|
LAGS |
340 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
18 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Birmingham) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1145 |
They might could be working in the shop. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
594 |
They might would say it.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
8th grade |
FL (Bardin) |
FL (Bardin) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
202 |
The check has already been cut. Reply: We might could have some flexibility. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2243 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1079 |
Damn. Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1994 |
father to son |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1449 |
We might could go visit after lunch. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
44 |
I thought you might would like this. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
436 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation) |
AL (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
298 |
I can try, I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
9th grade |
GA (Blackshear) |
GA (Blackshear) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1881 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
no information |
SC (Barnwell) |
SC (Barnwell) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
530 |
I might could think about it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
8th grade |
LA (Germantown) |
LA (Germantown) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
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 |
1975 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
4th grade |
GA (Thompson) |
GA (Thompson) |
1971 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1722 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
High school |
NC (Trenton P.O.) |
NC (Trenton P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
372 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Nacogdoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
234 |
Doctor Scotton is out of town and I wonder if you might could answer a question for me.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1480 |
I might can get this finished tonight. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1570 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 16 |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2276 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1817 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
None |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1095 |
I might could have stood anything but that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1016 |
And anything that you see that might would help the police, call and let it be known. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
SC (Union) |
Television |
1994 |
man during press conference |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
77 |
Do you think if we wrote them a letter, they might would keep it on? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
2.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
1912 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
4 years |
SC (Greenville) |
SC (Greenville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1329 |
You might could have caught it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1125 |
I might could have been studying instead of fooling around had I known you were coming. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
563 |
I might would call her.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
12th grade |
AL (Tallassee) |
AL (Tallassee) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2212 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1490 |
They might would have done better. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Rock Hill) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Carmer |
894 |
[I] wisht I might could go, too. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
1934 |
|
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
13 |
Maybe we might should wait till next week. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1601 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Beulahville) |
VA (Beulahville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1849 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
8th grade |
SC (Indian Fields) |
SC (Indian Fields) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
499 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
12th grade |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
LA (Harrisonburg) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
753 |
Thelma Chapin might could, now.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
109 |
He might can put the son of a bitch back together. He's good at shit like that. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1944 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1361 |
Those seeds, you might oughta put them in the garbage. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
830 |
The expression that the TA uses might could mislead a child. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1691 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Trotville) |
NC (Trotville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
341 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Shelby) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1146 |
She might can get away early. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
595 |
I might would say that.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
30 |
College (4 years) |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2244 |
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1785 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Rubyatt) |
NC (Rubyatt) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1450 |
Sarah might could get an A if she tried. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
437 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Little (illiterate) |
MS (Sherard) |
MS (Sherard) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1627 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Courtland) |
VA (Courtland) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1882 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
Ages 6-10 |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
531 |
I might could think up some.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
MS (Lauderdale) |
MS (Lockhart) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
785 |
I thought you might would like that letter. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
141 |
I don't know. I might would say that. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1976 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
95 |
Local schools |
GA (Doraville) |
GA (Doraville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
862 |
You might can use it ... |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
373 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Tyler) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
Reed |
1994 |
If he's feeling better, he might could give us some playing time. It'll just depend on how he's doing tomorrow. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Gaffney) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1571 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Pomfret) |
MD (Pomfret) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2277 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1818 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Brevard) |
NC (Brevard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1096 |
Seems like if I could just remember that, I might could come to some kind of reckoning about come me to kill him. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1913 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
2 years |
SC (Walhalla) |
SC (Walhalla) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2083 |
They all might oughta do that. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1660 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
None |
VA (Batesville) |
VA (Batesville) |
1933 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
564 |
Might would call it.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High school |
GA (Sardis) |
GA (Hartwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1754 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Educated in Wilson and Saratoga |
NC (Evansdale) |
NC (Evansdale) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Butters |
1205 |
What It Might Can Do ... The Rural Development Act of 1972 |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
Written |
|
|
|
Reed |
1491 |
You might could look for it this way. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1509 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 15 or 16 |
PA (Danville) |
PA (Danville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Ryland |
895 |
I might could fix it for you. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA (Richland County) |
1976 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
268 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
High school (Graduate) |
AL (Adger) |
AL (Birmingham) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
500 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
LA (Lake Charles) |
LA (Lake Charles) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
754 |
You think you might could drop off and take a rest for about an hour? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
110 |
I'm gonna give a little demonstration of what might woulda happened to that guy if we'd a fought. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television Show |
c1990 |
character from NBC's 'Cheers' to barfolk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1362 |
That's why you might oughta give me a ring--if something comes up and I don't think about it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
831 |
That's why I thought we might should get together. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisorsdepen |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1692 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
Only a little |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
NC (Elizabeth City) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
342 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Prattville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
596 |
What we might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
40 |
7th grade |
GA (Sumter County) |
GA (Koinonia) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1786 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
90 |
None |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
NC (East Rocky Ford) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1080 |
Yeah, but I- I sort of kind of like living that high, because if you live low down, somebody might could shoot in your house or something, but when you're up high, it probably can't happen... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1993 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1451 |
I might could drive a race car. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
26 |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Greenwood) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
46 |
We might can find a closer way to go.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
438 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
91 |
None (literate) |
LA (Tensas Par) |
LA (Cooters Point) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
300 |
Might can
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
8th grade |
GA (Cross Roads) |
GA (Toccoa) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1883 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Oakwood) |
SC (Oakwood) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
532 |
Things that somebody might could use now.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
93 |
College (1 year) |
GA (Fayetteville) |
GA (Fayetteville) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1300 |
Might you oughtn’t to have done that?
|
might |
oughtn't to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
Skipper |
142 |
It might would be better if you talked to him first. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1977 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
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