|
DiPaolo |
1424 |
I don't hear too well. I thought maybe I better put it on, or I might not could understand you. |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
High School |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1411 |
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. |
would |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
woman to woman |
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 |
|
LAGS |
494 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
8th grade |
AR (Polk County) |
AR (Hatton) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
748 |
My sister might could tell you somethin’ further bout that, cause she was oldest and she might have known somethin’ about it; but me, I don’t know anything about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1589 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
80+ |
Illiterate |
VA (George Walker's Place) |
VA (George Walker's Place) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1836 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
Taught at home |
SC (Georgetown) |
SC (Georgetown) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
336 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Fort Meade) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
337 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Forbus) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1932 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Country school |
GA (Screven) |
GA (Screven) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1679 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
None |
VA (Dorton's School) |
VA (Dorton's School) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
685 |
I used to could blow on it a little bit.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
433 |
Might could get a few of them cork stoppers.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
64 |
Elementary school |
MS (Oxford) |
MS (Lafayette Springs) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1773 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
NC (Hurdle Mills) |
NC (Hurdle Mills) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1438 |
You might could keep the cuffs. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
clerk to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1528 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Very little; until age 10 |
PA (Hunterstown) |
PA (Hunterstown) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
527 |
You might could tell.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
23 |
6th grade |
TN (Rankin) |
TN (Rankin) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1616 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
3 sessions |
VA (Deep Run Church) |
VA (Deep Run Church) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
996 |
I ewsed to couldn’t reād a line e’ th’ book.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lincolnshire) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1870 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Not much |
SC (Sumter) |
SC (Sumter) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
369 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Pineville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1711 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Very little; until age 20 |
NC (Ernul P.O.) |
Ernul NC (P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
465 |
Might could help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College (Student at time of interview) |
MS (Hattiesburg) |
MS (Hattiesburg) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1805 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Illiterate |
NC (Ban Oak) |
NC (Ban Oak) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1560 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Illiterate |
MD (Layhill) |
MD (Layhill) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
811 |
You useta could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1900 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Business college |
SC (Reidville) |
SC (Reidville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1647 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
None but literate |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1319 |
Someone was seeking Elijah out so that he might could heal his leprosy |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Seminary |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
priest to congregation |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
401 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
6th grade |
FL (Mason City) |
FL (Mason City) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
655 |
Now I used to could run.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
7th grade |
AR (Cave City) |
AR (Cave City) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1741 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 19 |
NC (Elizabethtown) |
NC (Elizabethtown) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
W&C |
1196 |
I used to couldn’t count ’til I, ’til I got me some work up here. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
WV (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Ginns |
882 |
Now, they was all translated in the book from the way they told ’em. The way they told ’em, they was too rough to put down. Gosh They was rough Rough words in ’em. My grandfather told him some he... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
c60 |
Grade School |
NC (Watauga County) |
|
1982 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
495 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
75 |
None |
LA (Lake Providence) |
LA (Lake Providence) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
749 |
If these people wanted it, they might could keep it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1590 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
"slight" |
VA (Smith Mount Farm, Horners Mill) |
VA (Smith Mount Farm, Horners Mill) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1837 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College graduate |
SC (Georgetown) |
SC (Georgetown) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
338 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
91 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Shelbyville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1933 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College (Some) |
GA (Jesup) |
GA (Jesup) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
819 |
Hey, get a great dane and we might could make it happen.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1680 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
None |
VA (Dorton's School) |
VA (Dorton's School) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1056 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2004 |
unknown |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
686 |
Used to could get them.,
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
4th grade |
AL (Needham) |
AL (Needham) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
180 |
I might could work both shifts, just not that one on Saturday. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
434 |
The worms might could get in them.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
8th grade |
TN (Wear Valley) |
TN (Wear Valley) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1774 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 21 |
NC (Orange Grove) |
NC (Orange Grove) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1439 |
I might could do that next week, maybe by Tuesday. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
student to teacher |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1529 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Until age 18 |
PA (Fairfield) |
PA (Fairfield) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
528 |
He might could tell you a lot of stuff.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
9th grade |
LA (Bogalusa) |
LA (Bogalusa) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1020 |
They might could; I'm not sure. But they might could. My father (would could) tell you some stori |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1981 |
Woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1617 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
5th grade |
VA (Richmond) |
VA (Richmond) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
997 |
I used to could do it as well as any one, one while.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lincolnshire) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1871 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 10 or 11 |
SC (Loring Mill) |
SC (Loring Mill) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
370 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Ville Platte) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1965 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Illiterate |
GA (Carrs Station) |
GA (Carrs Station) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1712 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
75 |
College (Some) |
NC (Vanceboro) |
NC (Vanceboro) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
1167 |
[Q: They wouldn’t break any of your windows or anything?] A: Oh no! They’re double glazed. They wouldn’t could.
|
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
466 |
You might could help out.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
10th grade |
FL (Rockmart) |
FL (Rockmart) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1806 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
At Charity School |
NC (Hickory) |
NC (Hickory) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1561 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
MD (Sandy Spring) |
MD (Sandy Spring) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
812 |
I useta could, but I can’t any more. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
15 |
9th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1901 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Newberry) |
SC (Newberry) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1648 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
None but literate |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1320 |
I wonder if we might could put together an ordinance. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
35 |
College Graduate |
TX (Port Neches) |
TX (Austin, television) |
1982 |
councilman to council |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
402 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
4th grade |
FL (Sopchoppy) |
FL (Sopchoppy) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
656 |
I used to could sing.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
8th grade |
FL (Jena) |
FL (Jena) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1742 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Very little |
NC (Crusoes Island) |
NC (Crusoes Island) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
W&C |
1197 |
I might could make up one, but I don’t know. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
11 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
WV (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
496 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
38 |
College (1 year and some business college) |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
750 |
But you might could catch ’em home one night. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1591 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
Privately at home |
VA (Blenheim Farm) |
VA (Blenheim Farm) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1838 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
6 months total |
SC (Macedonia) |
SC (Macedonia) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
339 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Crossroads) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
11 |
I think he might could do it. I just don't know if he will. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to male |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1681 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
A little |
VA (Meadowview) |
VA (Meadowview) |
1935 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
435 |
You might could get up here and help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
7th grade |
TN (Big Creek) |
TN (Big Creek) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1775 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 20 |
NC (Yanceyville) |
NC (Yanceyville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1076 |
And, I thought, well, and when me and my friend had talked about it, we thought we might- could get a job. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
28 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AR (Lonoke) |
Television |
1994 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1440 |
Harry said he might could fix the car. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1530 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
59 |
Until age 17 |
PA (Oak Grove) |
PA (Oak Grove) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
529 |
I might could tell you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
5th-6th grade |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
988 |
They mighta coulda moved it. or It mighta coulda been moved. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
Man to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
998 |
I can’t run as I use to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Warwickshire) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1872 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1289 |
I might could do that, couldn’t I? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
371 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Wiergate) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
625 |
But I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
12th grade |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Hasty |
2134 |
You know what might could help that is losing some weight. |
might |
could |
|
|
|
|
Doctoral degree |
Unknown |
|
|
Physician to patient |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1966 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
9th grade |
GA (Delhi) |
GA (Delhi) |
1976 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
852 |
I mighta coulda done that. |
might have |
could |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1713 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
None, illiterate |
NC (Shelmerdine) |
NC (Shelmerdine) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
1168 |
I can’t play on Friday. I work late. I might could get it changed though. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
467 |
I might could help you. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2266 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
0 to 9 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1807 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
Irregular; until age 16 |
NC (Green Valley) |
NC (Green Valley) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1234 |
We might could take ’em swimmin’ tomorrow in Gatlinburg. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
One mother to another re: disappointed children and a closed motel pool. |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1562 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
From ages 8 to 11 |
MD (Ritchie) |
MD (Ritchie) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1902 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Newberry) |
SC (Newberry) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|