|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
LAGS |
325 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Statesboro) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
|
|
Carmer |
894 |
[I] wisht I might could go, too. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
1934 |
|
Written |
1.4 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2248 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NJ |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
499 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
12th grade |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
LAGS |
355 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Pulaski) |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
452 |
You might could have help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
6th grade |
LA (Hawthorne) |
LA (Hawthorne) |
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 |
|
|
|
COCA |
1033 |
Now we have to sleep in our uniforms and things like that and you're limited to the base to where we used to could go downtown shopping and things like that. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1991 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1883 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Oakwood) |
SC (Oakwood) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2281 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
20 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AZ |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1977 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2087 |
John might, I think, could do that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
England |
1179 |
[A: Could you do with any plants?] B: No, not really. I might could do with one or two spaces filled. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
628 |
You could buy flour, used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Some school; barely literate |
MS (Pulaski) |
MS (Pulaski) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
104 |
I don't know. I'm never sure about things like this. I just wonder if they might could. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
388 |
You might could call it a shock.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Troy) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1571 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Pomfret) |
MD (Pomfret) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1818 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1096 |
Seems like if I could just remember that, I might could come to some kind of reckoning about come me to kill him. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
230 |
You might could find that next door. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1913 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
2 years |
SC (Walhalla) |
SC (Walhalla) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
484 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
GA (Burke County) |
GA (Gough) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1660 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
None |
VA (Batesville) |
VA (Batesville) |
1933 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2031 |
We might could get it done tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1754 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Educated in Wilson and Saratoga |
NC (Evansdale) |
NC (Evansdale) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
326 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Savannah) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Ryland |
895 |
I might could fix it for you. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA (Richland County) |
1976 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
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 |
|
Skipper |
166 |
Slate uptown might could fix it, too. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1850 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Until age 16 |
SC (Byrd Station) |
SC (Byrd Station) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
500 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
LA (Lake Charles) |
LA (Lake Charles) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1692 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
Only a little |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
356 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Edwards) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1786 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
90 |
None |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1080 |
Yeah, but I- I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1993 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
690 |
I used to could do that.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
55 |
High school equivalent |
AR (St. Francis County) |
AR (Forrest City) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
|
|
|
Scotland |
927 |
He used to could do it when he was younger.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
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 |
1629 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
3 years |
VA (Back Bay) |
VA (Back Bay) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
1999 |
We have a library that might could be stocked wit material that might be helpful. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
|
College graduate |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
1992 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1034 |
She used to could kill a horse with a fist between the eyes, but this week it's been migraines and fainting spells.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1884 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
3 months of night school |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2282 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NE |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1301 |
'If he would get out from behind his pulpit and do some recruiting, he might could find somebody who can kick. Franklin said. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
22 |
College Graduate |
KY (Princeton) |
Newspaper |
1978 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1393 |
If we had known, we may still could have done it. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
864 |
We thought we might could just put them ...
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2088 |
John might could, I think, do that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
England |
1180 |
I’ll tell you who they could be. They might could be Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
629 |
Used to could buy it.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
61 |
8th grade |
AR (Little Rock) |
AR (Little Rock) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
389 |
You might could call them.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Lorman) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1572 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
2-3 years |
MD (Gallant Green) |
MD (Gallant Green) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1819 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
A little |
NC (Bryson City) |
NC (Bryson City) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2218 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
231 |
They might could have some over there. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1914 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
9th grade |
GA (Savannah) |
SC (Savannah) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
485 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
65 |
8th grade |
GA (Leesburg) |
GA (Leesburg) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1331 |
I might not could stay the whole time. |
might not |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2032 |
I might could do that, but that's the prettiest part of the yard. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to son |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1755 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Illiterate |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
NC (Sanders Chapel) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
327 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
84 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Surrency) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1065 |
" I might could be subject to get [a] call of nature, " Gary Lee Stringer said from his cot. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1998 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
659 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
79 |
None |
GA (Clay County) |
GA (Fort Gaines) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1510 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
Very little; until age 21 |
PA (Orangeville) |
PA (Orangeville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Hogrefe |
896 |
I may could. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
LA (northern) |
|
1934 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
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 |
1602 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
3rd grade |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
VA (Guinea neighborhood) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
977 |
He wouldn’t could go. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Durham) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1851 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Until age 14 |
SC (Hendersonville) |
SC (Hendersonville) |
1934 |
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 |