|
COCA |
1054 |
one of my own sisters-in-law had suggested I might could find something suitable at the Makely store. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
Fictional Novel |
2005 |
omniscient narrator |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
525 |
Someone that might could tell him. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
TN (Stewart) |
TN (Stewart) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2230 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1771 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Very little |
NC (Siler City) |
NC (Siler City) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1436 |
The road might have coulda been flooded out. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40 |
High School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
675 |
You used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
9th grade |
TX (Pleasant Retreat) |
TX (Tyler) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1526 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
Until age 15 |
PA (Newburg) |
PA (Newburg) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
912 |
I would like to could swim.
|
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
367 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Arkadelphia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1614 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
6 months total |
VA (Lee Mont) |
VA (Lee Mont) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
994 |
I can’t work as I used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Nottinghamshire) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1868 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
Country school |
SC (Hartsville) |
SC (Hartsville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
771 |
We might could even back up.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
15 |
9th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
209 |
My father-in-law flies a lot and gets a lot of frequent flier miles. We might could drop him a hint, and he might would help us.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (Some) |
MS (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
463 |
He might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
High school |
FL (Oxford) |
FL (Oxford) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
1559 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
Until age 17 |
MD (Yellow Springs) |
MD (Yellow Springs) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
400 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
10th grade |
GA (Pembroke) |
GA (Pembroke) |
1968 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
654 |
Used to could rattle those things off.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
31 |
High school and beautician training |
FL (Port Orange) |
FL (Port Orange) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1899 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Until age 18 |
SC (Lancaster) |
SC (Lancaster) |
1967 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1646 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
mighty little |
VA (Keysville P.O.) |
VA (Keysville P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1115 |
You might could get some information from the principal. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1318 |
We don't have to necessarily know situations that might could affect the interpreter. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
teacher to class |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
804 |
I useta could pick it up, but I can’t do it no more. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
494 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
8th grade |
AR (Polk County) |
AR (Hatton) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1740 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
no information |
NC (Bladenboro) |
NC (Bladenboro) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Brandstetter |
1195 |
I wonder if they might could adapt it for use in their classes. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1424 |
I don't hear too well. I thought maybe I better put it on, or I might not could understand you. |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
High School |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1980 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1411 |
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. |
would |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DARE |
881 |
People probably might not could tell. |
might not |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
MS (native, WI resident) |
WI (Unknown) |
2003 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
336 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Fort Meade) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1589 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
80+ |
Illiterate |
VA (George Walker's Place) |
VA (George Walker's Place) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1836 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
85 |
Taught at home |
SC (Georgetown) |
SC (Georgetown) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
432 |
You might could get a book.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
5th grade |
GA (Columbus) |
GA (Eelbeck) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1931 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
87 |
On and off for 4 years |
GA (Folkston) |
GA (Folkston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
817 |
Yeah, she might could achieve some of those things ... she could, and she may ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1678 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Until age 14 |
VA (Independence) |
VA (Independence) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1055 |
Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2004 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
526 |
Might could tell you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
89 |
High school (Graduate) |
TN (Paris) |
TN (Paris) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2231 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1772 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Harpers Crossroads) |
NC (Harpers Crossroads) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1075 |
" Might could be out' er, " she said. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1995 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1437 |
You might could still keep the cuff and have French cuffs. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
clerk to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
676 |
You used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
15 |
9th grade |
TX (Houston) |
TX (Houston) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1527 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Mount Hope) |
PA (Mount Hope) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
913 |
He might could have to go.
|
might |
could |
have to |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAGS |
368 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
69 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Natchitoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1615 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
no information |
VA (Dalbys) |
VA (Dalbys) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
England |
995 |
I ewsed to could rip along as well as ony man, but I can’t noo. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Lincolnshire) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1869 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
5th grade |
SC (Palmetto) |
SC (Palmetto) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
772 |
He might could get her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
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 |
1710 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
77 |
Very little |
NC (Cahoque) |
NC (Cahoque) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
52 |
I thought I might could eat it, but when I tasted it, knew I couldn't. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1804 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
52 |
Educated in Wilkesboro |
NC (Wilkesboro) |
NC (Wilkesboro) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1233 |
You might could try Don’s Hobbies down on Park [Avenue]. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Memphis) |
|
Memphis store clerk to a first-time customer from Atlanta. |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1560 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Illiterate |
MD (Layhill) |
MD (Layhill) |
1939 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1900 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Business college |
SC (Reidville) |
SC (Reidville) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1647 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
None but literate |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
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 |
1741 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 19 |
NC (Elizabethtown) |
NC (Elizabethtown) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
337 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Forbus) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1590 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
"slight" |
VA (Smith Mount Farm, Horners Mill) |
VA (Smith Mount Farm, Horners Mill) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1837 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College graduate |
SC (Georgetown) |
SC (Georgetown) |
1946 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1932 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Country school |
GA (Screven) |
GA (Screven) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1679 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
None |
VA (Dorton's School) |
VA (Dorton's School) |
1935 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1773 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
NC (Hurdle Mills) |
NC (Hurdle Mills) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1438 |
You might could keep the cuffs. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
clerk to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1528 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Very little; until age 10 |
PA (Hunterstown) |
PA (Hunterstown) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
369 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
71 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Pineville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1616 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
3 sessions |
VA (Deep Run Church) |
VA (Deep Run Church) |
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 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1870 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
Not much |
SC (Sumter) |
SC (Sumter) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
773 |
He might could bring her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1711 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Very little; until age 20 |
NC (Ernul P.O.) |
Ernul NC (P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1805 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
86 |
Illiterate |
NC (Ban Oak) |
NC (Ban Oak) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1806 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
39 |
At Charity School |
NC (Hickory) |
NC (Hickory) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1561 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
MD (Sandy Spring) |
MD (Sandy Spring) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |