesn't even show.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
brother to sister |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1730 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55+ |
no information |
NC (Wilmington) |
NC (Wilmington) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1985 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
91 |
4-5 month session |
GA (Germany) |
GA (Germany) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Brandstetter |
1187 |
I might even could do a poster as early as this spring. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
863 |
I might could handle it better now |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
374 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Texarkana) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2002 |
It might would be on the receipt. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
1993 |
Stranger to stranger. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1579 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
None |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2285 |
Well, we might could have stopped them. Yeah, we might could have, but who knows |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70s |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Johnson City) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
coach to reporter |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1826 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
Local schools |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
216 |
If it is that close, you might ought to reconsider the issue.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TX (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
470 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
33 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at time of interview) |
MS (Red Creek) |
MS (Red Creek) |
Unknown |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1921 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
53 |
Illiterate |
GA (Crescent) |
GA (Crescent) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1338 |
Do you all have a light fixture that might would fit into (this thing)? |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson) |
1979 |
woman to clerk |
Spoken |
2.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1050 |
Could be, this here City Man, once he finishes gettin " his folks" out, might could go on back, fetch Lottie and her kids...? |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2006 |
narrator |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
564 |
Might would call it.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High school |
GA (Sardis) |
GA (Hartwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
312 |
You might can find [it].
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
51 |
7th grade |
TX (Schulenburg) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
36 |
People might ought to think about it for a long time. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
College (Freshman) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to instructor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2221 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1762 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Illiterate |
NC (Wise) |
NC (Wise) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1499 |
I think you might should do that this way. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
tutor to student |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Ryland |
895 |
I might could fix it for you. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA (Richland County) |
1976 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
406 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Little |
TN (Dyersburg) |
TN (Dyersburg) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
129 |
She said she might wouldn't mind going with us if we had time to wait. |
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
woman to group |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1859 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Into 5th reader |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
501 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
College |
TX (Burkeville) |
TX (Wiergate) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
755 |
You might could get it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1954 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
8th grade |
GA (Uvalda) |
GA (Uvalda) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1369 |
I might can. See me Thursday. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Graduate |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2124 |
might shouldn't |
might |
shouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1701 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Educated in Alligator |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
832 |
... what the general public might would find acceptable. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
343 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Montgomery) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
597 |
You might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
72 |
9th grade (Some) |
AL (Selma) |
AL (Selma) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2254 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1795 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
Until age 17 |
NC (Piedmont Springs) |
NC (Piedmont Springs) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Butters |
1228 |
I might should come over there. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
Unknown |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Durhamj) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
439 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
19 |
High school |
TN (Nashville) |
TN (Nashville) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1890 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
4th grade |
SC (Camp Styx) |
SC (Camp Styx) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1309 |
They could escape. And if they escaped, they might could retaliate |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
KY (Lexington) |
TX (Austin, radio) |
1981 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
533 |
Well, you might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
College (Some) |
TX (Huntsville) |
TX (Huntsville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
787 |
You might better. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
281 |
I might can get to it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
8th grade |
LA (Negreet) |
LA (Many) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
5 |
I thought I'd ask you and we might could ask Jennifer.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2190 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1986 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school graduate |
GA (Clayton) |
GA (Clayton) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Brandstetter |
1188 |
They might have been there. I might just couldn’t find them.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
864 |
We thought we might could just put them ...
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
375 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
58 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Chicota) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2003 |
You might ought to give them to someone else. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Atlanta) |
1992 |
Taxi driver to Dispatcher |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1580 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
54 |
no information |
VA (Moreland) |
VA (Moreland) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2286 |
If we hadn't been there, I might would've had to say something |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Clover) |
SC (Columbia) |
2016 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1827 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Labov |
1108 |
That still might don’t help you. |
might |
don't |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
NY (New York City) |
NY (New York City) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
217 |
I wish I had time to tell you some stories. I might should have done that rather than showing slides |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1018 |
If your preacher has more cars than Donald Trump, you might should shop around for a new church. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
TX (Unknown) |
Television |
1996 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
471 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
High school (Graduate) |
LA (Lake Providence) |
LA (Lake Providence) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1339 |
It might would be best [(long pause) if he drove the car into town for you]. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to woman (on phone) |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1669 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
59 |
Moneta |
VA (Battery Creek) |
VA (Battery Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
565 |
Might would call it.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
4th grade |
LA (Livingston) |
LA (Livingston) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
313 |
Might couldn't.
|
might |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
62 |
5th grade |
GA (6 miles from Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
37 |
I thought I might could have a chance to get a ticket. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2222 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
IN |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1763 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 20 plus 18 months |
NC (Marmaduke) |
NC (Marmaduke) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1069 |
... But you don't ever know what might could happen. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1998 |
unknown |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1472 |
I might ought to work out tomorrow night. It'll help work some of this soreness out. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Seymour) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1518 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 18 |
PA (Nossville) |
PA (Nossville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
407 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
High school student with plans for college |
LA (New Orleans) |
LA (New Orleans) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
128 |
Look in that TV guide and see if they might will be running a race on Sunday. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
80s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to daughter |
Spoken |
3.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1420 |
You might could split it between the two Ls. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1984 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1860 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
College graduate |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
502 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
66 |
8th grade |
TX (Pine Flat) |
TX (Pine Flat) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
756 |
She might could be a big help to you. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
Early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1955 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
8th grade |
GA (Cobbville) |
GA (Cobbville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1370 |
We might can go up there next Saturday. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2125 |
might can't |
might |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
833 |
The general public might would endure. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
344 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Dothan) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
598 |
You can catch one and mash im and he might would sting.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Some school; barely literate |
MS (Pulaski) |
MS (Pulaski) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2255 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
IA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1796 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
Very little |
NC (Sage Creek) |
NC (Sage Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1084 |
Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
186 |
I know I might could & should enjoy myself.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
440 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
82 |
1-2 years of school; illiterate |
LA (Donaldsville) |
LA (Donaldsville) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1891 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Until age 14-16 |
SC (Chapin) |
SC (Chapin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1638 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Until age 18 |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1310 |
But you might could check back in a month or two |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
worker to client |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
534 |
He might could write his name.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
4th grade (Literate) |
AL (Alpine) |
AL (Alpine) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |