|
LAMSAS |
1579 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
None |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
VA (Bell's Crossroads) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2285 |
Well, we might could have stopped them. Yeah, we might could have, but who knows |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70s |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Johnson City) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
coach to reporter |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1826 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
Local schools |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
140 |
He might could have pulled a C out of it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
25 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1921 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
53 |
Illiterate |
GA (Crescent) |
GA (Crescent) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1668 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
83 |
1 year |
VA (Battery Creek) |
VA (Battery Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
958 |
I useta could. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
404 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school equivalent |
AL (Dothan) |
AL (Dothan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1762 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Illiterate |
NC (Wise) |
NC (Wise) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1517 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
PA (Holt's Hollow, Johnson's Run/Milesburg) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
650 |
I used to could make the whistle blow.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
9th grade |
LA (Bogalusa) |
LA (Bogalusa) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
236 |
I have only a listing for administration. Do you think they might could help you? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
call to operator regarding airport limo service |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1858 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
7th grade |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
744 |
I might could think of a few more. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Bachelor's degree) |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
340 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Birmingham) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
993 |
I us’t at could dance as weel as anybody when I was young. |
used at |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lancaster) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1953 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Local schools |
GA (Kibbee) |
GA (Kibbee) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1700 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Very little |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
436 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation) |
AL (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1163 |
He might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2253 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1794 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
18 days |
NC (Danbury) |
NC (Danbury) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1083 |
" Well, " he replied cautiously, " What if they are? I suppose I might could perhaps have seen one of them before. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1459 |
They may could get back to us tomorrow. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
680 |
Everything I used to could of.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
85 |
A few years of school |
FL (Jacksonville) |
FL (Jacksonville) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
THAT CLAUSE |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1549 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Very little |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
MD (Tilghman Island) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
943 |
He shouldnae no could have come. |
shouldnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1890 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
4th grade |
SC (Camp Styx) |
SC (Camp Styx) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1637 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
12 months |
VA (CaIla) |
VA (CaIra) |
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1309 |
They could escape. And if they escaped, they might could retaliate |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
KY (Lexington) |
TX (Austin, radio) |
1981 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
373 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Tyler) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1731 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
89 |
no information |
NC (Calabash) |
NC (Calabash) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1986 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school graduate |
GA (Clayton) |
GA (Clayton) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
469 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
1st grade |
MS (Redwood) |
MS (Redwood) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1580 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
54 |
no information |
VA (Moreland) |
VA (Moreland) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1827 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Manning) |
SC (Manning) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1669 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
59 |
Moneta |
VA (Battery Creek) |
VA (Battery Creek) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
405 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
4th grade |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Pensacola) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1054 |
one of my own sisters-in-law had suggested I might could find something suitable at the Makely store. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
Fictional Novel |
2005 |
omniscient narrator |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1763 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 20 plus 18 months |
NC (Marmaduke) |
NC (Marmaduke) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1069 |
... But you don't ever know what might could happen. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1998 |
unknown |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1518 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 18 |
PA (Nossville) |
PA (Nossville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
651 |
I used to could pick two hundred pounds a day.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
9th grade |
MS (Quitman) |
MS (Quitman) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
237 |
Dena Dalton handles those accounts. I might could help you but I would rather have her call you. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
912 |
I would like to could swim.
|
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1608 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Illiterate |
VA (Discund) |
VA (Discund) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1859 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Into 5th reader |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
745 |
Mr. Kershaw might could tell you ’bout that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
341 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Shelby) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
994 |
I can’t work as I used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Nottinghamshire) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1954 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
8th grade |
GA (Uvalda) |
GA (Uvalda) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1701 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Educated in Alligator |
NC (Alligator Township) |
NC (Alligator Township) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
437 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Little (illiterate) |
MS (Sherard) |
MS (Sherard) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1164 |
He might could have done it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2254 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1795 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
Until age 17 |
NC (Piedmont Springs) |
NC (Piedmont Springs) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
1550 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Until age 20 |
MD (Salem) |
MD (Salem) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
944 |
He shouldnae could no have come. |
shouldnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1891 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Until age 14-16 |
SC (Chapin) |
SC (Chapin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1638 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Until age 18 |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
1936 |
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1310 |
But you might could check back in a month or two |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
worker to client |
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 |
|
LAGS |
374 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Texarkana) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1115 |
You might could get some information from the principal. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1732 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Royal Oak) |
NC (Royal Oak) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1987 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
College (Some) |
GA (Clayton) |
GA (Clayton) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
470 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
33 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at time of interview) |
MS (Red Creek) |
MS (Red Creek) |
Unknown |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
881 |
People probably might not could tell. |
might not |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
MS (native, WI resident) |
WI (Unknown) |
2003 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2004 |
If you can't do it there, we may could come there. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College graduate |
Unknown |
AL (Tuscaloosa) |
c1993 |
Acquaintance to acquaintance. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1581 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
1 year |
VA (Alsop) |
VA (Alsop) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1828 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
4th grade |
SC (Boyd) |
SC (Boyd) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Carr |
1245 |
We might could get the hall over Whittimore’s store, if we fail to get the other one. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1923 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77+ |
2 years |
GA (Darien) |
GA (Darien) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1670 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
35 |
College |
VA (Roanoke) |
VA (Roanoke) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
406 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Little |
TN (Dyersburg) |
TN (Dyersburg) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
817 |
Yeah, she might could achieve some of those things ... she could, and she may ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1055 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2004 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1764 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
81 |
Illiterate |
NC (Moulton) |
NC (Moulton) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1519 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 18 |
PA (Nossville) |
PA (Nossville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Scotland |
913 |
He might could have to go.
|
might |
could |
have to |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
DiPaolo |
1420 |
You might could split it between the two Ls. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1984 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1860 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
College graduate |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
342 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Prattville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
995 |
I ewsed to could rip along as well as ony man, but I can’t noo. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lincolnshire) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1955 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
8th grade |
GA (Cobbville) |
GA (Cobbville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1702 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
NC (Rodanthe) |
NC (Rodanthe) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
438 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
91 |
None (literate) |
LA (Tensas Par) |
LA (Cooters Point) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2255 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
IA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1796 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
Very little |
NC (Sage Creek) |
NC (Sage Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1084 |
Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1551 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Two or three weeks |
MD (Mt. Pleasant) |
MD (Mt. Pleasant) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|