|
Montgomery |
213 |
It might would be worthwhile for you to reread section four, five, and six.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
467 |
I might could help you. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2035 |
You might can go up to his room. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1419 |
You might can see the pipes of the heater. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1984 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1858 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
7th grade |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
562 |
I might would ask him.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
6th grade |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
814 |
She useta wouldn’t take more’n a spoonful of anything. |
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
310 |
She might can tell you.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
8th grade plus business course |
TX (Noonday) |
TX (Marshall) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
20 |
I wonder if he might would be interested in that? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1953 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Local schools |
GA (Kibbee) |
GA (Kibbee) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1368 |
You better go slow, or I might not can follow you. |
might not |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Rosenberg) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1700 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Very little |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
404 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
116 |
We may can afford it, if we’re careful with the money. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to son |
Spoken |
1.3 |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
498 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
LA (Natchitoches) |
LA (Natchitoches) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1549 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Very little |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
752 |
Y’all might could talk to her about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
247 |
may can
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
59 |
11th grade |
LA (Kentwood) |
LA (East Fork) |
1974 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1636 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
86 |
no information |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
VA (Cumberland Courthouse) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
829 |
That would be another one that might could come into question. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
340 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Birmingham) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
594 |
They might would say it.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
8th grade |
FL (Bardin) |
FL (Bardin) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
52 |
I thought I might could eat it, but when I tasted it, knew I couldn't. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
State News |
2189 |
Sounds like the cart got before the horse, and we have a use of the property that may not should be there |
may not |
should |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
College (Bachelor's degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2014 |
civil servant to reporter |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1399 |
A: Do you know the roads out of here? B: No. A: We may better get a map. |
may |
better |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
On airplane to Austin TX |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
688 |
You used to could get it done.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
None (Illiterate) |
LA (Clinton) |
LA (Clinton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
182 |
I thought they might would've included that, but I wanted to ask you first. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
20 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
436 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation) |
AL (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2002 |
It might would be on the receipt. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
1993 |
Stranger to stranger. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
148 |
You might say, well, he might can get away with that. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
20 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
|
|
|
Labov |
1243 |
Well, you must can’t fuck good, then. |
must |
can |
|
Unknown |
Black |
26 |
Unknown |
NJ (Unknown) |
NY (New York City) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
530 |
I might could think about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
8th grade |
LA (Germantown) |
LA (Germantown) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
784 |
My sick folks might would be better. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (West Anniston) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
278 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
GA (Warren Co.) |
GA (Warrenton) |
1969 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1668 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
83 |
1 year |
VA (Battery Creek) |
VA (Battery Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
861 |
Do you think he might can work in your department? |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
372 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Nacogdoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
626 |
Used to could buy all that kind.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
9th grade |
MS (Dillon) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
84 |
We might can keep a pet there. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to son |
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 |
|
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 |
720 |
People that used to would have high-hatted you.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
5 years of school; literate |
TX (Belk) |
TX (Belk) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
214 |
To do everything decently and in order, we might ought to wait on Joe.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
468 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
High school |
AL (Mexboro) |
AL (Mexboro) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2036 |
We may can use the smaller oven. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1608 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Illiterate |
VA (Discund) |
VA (Discund) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1859 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Into 5th reader |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
563 |
I might would call her.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
12th grade |
AL (Tallassee) |
AL (Tallassee) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1000 |
I consider where each person has come from, what their talent levels are, where they may could have come from ... |
may |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
60 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
PA (Edenborn) |
Radio |
2008 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
311 |
You might can help.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
15 |
9th grade (Student at time of interview) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
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 |
1954 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
8th grade |
GA (Uvalda) |
GA (Uvalda) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
657 |
I used to could spell.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
82 |
High school and commercial college |
TX (Austin) |
TX (Austin) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1701 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Educated in Alligator |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
405 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
4th grade |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Pensacola) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
117 |
I might should be taping this. I forgot how funny it was. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
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 |
|
Reed |
1460 |
I may should do that next week. |
may |
should |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
499 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
12th grade |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1550 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Until age 20 |
MD (Salem) |
MD (Salem) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
753 |
Thelma Chapin might could, now.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
248 |
may can do it
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
23 |
College |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1977 |
female 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 |
|
|
|
Elsman |
830 |
The expression that the TA uses might could mislead a child. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
341 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Shelby) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
595 |
I might would say that.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
30 |
College (4 years) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
53 |
If she wouldn't eat so much salt, she might would feel better.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother-in-law to daughter-in-law |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2190 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1402 |
You should oughta talk to both Financial Aid and (woman's name). |
should |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
person to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
689 |
Used to could get him for a dollar.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
77 |
None (Illiterate) |
LA (Boothville) |
LA (Boothville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
183 |
Would he might ask us about the history? |
Would |
might |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
2.0 |
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 |
437 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Little (illiterate) |
MS (Sherard) |
MS (Sherard) |
1977 |
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 |
|
Skipper |
149 |
I'm going to ask her if she might can help me get a job. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
531 |
I might could think up some.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
MS (Lauderdale) |
MS (Lockhart) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |