|
LAGS |
246 |
May can
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
6th grade |
FL (Pineway) |
FL (Laurel Hill) |
1973 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
143 |
Let's try that. It might would work. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1568 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 16 |
MD (River Spring) |
MD (River Spring) |
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 |
|
LAGS |
399 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Rhine) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1725 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
Very little |
NC (Grants Creek) |
NC (Grants Creek) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1980 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
Graduate School (some) |
GA (Atlanta) |
GA (Atlanta) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
687 |
I used to could play a harp.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
MS (Homewood) |
MS (Trenton) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1327 |
I've seen ones that might possibly could be flowers, but I haven't seen any yet [that are flowers]. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1984 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1657 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Short terms until 17-18 |
VA (Browntown) |
VA (Browntown) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
1997 |
Someone from the archives staff might canhelp you. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College graduate |
Unknown |
TN (Knoxville) |
1994 |
Friend |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2280 |
|
may |
will |
|
Female |
Other |
30 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
RI |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1821 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
None |
NC (Highlands) |
NC (Highlands) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
181 |
So that might would work, don’t you think? Something like that? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
783 |
I might would. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (West Anniston) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
79 |
She might can wear it if she fixes the belt. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to family |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
587 |
I might would say that. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
44 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Knoxville) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
335 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Cedar Key) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1506 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 17 |
PA (Grantville) |
PA (Grantville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1916 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
90 |
Private governess, some public school |
GA (Savannah) |
SC (Savannah) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
860 |
We might could just kinda look and see.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
277 |
I might can get the work finished.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
78 |
10th grade |
GA (Jackson) |
GA (Jackson) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1600 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64+ |
None |
VA (Central Garage) |
VA (Central Garage) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
431 |
You might could find one or two.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
LA (New Era) |
LA (New Era) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2216 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1757 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Manchester) |
NC (Manchester) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1494 |
How could you might do this? |
could |
might |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
WI (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
719 |
They used to would stack it.
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
TN (Rocky River) |
TN (Spencer) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
15 |
I wonder if you may would help me. |
may |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
daughter to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1359 |
You might ought to give him a call. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1975 |
person to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1689 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Belcross) |
NC (Belcross) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2030 |
You might feel an unction that you might should go to the altar. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1853 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
College (Some) |
SC (Walterboro) |
SC (Walterboro) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
213 |
It might would be worthwhile for you to reread section four, five, and six.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
813 |
I useta wouldn’t stay at home when ...
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
AL (Cleburn) |
AL (Native of Cleburn, Ranolph Counties, but 30 years in Anniston) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
111 |
We might will see some action now because the 15 car with Morgan Shepard is making his move in turn number four. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
ESPN announcer at NASCAR race |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
619 |
Used to couldn't.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Male |
White |
95 |
8th grade |
MS (Pike County) |
MS (Holmesville) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
367 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Arkadelphia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1538 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
None |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1948 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Hood's Chapel School |
GA (Augusta) |
GA (Augusta) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
MISC |
892 |
[I] think if I could get in there and people would work with me, we might could get something going. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
GA (Mayorsville) |
|
1972 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
309 |
I might can do that.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
LA (Rosefield) |
LA (Enterprise) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1625 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
10th grade |
VA (Whitleys Store) |
VA (Whitleys Store) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
463 |
He might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
FL (Oxford) |
FL (Oxford) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2248 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NJ |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1789 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
no information |
NC (New Salem School) |
NC (New Salem School) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1454 |
Do you think we might can meet next week? How about Thursday? |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Gaffney) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
751 |
She might could be, help you out with something else. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
47 |
It might coulda been a whole lot worse.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to male |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
555 |
Might would and might wouldn't.
|
might |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
5th grade |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
AR (Dudley Lake) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
556 |
Might have would have helped me.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
58 |
7th grade |
TX (Chicota) |
TX (Chicota) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1390 |
He may can tell you. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Graduate |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1981 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1722 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
High school |
NC (Trenton P.O.) |
NC (Trenton P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
1181 |
[A: He doesn’t think people ought to smoke.] B: Well, they shouldn’t ought to, should they?
|
should |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1887 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
3-4 years |
SC (Philipps Church) |
SC (Philipps Church) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
829 |
That would be another one that might could come into question. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
247 |
may can
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
59 |
11th grade |
LA (Kentwood) |
LA (East Fork) |
1974 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
144 |
I told Anne she might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1569 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Illiterate |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
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 |
|
LAGS |
400 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
10th grade |
GA (Pembroke) |
GA (Pembroke) |
1968 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Labov |
1240 |
In deep water. I might can get hurt. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Black |
14 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NY (New York City) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1726 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
Until age 21 |
NC (Harris Creek) |
NC (Harris Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1981 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
no information |
GA (Gainesville) |
GA (Gainesville) |
1966 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
688 |
You used to could get it done.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
None (Illiterate) |
LA (Clinton) |
LA (Clinton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1328 |
I might just couldn't see it. |
might |
couldn't |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1658 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
1998 |
Some of what the church might can do is to offer a support program. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
College graduate |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
1992 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2281 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
20 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AZ |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1822 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Illiterate |
NC (Beaverdam) |
NC (Beaverdam) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
182 |
I thought they might would've included that, but I wanted to ask you first. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
20 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
784 |
My sick folks might would be better. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (West Anniston) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
588 |
I might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Sparta) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
336 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Fort Meade) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1507 |
ought to could |
ought to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
4 months per year until age 18 |
PA (Turbotville) |
PA (Turbotville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1917 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
3 weeks |
GA (Lanier) |
GA (Lanier) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
861 |
Do you think he might can work in your department? |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
278 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
GA (Warren Co.) |
GA (Warrenton) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1416 |
I don't think I have any grants you might could apply for. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
432 |
You might could get a book.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
5th grade |
GA (Columbus) |
GA (Eelbeck) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2217 |
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1758 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Not much |
NC (Erwin) |
NC (Erwin) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1495 |
We may not can find one here, but we should look anyway. |
may not |
can |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
720 |
People that used to would have high-hatted you.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
5 years of school; literate |
TX (Belk) |
TX (Belk) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
16 |
We have everything you might could need right here. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
clerk to customer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1360 |
That group should be asked to consider what our priorities might ought to be. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
78 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
PA (Philadephia) |
TX (Austin) |
1976 |
professor to faculty (during meeting) |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1690 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Sunday school 19 days |
NC (Fort Island) |
NC (Fort Island) |
1936 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1854 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
3rd grade |
SC (Colston) |
SC (Colston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
214 |
To do everything decently and in order, we might ought to wait on Joe.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Some) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
814 |
She useta wouldn’t take more’n a spoonful of anything. |
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
112 |
We wanted to come and we might possibly could have, but like everybody else, we got money worries. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
620 |
Used to couldn't.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
3rd grade |
TX (Fort Worth) |
TX (Fort Worth) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
368 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
69 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Natchitoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |