|
LAGS |
333 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Calvary) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1058 |
We might could raise some money if we had a good idea. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
LA (New Orleans) |
Fictional Novel |
2004 |
man to man |
Written |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1777 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
6 months total |
NC (Guilford College) |
NC (Guilford College) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1442 |
We might could shorten the sleeves, if you want. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
681 |
We used to could use it.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
6th grade |
FL (Cedar Key) |
FL (Cedar Key) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1532 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
2-3 years |
PA (Buck Valley) |
PA (Buck Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
918 |
He might could do it, if he tried. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAGS |
429 |
You might could find.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
High school |
AR (Three Creeks) |
AR (El Dorado) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1619 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Midlothian) |
VA (Midlothian) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
523 |
I might could talk with you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
9th grade |
MS (Dillon) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
777 |
Some of them might could have. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Hasty |
2136 |
You might could try and see if you want to try a little bit of that and see how it does for you. |
might |
could |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
|
Physician to patient |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1968 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
3-4 terms of country school |
GA (Goshen Highway) |
GA (Goshen Highway) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
854 |
We might could even stuff the catalogs in the bags?
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1715 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
6 months total |
NC (Arba) |
NC (Arba) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
365 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
23 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Little Rock) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1170 |
They had velvet curtains, and, oh, we would never could afford them. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1809 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Illiterate |
NC (Warlick) |
NC (Warlick) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1564 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
4th grade |
MD (Shady Side) |
MD (Shady Side) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
950 |
He used to could do it, didn’t he? |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
461 |
If you told me the word, I might could have thought of some.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
AL (Anniston) |
AL (Anniston) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1904 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
7th grade |
SC (Newberry) |
SC (Newberry) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1321 |
You might could. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2074 |
Tie rod may could do that or a bearing may could do that. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
Other |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
clerk to customer |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1651 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
48 |
Private; to high school |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1120 |
John might could be working at his office today. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
807 |
I useta could hear him playin’ the organ. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1745 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
2 months |
NC (Pembroke) |
NC (Pembroke) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1429 |
We're gonna have to find somebody who might possibly could handle these people. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1500 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Winters until age 18 |
NJ (Oak Grove) |
NJ (Oak Grove) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1060 |
Yeah, I'd be out the interest I might could've made on that money and the ten K, too, but I got the feeling your people had already spent most of it and were going to be strapped to come up... |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
2003 |
adult to adult |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1430 |
Even if he doesn't get the Stanford job, they might could still come. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1501 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
398 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
67 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Cornelia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
652 |
Used to could put boards.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Decatur County) |
GA (Calvary) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1595 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
VA (Brays) |
VA (Brays) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1842 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
2nd grade |
SC (Cross) |
SC (Cross) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
746 |
We might could run it over to you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
stranger |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
823 |
I might could pay off some debts then. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
334 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Jena) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Dumas |
1140 |
They may still could be all right UT fans. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Knoxville) |
1987 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1778 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
College (Some) |
NC (Guilford College) |
NC (Guilford College) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1443 |
She might could have it done by five. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
682 |
We used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
6th grade |
FL (Cedar Key) |
FL (Cedar Key) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1533 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
2-3 years |
PA (Buck Valley) |
PA (Buck Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
919 |
He must could do it. |
must |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
430 |
He might could find a picture.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
8th grade |
FL (Carraway) |
FL (Bardin) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1620 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
15 months |
VA (Dewitt) |
VA (Dewitt) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1875 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Old field school 2 years |
SC (White Rock) |
SC (White Rock) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
524 |
Might could tell him.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
10th grade |
LA (Coushatta) |
LA (Coushatta) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
778 |
Francine Barber said that I might could get a ride with you |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2137 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1969 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Common schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1716 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Off and on until age 20 |
NC (Snow Hill P.O.) |
NC (Snow Hill P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
366 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Mena) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1171 |
He wouldn’t could’ve worked, even if you had asked him. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
Reed |
1473 |
might could be indefinite leave |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
40s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
unknown |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2269 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1810 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
11th grade |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
NC (Boiling Springs) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1565 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
no information |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
951 |
He used to could do it, couldn’t he? |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
462 |
You might could have.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
MS (Lee County) |
MS (Saltillo) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1905 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
4th or 5th grade |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1322 |
Q: Do you have a vase? A: I might could find one. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1652 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 14 |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1045 |
Are you Bubba Pritchert, president of the Saucer Nuts of America?" Bubba took his time answering. "I might could be, " he said at last, his eyes narrowed." |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
240 |
The lighted bus appeared on top of the next hill and as it approached, they moved out into the street to meet it. He put his hand under her elbow and hoisted her up on the creaking step. She entered... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
woman to unknown |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
808 |
I useta could go to Birmingham to shop. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1746 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
43 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
NC (Barker Ten Mile) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
2043 |
He shal neuer conne trotte. |
shal |
conne |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England |
1484 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
England |
2041 |
Na mare saltow ham con rede þen sternes of heyuen.
|
sal |
con |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England |
14th century |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Boertien |
1276 |
I may cannot. |
may |
cannot |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Labov |
1239 |
I might can’t get no more fines, neither. |
might |
can't |
|
Unknown |
Black |
12 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NY (New York City) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
261 |
I might can't do it, but I'll try.
|
might |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
GA (Warren Co.) |
GA (Warrenton) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
12 |
I'm nervous. I'm afraid I may can't do it all. |
may |
can't |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2125 |
might can't |
might |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Boertien |
2126 |
must can't |
must |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Boertien |
2128 |
may can't |
may |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
80 |
I may can't do [it]. I'll have to wait and see. |
may |
can't |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1964 |
might can't |
might |
can't |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Illiterate |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
974 |
An dan, wi baid een staandin wide, Sae noucht could can ta pass me.
|
could |
can to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Shetland) |
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
306 |
I might can not turn it around.
|
might |
can not |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
4th grade (Illiterate) |
MS (Kosciusko) |
MS (Kosciusko) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
937 |
He must can no do it. |
must |
can no |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Scotland |
969 |
I looked for your brither before this, but nae doot ye‘ll can tak’ a message tae him.
|
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Fife) |
1929 |
|
Written |
1.1 |
|
|
Skipper |
185 |
We may can encourage them to help, but… |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Other |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Chief of Catawba Indians to unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
27 |
I may can do it on my way in tomorrow. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
sister to brother/ direct response to no. 26 |
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 |
|
Scotland |
920 |
He must can do it. |
must |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1621 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Aspen Hill Plantation) |
VA (Aspen Hill Plantation) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
1103 |
I’ll can go tomorrow. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
Scotland (Unknown) |
1999 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1385 |
They've got two hurdles they've got to hop. One is they've got to, to uh get by the city. Second they gotta get by the federal government on their allocation. They might not can get... |
might not |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, television) |
1979 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1092 |
To win a title, you have to have three things: a good system, a one-two punch, and good role players. Miami has all three, so they may can win the championship, unless they play the Spurs |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
40 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
NJ (Newark) |
Television |
2012 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
155 |
He might can help you with that.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
952 |
He has to can swim, doesn’t he? |
have to |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Reed |
2076 |
[I/My truck] might can get about seventeen miles per gallon. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
SC (Florence) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to friends |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
249 |
I may can help you |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
4th grade |
MS (Warren Co.) |
MS (Edwards) |
1972 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2207 |
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
282 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Technical school |
TX (Texarkana) |
TX (Texarkana) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2239 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1780 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
Very little |
NC (Sophia) |
NC (Sophia) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|