|
LAMSAS |
1523 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Until age 14 |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
PA (Spruce Hill) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1611 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
Little; ages 11 to 15 |
VA (Grafton) |
VA (Grafton) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
368 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
69 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Natchitoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
991 |
I can’t do it now, but I used to could |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Warwick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1865 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
Until age 18 |
SC (Chesterfield) |
SC (Chesterfield) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1281 |
You might couldn’t do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1959 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
8 years |
GA (Fort Hawkins) |
GA (Fort Hawkins) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
210 |
There are some ideas we have in mind and you might could think about some of them.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
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 |
464 |
Might could help.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
College (Junior at time of interview) |
TX (Edinburg) |
TX (Edinburg) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1707 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
High school |
NC (Washington P.O.) |
NC (Washington 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 |
|
Reed |
1464 |
Do you think I might could bring it in tomorrow? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1801 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
High school graduate |
NC (Trinity Church) |
NC (Trinity Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1086 |
You might could stay here tonight, " the aunt said. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1992 |
woman to woman |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
811 |
You useta could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Selma) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1556 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Benson) |
MD (Benson) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1896 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
4th grade |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1643 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
VA (Rice P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1315 |
I've got this chart we might could use. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Graduate |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
woman to woman (friends) |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2196 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1992 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Country public school |
FL (St. Augustine) |
FL (St. Augustine) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
DARE |
878 |
I might could should tell her about it. |
might |
could |
should |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (central) |
1989 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
|
|
Montgomery |
2009 |
They might could tell you more than I can about what's in the archives. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Some) |
TN (Jefferson County) |
TN (Knoxville) |
1994 |
Friend |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1586 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Illiterate |
VA (Naulakla) |
VA (Naulakla) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
337 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Forbus) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1833 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
4th grade |
SC (Plantersville) |
SC (Plantersville) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mashburn |
1250 |
He may could see you today.
|
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1928 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1947 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1675 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
None |
VA (Spencer) |
VA (Spencer) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
COCA |
1053 |
And I felt like I might could help contribute to that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
57 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
MS (Greenwood) |
Television |
2005 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2228 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1769 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
A few months for a few years |
NC (Cary P.O.) |
NC (Cary P.O.) |
1934 |
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 |
|
COCA |
1074 |
Janie, letting her voice go good-old-girlish, says she might could, then quotes a figure that would put a strain on most people's gratefulness if she weren't so sure they'd smile... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1995 |
woman to group |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1434 |
She mighta, mighta coulda driven that truck of yours. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
12 |
Elementary School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1524 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
42 |
Until age 15 |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
PA (Lost Creek Valley) |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1612 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Private school |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
VA (Denbigh Plantation) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
369 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Pineville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
992 |
He use to could lift a fifty-six ower his heead wi’ one hand, but he can’t nah.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (West Yorkshire) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1866 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
High school |
SC (Boykin) |
SC (Boykin) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1960 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1970 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1708 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
4 sessions of 2 months each |
NC (Whortonsville P.O.) |
NC (Whortonsville P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Scotland |
1163 |
He might could go. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1802 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
52 |
2 summers |
NC (Nathans Creek) |
NC (Nathans Creek) |
1936 |
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 |
1557 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
Until age 15 |
MD (Silver Run) |
MD (Silver Run) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
943 |
He shouldnae no could have come. |
shouldnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1897 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Common schools |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1644 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
A few sessions |
VA (Lynch Station) |
VA (Lynch Station) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1316 |
Gosh, we might could spring for fifteen cents. We might even spring for the copying. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
secretary to student |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1738 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
A little each winter |
NC (Cedar Creek P.O.) |
NC (Cedar Creek P.O.) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1993 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Local school through the 5th reader |
FL (Windsor) |
FL (Windsor) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1409 |
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. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
879 |
I might could should write home. |
might |
could |
should |
Unknown |
Unknown |
c20 |
College undergraduate |
Unknown |
NC (Durham) |
1989 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1587 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
83 |
no information |
VA (Cold Harbor) |
VA (Cold Harbor) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
338 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
91 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Shelbyville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1834 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Governess and summer school |
SC (Waccamaw Neck) |
SC (Waccamaw Neck) |
1948 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1929 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Mostly self-taught |
GA (St. Marys) |
GA (St. Marys) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1676 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
52 |
no information |
VA (Ridgeway) |
VA (Ridgeway) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2229 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1770 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
3 months per year until age 21 |
NC (Leesville) |
NC (Leesville) |
1937 |
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 |
1435 |
So she mighta coulda driven that truck a yours. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
13 |
Middle-school student |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1525 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
41 |
Until age 18 |
PA (New Bloomfield) |
PA (New Bloomfield) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1613 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Little education |
VA (Tangier Island) |
VA (Tangier Island) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
370 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Ville Platte) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
993 |
I us’t at could dance as weel as anybody when I was young. |
used at |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lancaster) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1867 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
81 |
About 15 months total |
SC (Dovesville) |
SC (Dovesville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1962 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Illiterate |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Milledgeville) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Hasty |
2132 |
Another thing we might could have on is the Neurontin. |
might |
could |
|
|
|
|
Doctoral degree |
Unknown |
|
|
Physician to patient |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1709 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Merritt P.O.) |
NC (Merritt P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Scotland |
1164 |
He might could have done it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2262 |
|
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1803 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
Very little |
NC (Stony Fork P.O.) |
NC (Stony Fork P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1558 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
no information |
MD (Middletown) |
MD (Middletown) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
944 |
He shouldnae could no have come. |
shouldnae |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1898 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
37 |
7th or 8th grade |
SC (Rock Hill) |
SC (Rock Hill) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1645 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College |
VA (Lynchburg)) |
VA (Lynchburg) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
403 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20 |
College (Student at Emory University at time of interview) |
FL (Ft. Myers) |
FL (Ft. Myers) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1317 |
I need a job travelling all over the world.. But uh haircutting, that might be. difficult. Cruise ships, I might could get a job on. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to group (friends) |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |