|
Feagin |
797 |
Well, I useta could play fairly well.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
10th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2210 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1488 |
You know, if things go right, they may could get some votes for number 1. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
386 |
Might just could be.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Tomoka Farms) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
640 |
I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
10th grade |
GA (Walton County) |
GA (Walnut Grove) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
262 |
I might not can call.
|
might not |
can |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
AL (Abbeville) |
AL (Abbeville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1583 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Little education |
VA (Post Oak) |
VA (Post Oak) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1028 |
"Might ought to tune this thing," he'd say. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1990 |
man to man (with audience) |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
734 |
He may not could afford it. |
may not |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acq |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
482 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
5th grade |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1943 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
7th grade |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
104 |
I don't know. I'm never sure about things like this. I just wonder if they might could. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1011 |
My stepfather, he fix TVs and vacuum cleaners, and he say since I can already drive, if I get my license, I might can go with him sometimes.
Primary tabs |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
student to teacher |
Written |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1672 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Slight; until 15 or 16 |
VA (Sydnorsville) |
VA (Sydnorsville) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2243 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
COCA |
1071 |
Walter said. " Me and him might could be buddies. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
teens |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1521 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Until age 18 |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
418 |
Garlic might could do that [=make your eyes water]. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
55 |
7th grade |
GA (Cumberland Island) |
GA (Sapelo Island) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
40 |
This is the worst I've ever done. I honestly think I might will fail. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to male |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
294 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
78 |
8th grade |
MS (Little Springs) |
MS (Little Springs) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1863 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
College (Some) |
SC (Blenheim) |
SC (Blemheim) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1975 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
80 |
4th grade |
GA (Thompson) |
GA (Thompson) |
1971 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1704 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
1.5 months every summer |
NC (New Englehard) |
NC (New Englehard) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1479 |
You might can make the case for this. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
CA (Los Angeles) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
teacher to student |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2275 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Other |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1085 |
I could see what might could be slightly objectionable to some people. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Atlanta) |
Newspaper |
1993 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
702 |
She used to wouldn't be afraid. |
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
Black |
90 |
Less than 1 term school; illiterate |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1911 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
Country school |
SC (Anderson) |
SC (Anderson) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2081 |
I might even woulda gone with him to get a tat. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
IL (Abingdon) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to friends |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1640 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Evergreen) |
VA (Evergreen) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
544 |
Might should have.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at Emory University at time of interview) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2211 |
|
might |
will |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
MD |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
166 |
Slate uptown might could fix it, too. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1734 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
no information |
NC (Clinton) |
NC (Clinton) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
9 |
Could you drive back come Christmas? Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
brother to sister |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1584 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
A few days for a few years |
VA (Rectory, Aquia Dist.) |
VA (Rectory, Aquia Dist.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1831 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
A little |
SC (Hemingway) |
SC (Hemingway) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
483 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Doctoral student at Emory University at time of interview) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1944 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2113 |
might not ought |
might not |
ought |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
105 |
I can live with it. Some people may couldn't, but I can live with it. |
may |
couldn't |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
stranger to stranger |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1012 |
Research from the University of Rochester suggests the blue dye such as the stuff that's used in M&Ms may could help, perhaps, prevent paralysis. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
IL (Lansing) |
Television |
2009 |
broadcaster to audience |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
577 |
I might would say that.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
College |
GA (Waycross) |
GA (Waycross) |
1979 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2244 |
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1767 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
NC (Oxford P.O.) |
NC (Oxford P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1072 |
Actually we might could have, because over the years we've been such good customers for Discover that they've kept raising our limit as we've kept approaching it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
interior monologue |
Written |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
671 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
High school |
AR (Lake Village) |
AR (Lake Village) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1522 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40 |
Until age 19 |
PA (Independence) |
PA (Independence) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
513 |
Might could put.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Less than 7th grade |
AL (Abercrombie) |
AL (Duncanville) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1280 |
I mightn’t oughta do that. |
mightn't |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1976 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
95 |
Local schools |
GA (Doraville) |
GA (Doraville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
355 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Pulaski) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
1799 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
2 years |
NC (Tobaccoville) |
NC (Tobaccoville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1554 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Until age 14 |
MD (Wellington) |
MD (Wellington) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1912 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
4 years |
SC (Greenville) |
SC (Greenville) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
2082 |
Tie rod may could do that or a bearing may could do that.
|
may |
could |
|
Male |
Other |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
clerk to customer |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
545 |
Might should have.
|
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Decatur County) |
GA (Calvary) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2212 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
167 |
She might should have gotten it. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1735 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1736 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
388 |
You might could call it a shock.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Troy) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1832 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 |
A little |
SC (Hemingway) |
SC (Hemingway) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
484 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
8th grade |
GA (Burke County) |
GA (Gough) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1945 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2114 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
106 |
You people might would get along with each other better if you would all just clean up after yourselves. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
manager to staff |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1344 |
I might would come by. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Leander) |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1981 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1013 |
I think because it's an election year we may actually address education, energy and crime and this may- could very well wind up being a better year than last year
Primary tabs |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
51 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
MS (Grenada) |
Television |
1992 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1674 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 18 |
VA (Allum Ridge) |
VA (Allum Ridge) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2245 |
|
may |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
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 |
|
Montgomery |
200 |
We might ought to bring it up just so we can think about it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1523 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
514 |
I think I might could recognize it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
32 |
Graduate school (Law degree) |
AL (Talladega) |
AL (Talladega) |
1980 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1281 |
You might couldn’t do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
768 |
And you might could tell her you hadn’t been gettin’ one. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1977 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
8th grade |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
GA (Rock Chapel) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1706 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NC (Beaver Dam) |
NC (Beaver Dam) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
356 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
MS (Edwards) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2277 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1800 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74+ |
Illiterate |
NC (New Hope P.O.) |
NC (New Hope P.O.) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
704 |
Used to wouldn't.
|
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation on Cedar Creek) |
AR (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1555 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Ages 6 to 18; on and off |
MD (Hickory) |
MD (Hickory) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
452 |
You might could have help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
6th grade |
LA (Hawthorne) |
LA (Hawthorne) |
1976 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
328 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Ocilla) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
168 |
He might could play pretty good. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1737 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1408 |
(woman's name) oughta could answer my questions although I didn't do so well. |
oughta |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
|
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.2 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
265 |
I might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
High school (3 years) |
MS (Biloxi) |
MS (Biloxi) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1586 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
VA (Naulakla) |
VA (Naulakla) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |