|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1606 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
VA (Gillams) |
VA (Gillams) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1856 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
no information |
SC (Millettville) |
SC (Millettville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
506 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
63 |
High school |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
760 |
She might could give ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1699 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
41 |
Until age 13 or 14 |
NC (Holly Springs) |
NC (Holly Springs) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
349 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Pensacola) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2252 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MI |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1793 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Illiterate |
NC (Mint Hill) |
NC (Mint Hill) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1548 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Preston) |
MD (Preston) |
1934 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1635 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Private teacher |
VA (Mt. Tabor) |
VA (Mt. Tabor) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1043 |
Away from the house and the boys, they could talk about the larger issues in their life together, the needs of someone in their extended families, or the help they might could give the proud man who... |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
2008 |
omniscient narrator |
Written |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
23 |
I don't think I failed, but I think I might coulda done a lot better. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1307 |
I was thinking we might could (channel) Lewis in here sometime. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Graduate |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
|
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1729 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
no information |
NC (Whiskey Creek) |
NC (Whiskey Creek) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
381 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Waxahatchie) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
635 |
They used to could buy it.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
9th grade |
GA (Cordele) |
GA (Cordele) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1578 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Until age 14 |
VA (Madison) |
VA (Madison) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2284 |
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 |
1825 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
4th grade |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1100 |
Things ain't real hot right now. Rex, there though, (nodding toward a half-naked man burrowed under an 83 Buick) is about to relocate in about a week to San Angelo. I might could use a man when... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Film |
1990 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.3 |
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 |
1920 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Until age 12 or 13 |
GA (Flemington) |
GA (Flemington) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1667 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Nellysford) |
VA (Nellysford) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1131 |
Mrs. Jones might’ve could’a told you. |
might've |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
319 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
47 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Atlanta) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1761 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
43 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Nashville) |
NC (Nashville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1068 |
"We might could start being famous, Fike, " Eldon said. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1998 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1498 |
I might could finish it tomorrow or the next day. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
student to teacher |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
665 |
I used to could make.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
8th grade |
MS (Jefferson) |
MS (Jefferson) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1516 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Mackeyville) |
PA (Mackeyville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Park |
902 |
He ought to could. |
ought to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
1940 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1607 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
56 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Ruthville) |
VA (Ruthville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
983 |
I can’t walk five mile I’ t’hahr nah, but ah used to could! |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (West Yorkshire) |
1892 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1857 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
SC (Allendale) |
SC (Allendale) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
507 |
I might could say "might could."
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at time of interview) |
AL (Troy) |
AL (Troy) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
761 |
You might could just ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
762 |
You might could hang a doghouse [i.e. dormer] there. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1953 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Local schools |
GA (Kibbee) |
GA (Kibbee) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
839 |
... that might could be changed. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to supervisor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1700 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Very little |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
350 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Hernando) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2253 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1794 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
18 days |
NC (Danbury) |
NC (Danbury) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Reed |
1459 |
They may could get back to us tomorrow. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1549 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Very little |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
192 |
I think that I might could find enough differential there to test the distinction. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
935 |
He mightnae could have done it. |
mightnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
446 |
Might could have done anything.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
75 |
5th grade |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1636 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
86 |
no information |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
DARE |
871 |
I might could do it, if you’d let me try. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
FL (Unknown) |
FL (Unknown) |
1966 |
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
382 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Bay Fa) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
636 |
You used to could buy that.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
3-4 years of school |
GA (Fayette County) |
GA (Inman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
LAGS |
478 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
9th grade |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
1973 |
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 |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1668 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
83 |
1 year |
VA (Battery Creek) |
VA (Battery Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
56 |
I might could feel worse but I'm damned if I know how. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to female in no. 55 |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
320 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Tallapoosa) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1762 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Illiterate |
NC (Wise) |
NC (Wise) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
666 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Some school; barely literate |
MS (Pulaski) |
MS (Pulaski) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1517 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
414 |
Might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
22 |
College (Graduate) |
AR (Little Rock) |
AR (Little Rock) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
984 |
Aw used to could a done it. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Chester) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1858 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
7th grade |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
508 |
I'll try. I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
8th grade |
TN (Arno) |
TN (Arno) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
985 |
Did you, when you used to could work? |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lincolnshire) |
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1859 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Into 5th reader |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
509 |
I'm not sure, but I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
43 |
High school and business college |
AR (Little Rock) |
AR (Little Rock) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
763 |
You might could ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Birmingham) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1954 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
8th grade |
GA (Uvalda) |
GA (Uvalda) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1701 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Educated in Alligator |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
351 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Tunica) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1550 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Until age 20 |
MD (Salem) |
MD (Salem) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
193 |
At the time I looked at it, I thought I may could draw a distinction there. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
447 |
Might could have done it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
High school and business college |
MS (Macon) |
MS (Macon) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1890 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
4th grade |
SC (Camp Styx) |
SC (Camp Styx) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1637 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
12 months |
VA (CaIla) |
VA (CaIra) |
1936 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1731 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
89 |
no information |
NC (Calabash) |
NC (Calabash) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1986 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school graduate |
GA (Clayton) |
GA (Clayton) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DARE |
872 |
We might could find some mackerel on the outer reef. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Gainesville) |
1980 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
383 |
It might could be a dreary day.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Hiltonia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
637 |
You used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
54 |
High school (Graduate) |
FL (Whitney) |
FL (Whitney) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1580 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
54 |
no information |
VA (Moreland) |
VA (Moreland) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|