|
Nagle |
1141 |
þat hie healfre geweald wið Eotena bearn agan moston. “That they might own an equal share with the sons of the Geats.” |
moston (=must, might) |
agan (=own, owe, ought to) |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
c1000 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
England |
1143 |
þeah we hine for þam alwaldan agan ne moston. “Though we might not hold it against the all-powerful.”
|
moston (=must, might) |
agan (=own, owe, ought to) |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
c1000 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
Scotland |
967 |
We’ll ... aiblins no can rise our lane. |
will |
aiblins (=maybe) no |
can |
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Roxburghshire) |
1808 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Scotland |
915 |
He might be to go tomorrow.
|
might |
be to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Elsman |
850 |
We might better. |
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
co-worker to supervisor |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
853 |
... anything that looks like we might need it, we might better put aside ...
|
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
258 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
8th grade |
TN (Arno) |
TN (Arno) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
259 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
5th grade |
GA (Buford) |
GA (Buford) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
260 |
might better
|
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
GA (Hawkinsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
786 |
And I thought I might better tell you. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
787 |
You might better. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
788 |
You might better shake it up. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1396 |
If you need me, holler. -Well, you might better stay in. why don't you stay in here? |
might |
better |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
1979 |
father to daughter |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1397 |
This might better go in here. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1398 |
I might better hurry |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Tyler) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
sister to sister |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1861 |
You might better look and see if you can find it |
might |
better |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1399 |
A: Do you know the roads out of here? B: No. A: We may better get a map. |
may |
better |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
On airplane to Austin TX |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
307 |
You might can fix it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
46 |
High school |
LA (Zachary) |
LA (Zachary) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1373 |
If you can think of someone you might can sell some to... |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
volunteer to person |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
244 |
I may can {do it}
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
5th grade |
GA (Folkston) |
GA (Folkston) |
1969 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
940 |
He should no can come. |
should no |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
Barrick |
876 |
You won’t can go. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
PN (Cumberland County) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
275 |
Now I might can tell you something.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
High school (2 years) |
TN (Laurel Bloomery) |
TN (Laurel Bloomery) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1248 |
He might can see you today. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
735 |
If they’re not too busy, I might can. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2227 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
909 |
He’ll can get you one. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
308 |
You might can find one.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
75 |
None |
LA (Lake Providence) |
LA (Lake Providence) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1073 |
You might not can if you keep asking. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Loudon) |
TN (Seymour) |
2012 |
woman to grandson |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1374 |
I would like for you now to ask questions of me or anyone else here who might can answer them. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
College |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1973 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
245 |
I may can
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
6th grade |
AR (Evening Shade) |
AR (Evening Shade) |
1977 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2259 |
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2065 |
We may can park closer. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
67 |
College (Bachelor's degree) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
mother to son |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1642 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
67 |
Until age 12 |
VA (Throck) |
VA (Throck) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2195 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1736 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1991 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
College (Some) |
FL (Jacksonville) |
FL (Jacksonville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
276 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
22 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
TN (Knox Co.) |
TN (Morristown) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2008 |
If she can't give you the name, she might can tell you where to look. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Some) |
TN (Jefferson County) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1994 |
Friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mashburn |
1249 |
He may can see you today. |
may |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
736 |
They might can get more time. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1014 |
I might not can write but I want a piece of a great man to remember. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.1 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
Scotland |
1162 |
He might can go. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
246 |
May can
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
6th grade |
FL (Pineway) |
FL (Laurel Hill) |
1973 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2260 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
10 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1737 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Scotland |
959 |
Ye’ll can cum neist weik. |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (southern) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
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 |
|
Dumas |
1136 |
You still might can, Rachel. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
30 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Knoxville) |
1986 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
310 |
She might can tell you.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
8th grade plus business course |
TX (Noonday) |
TX (Marshall) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
152 |
Who do I know who knows somebody who knows somebody that might can put me in touch with somebody. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
247 |
may can
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
59 |
11th grade |
LA (Kentwood) |
LA (East Fork) |
1974 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2261 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
88 |
I'm hoping they might can fill that jaw tooth and not have to pull it. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to family |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1113 |
He might can get the car fixed before we leave. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
Mishoe |
24 |
We may can work something out. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1930 |
mought can |
mought |
can |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
On and off for 4 years |
GA (Folkston) |
GA (Folkston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2098 |
may not can |
may not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Montgomery |
215 |
We might can leave Dalai in Nashville.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
57 |
Do you think there is a chance Wallace may can come? |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to neice |
Spoken |
1.5 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
311 |
You might can help.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
15 |
9th grade (Student at time of interview) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
153 |
You might can pull some strings for me. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1377 |
Here's some more thread. I might can put it around the edge. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
248 |
may can do it
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
23 |
College |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1977 |
female to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1466 |
I might can swing by after class. Say around 2:15? |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
279 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
9th grade |
GA (Twin City) |
GA (Swainsboro) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2011 |
Professor Smith, the committee chair, may can give you some further information. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
College graduate |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
1995 |
Staff member of a university's Sponsred Programs Office to a faculty member. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
739 |
If you hear of anything we might can do, please let us know. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
MS (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
3.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
122 |
If we can save some today and I can afford to take off, we might can plan to have another baby soon. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to friend (f) |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
312 |
You might can find [it].
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
51 |
7th grade |
TX (Schulenburg) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1963 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Illiterate |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1378 |
Take along the list of people and (name) might can show you where those people live. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1165 |
He might can have done it. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Reed |
1467 |
We may can park over there, so we won't have to walk so far. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Farragut) |
TN (Seymour) |
2011 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
945 |
He willnae can come. |
willnae |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2199 |
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
280 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Eldorendo) |
GA (Newton) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
962 |
He’ll be grander than ever now–he’ll no can hold down his head down to sneeze. |
will no |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
740 |
.. to find a doctor that might can do something. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
741 |
We might not can come. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Dumas |
1137 |
We may can improve it. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
AR (Unknown) |
1986 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2232 |
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
IN |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1035 |
Call me or text me & we can find a time to go over this application if you need. I may can help you go quicker. Just let me know. |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
MS (Jackson) |
2012 |
man to client |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
155 |
He might can help you with that.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1379 |
We can do without all the oil from Iran, but we might not can do without all the stuff from Japan. |
might not |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
249 |
I may can help you |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
4th grade |
MS (Warren Co.) |
MS (Edwards) |
1972 |
male to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2264 |
|
might |
can |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
946 |
He’ll no can come. |
will no |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Skipper |
185 |
We may can encourage them to help, but… |
may |
can |
|
Male |
Other |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Chief of Catawba Indians to unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2200 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
CA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
27 |
I may can do it on my way in tomorrow. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
sister to brother/ direct response to no. 26 |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |