|
Montgomery |
199 |
Do you think I might should just come up with another one? |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Some) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
453 |
You might could have help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
7th grade |
LA (Pecan Island) |
LA (Pecan Island) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1912 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
4 years |
SC (Greenville) |
SC (Greenville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1659 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
VA (Shiflett Hollow) |
VA (Shiflett Hollow) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1125 |
I might could have been studying instead of fooling around had I known you were coming. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
41 |
When I came in, I thought I might woulda had some kind of chance, but I was wrong. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
woman to unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
295 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
5th grade |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1753 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
Very little |
NC (Black Creek P.O.) |
NC (Black Creek P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1490 |
They might would have done better. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Rock Hill) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1508 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
Until age 19 |
PA (White Hall) |
PA (White Hall) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
125 |
We might will have some time to eat something before we have to go. |
might |
will |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
daughter to mother |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
389 |
You might could call them.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Lorman) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1601 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Beulahville) |
VA (Beulahville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1849 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
8th grade |
SC (Indian Fields) |
SC (Indian Fields) |
1947 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1944 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2113 |
might not ought |
might not |
ought |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1691 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Trotville) |
NC (Trotville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
73 |
If it wouldn't be any trouble, could you might pick me up and give me a ride? |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
2.2 |
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 |
327 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
84 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Surrency) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1785 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Rubyatt) |
NC (Rubyatt) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1450 |
Sarah might could get an A if she tried. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1540 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
Four months only at age 14 or 15 |
WV (Panther) |
WV (Panther) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1627 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Courtland) |
VA (Courtland) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1032 |
We have had some success in broadening our economic perspective to- with NAFTA and the GATT agreement and selling more of our products that we used to couldn't sell.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Male |
White |
47 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AR (Hope) |
Radio |
1993 |
elected official to constituency |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1882 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
Ages 6-10 |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1299 |
It scared him that he may could’ve been killed yesterday.
|
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
Unknown |
TX (southeast) |
TX (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
785 |
I thought you might would like that letter. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
263 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
8th grade |
GA (Screven Co.) |
GA (Hiltonia) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2144 |
might not should |
might not |
should |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College Student |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1976 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
95 |
Local schools |
GA (Doraville) |
GA (Doraville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
862 |
You might can use it ... |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1723 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
About 12 months total |
NC (Roe) |
NC (Roe) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
106 |
You people might would get along with each other better if you would all just clean up after yourselves. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
manager to staff |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1994 |
If he's feeling better, he might could give us some playing time. It'll just depend on how he's doing tomorrow. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Gaffney) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1571 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Pomfret) |
MD (Pomfret) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2277 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1818 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1017 |
Would you might not be seen as good as you once were? |
would |
might not |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
College (Graduate) |
MD (Aberdeen) |
Radio |
2008 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
200 |
We might ought to bring it up just so we can think about it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1913 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
2 years |
SC (Walhalla) |
SC (Walhalla) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1330 |
They mighta coulda moved it. or It mighta coulda been moved. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2083 |
They all might oughta do that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Coleman |
1126 |
He may should have been getting ready. |
may |
should |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
COCA |
1001 |
We've heard a little from military officials suggesting that some of the Iraqi civilians may could have been -- or, possibly could have been involved in this attack. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
College |
MN (Unknown) |
Television |
2003 |
broadcaster to reporter |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
42 |
If we could might get a piece of a car, things would be better. |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
548 |
Might have used to.
|
might have |
used to |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
College (2 years) |
GA (Atlanta) |
GA (Atlanta) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1754 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Educated in Wilson and Saratoga |
NC (Evansdale) |
NC (Evansdale) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1491 |
You might could look for it this way. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
658 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
90 |
3rd grade |
GA (Whitfield County) |
GA (Dalton) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1509 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 15 or 16 |
PA (Danville) |
PA (Danville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
124 |
Could you might move that lamp so I can dust under it? |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother to daughter |
Spoken |
2.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
390 |
[People] might could carried.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1850 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Until age 16 |
SC (Byrd Station) |
SC (Byrd Station) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
754 |
You think you might could drop off and take a rest for about an hour? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
232 |
Are you making a listing of this book? You know you might can just make a listing. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
486 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
College (1 year) |
TN (Portland) |
TN (Portland) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1945 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1362 |
That's why you might oughta give me a ring--if something comes up and I don't think about it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2114 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
831 |
That's why I thought we might should get together. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisorsdepen |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1692 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
Only a little |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
74 |
If all goes well, which it probably won't, I'm thinking I may can get it done by May. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
580 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Foley) |
AL (Foley) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
328 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Ocilla) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1451 |
I might could drive a race car. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
26 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Greenwood) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1541 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 14 |
WV (Salt Rock) |
WV (Salt Rock) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
168 |
He might could play pretty good. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
422 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
College (2 years) |
AR (Salem) |
AR (Salem) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1628 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Very little |
VA (Holland) |
VA (Holland) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1883 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Oakwood) |
SC (Oakwood) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1300 |
Might you oughtn’t to have done that?
|
might |
oughtn't to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
10 |
There were about four left in the bookstore. If you hurry you might can get one.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2145 |
might not should ought |
might not |
should |
ought |
Female |
White |
19 |
College Student |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1977 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1392 |
I may not can read it as well as it is written. |
may not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson,) |
|
woman to group |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1724 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
107 |
If we could might change the color of the paper, I think it would look a little better. |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
359 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Picayune) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1572 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
2-3 years |
MD (Gallant Green) |
MD (Gallant Green) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2278 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1819 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
A little |
NC (Bryson City) |
NC (Bryson City) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
723 |
Used to would.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AL (Thomaston) |
AL (Foley) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
Montgomery |
201 |
We lived out in the country, and Laura has had a pretty hard time as you might could imagine. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
455 |
Might could have helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
6th grade |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
LA (Spring Ridge) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2084 |
They might all oughta do that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
COCA |
1048 |
The tendency would be, I think, to water things down to such an extent that you're not doing all that you might could do within the confines of the First Amendment. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
MS (Tupelo) |
Television |
2006 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
43 |
I might can find something else after the first of the year. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
549 |
Might have used to said it.
|
might have |
used to |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
12th grade |
MS (Harrison County) |
MS (Saucier) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |