|
LAMSAS |
1933 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College (Some) |
GA (Jesup) |
GA (Jesup) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1350 |
You know, if you drank a half a drink, you might oughta go home and sleep it off. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to woman (friends) |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2103 |
could SUBJECT may |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1680 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
None |
VA (Dorton's School) |
VA (Dorton's School) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
963 |
I’ll no can bide lang. |
will no |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Perthshire) |
1887 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Skipper |
149 |
I'm going to ask her if she might can help me get a job. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1254 |
He may would see you today.
|
may |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
741 |
We might not can come. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
235 |
I'm calling for someone else, but I hope you might would know when the course would be offered next. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
489 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
67 |
4th grade |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Pensacola) |
1974 |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Elsman |
818 |
Do you know where I might would find stuff like that?
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to c |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
329 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Sumner) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Dumas |
1137 |
We may can improve it. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
AR (Unknown) |
1986 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
583 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
63 |
High school |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1422 |
You mightn't oughtn't drink orange juice when you take aspirin. |
mightn't |
oughtn't |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Some college |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
|
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1872 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
85 |
He may would loan us a few dollars, but I don't want to ask. |
may |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
construction worker to another |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Jamaica |
1214 |
mait(a) hafi “may/might must” |
might |
hafi (=have to, must) |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Jamaica (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LAGS |
677 |
I used to could do it.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
74 |
College (3 years) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
171 |
We may can get them next week. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
425 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
85 |
8th grade |
LA (Anacoco) |
LA (Anacoco) |
1976 |
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 |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1381 |
Well, since you have this "L" to get in, you might can go on Monday and get it over with. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1713 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
None, illiterate |
NC (Shelmerdine) |
NC (Shelmerdine) |
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 |
|
|
LAGS |
519 |
You might could say.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
8th grade |
FL (Point Washington) |
FL (Point Washington) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1287 |
I shouldn’t oughta do that, should I? |
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
773 |
He might could bring her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
267 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
3rd grade |
GA (Gum Branch) |
GA (Allenhurst) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1470 |
We may should go easy on the defensive drill. We gotta rest their legs. |
may |
should |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1562 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
From ages 8 to 11 |
MD (Ritchie) |
MD (Ritchie) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
21 |
I might could use another piece of bread.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
father to daughter |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
850 |
We might better. |
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
co-worker to supervisor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
361 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Boothville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1166 |
They might would like to come with us. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
615 |
Used to couldn't buy it.
|
used to |
couldn't |
|
Male |
White |
89 |
High school |
GA (Springfield) |
GA (Springfield) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1902 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Newberry) |
SC (Newberry) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2072 |
You might should've researched some. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
Unknown |
LA (Vivian) |
Television |
2013 |
mother to son |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1649 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
62 |
Until age 13 or 14 |
VA (Concord Church) |
VA (Concord Church) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
117 |
I might should be taping this. I forgot how funny it was. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
17 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1088 |
He's the only one that I think she might would marry. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Taylors) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
709 |
People used to would buy lard.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
7 years of school |
MS (Lorman) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
203 |
He knows some of the history and he may can help me, I suspect. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
946 |
He’ll no can come. |
will no |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
457 |
You might could have helped me. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
4th grade |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1743 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
Very little |
NC (Macedonia Church) |
NC (Macedonia Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1427 |
He mighta should've gotten home by now. |
might have |
should |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
|
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1414 |
may used to |
may |
used to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1116 |
He may should be getting ready to go instead of fooling around. |
may |
should |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
551 |
I might will.
|
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
8th grade |
MS (Pleasant Hill) |
MS (Pleasant Hill) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Feagin |
805 |
[Can you do it?:] I useta could, but I can’t no more. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Sand Mountain) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
299 |
I might can do that
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Elementary school (Some) |
GA (Chatsworth) |
GA (Chatsworth) |
1968 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2015 |
Ken Passman may could. |
may |
could |
|
|
White |
|
College graduate |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
1994 |
Stranger to stranger |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1592 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
None |
VA (Corotoman) |
VA (Corotoman) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1839 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
3rd grade |
SC (Hell Hole) |
SC (Hell Hole) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
53 |
If she wouldn't eat so much salt, she might would feel better.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother-in-law to daughter-in-law |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
393 |
He thought of something he might could do for me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
95 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Hopewell) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
647 |
I can't tell the difference now, but I used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Some high school |
AR (Greenbrier) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1934 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
GA (Glennville) |
GA (Glennville) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1351 |
You might oughta take your good skis. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
man to group (friends) |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2101 |
shouldn't SUBJECT ought |
shouldn't |
ought |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1681 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
A little |
VA (Meadowview) |
VA (Meadowview) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
964 |
Ye’ll no can work. |
will no |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Fife) |
1894 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Skipper |
150 |
… and I was wondering if I might could come and talk to you later in the week. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1255 |
He might should see you today.
|
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
742 |
I mighta could, but I’m doing pretty well.
|
might have |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.1 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
490 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
10th reader |
MS (Shucktown) |
MS (Klondike) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1776 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
NC (Reidsville) |
NC (Reidsville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1441 |
We might could make it if we hurry. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1531 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
Grade school |
PA (Criders Church) |
PA (Criders Church) |
1940 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
330 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Fargo) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1056 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2004 |
unknown |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
584 |
Might would rot them.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
82 |
ca. 7th grade |
MS (Holly Springs) |
MS (Holly Springs) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
2041 |
Na mare saltow ham con rede þen sternes of heyuen.
|
sal |
con |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England |
14th century |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1618 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
3 years |
VA (Beach) |
VA (Beach) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1873 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
86 |
The only thing that could change the outcome would be if we might could get a caution flag. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
NBC announcer to audience |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Jamaica |
1215 |
mait(a) kyan “may/might can” |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Jamaica (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LAGS |
678 |
Used to could buy them anywhere.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
High school |
GA (Macon) |
GA (Macon) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
172 |
I may can pick it all up Thursday morning. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
915 |
He might be to go tomorrow.
|
might |
be to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
426 |
I might could do that, too.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
4th grade |
LA (Olivier) |
LA (Olivier) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1967 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
no information |
GA (Greensboro) |
GA (Greensboro) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1382 |
Uh. They must.. I just don't know, you know. Uh. You might ask (woman's name) that. She might can tell you because she goes to school here |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
|
person to woman |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1714 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
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 |
|
|
LAGS |
520 |
You might could say.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
AR (Union Township) |
AR (Des Arc) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1288 |
He must wouldn’t steal, would he? |
must |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
774 |
Might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |