|
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 |
|
Reed |
1464 |
Do you think I might could bring it in tomorrow? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Elicited |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2260 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
10 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1801 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
High school graduate |
NC (Trinity Church) |
NC (Trinity Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1086 |
You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
woman to woman |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1556 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Benson) |
MD (Benson) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
355 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Pulaski) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1896 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
4th grade |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2066 |
I might should've asked for fruit instead. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
31 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Seymour) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1643 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1112 |
He might would have seen Morris this morning, if he had arrived on time. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1315 |
I've got this chart we might could use. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Graduate |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
woman to woman (friends) |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
59 |
This might could be the best move we ever made. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
451 |
He might could have got well.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
5th-6th grade |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2196 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1992 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Country public school |
FL (St. Augustine) |
FL (St. Augustine) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DARE |
878 |
I might could should tell her about it. |
might |
could |
should |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (central) |
1989 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
Skipper |
155 |
He might can help you with that.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
545 |
Might should have.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Decatur County) |
GA (Calvary) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
293 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
College (1 year) |
MS (Holcomb) |
MS (Holcomb) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2009 |
They might could tell you more than I can about what's in the archives. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Some) |
TN (Jefferson County) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1994 |
Friend |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1586 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
VA (Naulakla) |
VA (Naulakla) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
737 |
Take your granddaddy, Ron. He might can tell ye! |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
387 |
You might could buy you…
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
84 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Cornelia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1928 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1345 |
She probably might would get it. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1675 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
None |
VA (Spencer) |
VA (Spencer) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1053 |
And I felt like I might could help contribute to that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
57 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
MS (Greenwood) |
Television |
2005 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
91 |
He might could do it, maybe, but I'm not sure. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
daughter to mother |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
483 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at Emory University at time of interview) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2228 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1074 |
Janie, letting her voice go good-old-girlish, says she might could, then quotes a figure that would put a strain on most people's gratefulness if she weren't so sure they'd smile... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1995 |
woman to group |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1524 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Until age 15 |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
577 |
I might would say that.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
College |
GA (Waycross) |
GA (Waycross) |
1979 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
325 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Statesboro) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1098 |
You might ought to get that from her. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Loudon) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1612 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Private school |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1866 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
SC (Boykin) |
SC (Boykin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1282 |
I might shouldn’t oughta. |
might |
should |
ought to |
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
769 |
You might could lead into it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Birmingham) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
165 |
You might should check further. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
1960 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1375 |
We might can fix it |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to cousin |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2130 |
might can SUBJECT |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
Elsman |
846 |
I might would too. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
|
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1707 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
High school |
NC (Washington P.O.) |
NC (Washington P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
1162 |
He might can go. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Mishoe |
139 |
We might could've overlooked something. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mechanic to customer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
514 |
I think I might could recognize it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1465 |
Do you think we might should tell him ourselves? |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
|
Elicited |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2261 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1802 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
52 |
2 summers |
NC (Nathans Creek) |
NC (Nathans Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1557 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 15 |
MD (Silver Run) |
MD (Silver Run) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
356 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Edwards) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1897 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1644 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
A few sessions |
VA (Lynch Station) |
VA (Lynch Station) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1113 |
He might can get the car fixed before we leave. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1316 |
Gosh, we might could spring for fifteen cents. We might even spring for the copying. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
secretary to student |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
60 |
I thought I might could get them to react a certain way. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
198 |
Sorry we don't carry them anymore, but you know, you may might can get one right over there at Wicks. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
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 |
1738 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
A little each winter |
NC (Cedar Creek P.O.) |
NC (Cedar Creek P.O.) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1993 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Local school through the 5th reader |
FL (Windsor) |
FL (Windsor) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1409 |
They might could; I'm not sure. But they might could. My father would could tell you some stories but I'm not sure if he could tell you what you want to know. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
879 |
I might could should write home. |
might |
could |
should |
Unknown |
Unknown |
c20 |
College undergraduate |
Unknown |
NC (Durham) |
1989 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
156 |
I'm anxious to see what kind of pictures you took that your daddy might can paint. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
546 |
We might should.
|
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High school |
GA (Sardis) |
GA (Hartwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
294 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
78 |
8th grade |
MS (Little Springs) |
MS (Little Springs) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1587 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
83 |
no information |
VA (Cold Harbor) |
VA (Cold Harbor) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
960 |
Aiblins a new Scottish braidcastin authority micht can redd oot aw the foreign cockapentie pronunciations sae we ca keep oor ain hamelt Scottish vowels afore they aw disappear like a snaw aff a dyke. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1834 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Governess and summer school |
SC (Waccamaw Neck) |
SC (Waccamaw Neck) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mashburn |
1251 |
He might would see you today. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
738 |
Well, you might can get what you want from them. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
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 |
1929 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Mostly self-taught |
GA (St. Marys) |
GA (St. Marys) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1346 |
She probably might would get it. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
815 |
This might would be too much, or maybe what we might not want to do, but ask teachers.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee speaking to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1676 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
no information |
VA (Ridgeway) |
VA (Ridgeway) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Dumas |
1136 |
You still might can, Rachel. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
30 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Knoxville) |
1986 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
92 |
Do you think all these potatoes will fit into this pan? They might will.
|
might |
will |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
230 |
You might could find that next door. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2229 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1770 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
3 months per year until age 21 |
NC (Leesville) |
NC (Leesville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
578 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
52 |
High school |
GA (Sumter County) |
GA (Plains) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
326 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Savannah) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1057 |
I might should have run that by them. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Graduate (Master's Degree) |
TX (Houston) |
Television interview |
2012 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1867 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
About 15 months total |
SC (Dovesville) |
SC (Dovesville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
770 |
At one time I might coulda helped you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
28 |
It's a long way and he might will can't come, but I'm gonna ask. |
might |
will |
can't |
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.1 |
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 |
1961 |
might would |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1376 |
Then you might can get my mother. If it's good weather, my dad will be out in the field. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
teens |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2131 |
might ought SUBJECT |
might |
ought |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
Scotland |
1163 |
He might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Mishoe |
138 |
I thought I might could see what was loose, but I don't see anything. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mechanic to customer |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
515 |
Might could say.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
85 |
3rd grade; illiterate |
GA (Fayetteville) |
GA (Jonesboro) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |