|
Reed |
1483 |
If you call, they really might would come. That's a city tree, I believe. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
neighbor to neighbor |
Spoken |
1.2 |
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 |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
187 |
If I can't help you now, I can't never would. |
can't |
would |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
441 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
43 |
College |
TX (Brownsville) |
TX (Brownsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1904 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
7th grade |
SC (Newberry) |
SC (Newberry) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
29 |
I think I might would like me a piece of cake. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
283 |
Might can make it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
7th grade |
MS (McCondy) |
MS (Lynnville) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2204 |
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1745 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
2 months |
NC (Pembroke) |
NC (Pembroke) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1500 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Winters until age 18 |
NJ (Oak Grove) |
NJ (Oak Grove) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
137 |
I don't think we might will need any more than two hours tops. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mechanic to customer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
967 |
We’ll ... aiblins no can rise our lane. |
will |
aiblins (=maybe) no |
can |
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Roxburghshire) |
1808 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1841 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
3 months a year until age 14 |
SC (Summerville) |
SC (Summerville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
474 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
43 |
College |
TX (Brownsville) |
TX (Brownsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2237 |
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
MA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Skipper |
158 |
We might can play tomorrow morning.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
410 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
10th grade |
LA (Mount Union) |
LA (Mount Union) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1292 |
You might ought to have done that, mightn’t you? |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
504 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
7th-8th grade |
TX (Caldwell) |
TX (Caldwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
252 |
He may can tell you. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
High school |
AR (Arkansas City) |
AR (Arkansas City) |
1977 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1969 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Common schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
855 |
I think I might can do something with it. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
employee to supervisors |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
94 |
I thought you might would be the one to know. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to secretary on phone |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
600 |
They might would take some brush. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
4th grade |
FL (Mason City) |
FL (Mason City) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1473 |
might could be indefinite leave |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
40s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
unknown |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1565 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
no information |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
MD (Tracys Landing) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
442 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (at time of interview; Emory University) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1905 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
4th or 5th grade |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2075 |
I may should take another shirt. |
may |
should |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
IL (Abingdon) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to group |
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 |
|
LAGS |
536 |
You might have could have helped.
|
might have |
could have |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Little (Illiterate) |
MS (Sherard) |
MS (Sherard) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2205 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1501 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Hern.&S |
2019 |
You may should wipe the thing. |
may |
should |
|
Male |
Black |
23 |
Unknown |
IL (Chicago) |
IL (Chicago) |
1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1595 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
VA (Brays) |
VA (Brays) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
968 |
We’ll can agree fine |
will |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
1886 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1842 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
2nd grade |
SC (Cross) |
SC (Cross) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
221 |
The only thing I might would have like that is an egg-shell mattress. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
475 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
High school (2 years) |
TN (Lynnville) |
TN (Lynnville) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1938 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
High school (Some) |
GA (Stilson) |
GA (Stilson) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1685 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Point Harbor) |
NC (Point Harbor) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Nagle |
1141 |
þat hie healfre geweald wið Eotena bearn agan moston. “That they might own an equal share with the sons of the Geats.” |
moston (=must, might) |
agan (=own, owe, ought to) |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
c1000 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
LAGS |
569 |
They might would do it.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
4th grade |
AR (Piggott) |
AR (Piggott) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1077 |
She might could die. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1444 |
We used to would play ball all day. |
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
683 |
I used to could eat a green.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
2nd grade; illiterate |
AL (Butler County) |
AL (Greenville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1534 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
159 |
We might shouldn't have done it last night.
|
might |
shouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
411 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
8th grade |
LA (Provencal) |
LA (Provencal) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1876 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
In local schools |
SC (Creston) |
SC (Creston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
505 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
10th grade |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Sabine Pass) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
253 |
I may not ought to say it. |
may not |
ought to |
|
Male |
Black |
82 |
7th grade |
MS (Holly Springs) |
MS (Holly Springs) |
1974 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1970 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Local schools |
GA (Elberton) |
GA (Elberton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1717 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Little or none |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
601 |
As you might would think.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
4th grade |
LA (Livingston) |
LA (Livingston) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1474 |
We might should move it to another weekend in February. What do you think? |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Florence) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2270 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1811 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
None |
NC (Rock Creek) |
NC (Rock Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
715 |
People used to would.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
9th grade |
TN (Whitehouse) |
TN (Whitehouse) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1566 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
None |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
MD (Three Notch Road, Ridge) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
189 |
You might ought to go ahead [and use the printers] |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1906 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
College graduate |
SC (Mountville) |
SC (Mountville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
537 |
Might could've helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
12th grade |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1747 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
89 |
no information |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
NC (Conway P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1061 |
" It all boils down to will it be profitable, " he said. " It might could pay off, but I don't think so. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
Newspaper |
2003 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1484 |
You know, the city might would take that tree down for you. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
neighbor to neighbor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1502 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 15 |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
379 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
17 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (San Antonio) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1843 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
no information |
SC (Moncks Corner) |
SC (Moncks Corner) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1939 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
College graduate |
GA (Statesboro) |
GA (Statesboro) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1686 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Moyock) |
NC (Moyock) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
64 |
We need something we might would turn into something. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
570 |
That might would do.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
3rd grade |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Mt. Pleasant) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1445 |
I think I might could help out. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
High school (Student) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1535 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
412 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
8th grade |
LA (Ridge) |
LA (Ridge) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1877 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
9th grade |
SC (Cordova) |
SC (Cordova) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1718 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
96 |
I thought you said we might could get some candy? |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
348 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Barbineau Park) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1812 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
NC (Mill Spring) |
NC (Mill Spring) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
716 |
Used to would say it.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Part of 6th grade |
GA (Upson County) |
GA (Thomaston) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1567 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Illiterate |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
444 |
Might could have.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
19 |
College (student at time of interview) |
MS (Jackson) |
MS (Jackson) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1907 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
150-200 days in country schools |
SC (Abbeville) |
SC (Abbeville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2077 |
You might ought to go to WalMart and pick yourselves up a personality. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
LA (Vivian) |
Television |
2013 |
grandfather to grandsons |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1654 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
None |
VA (Ebony P.O.) |
VA (Ebony P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
538 |
I figured I might not ought to.
|
might not |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
7-8 years of school |
GA (Miller County) |
GA (Colquitt) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |