|
LAMSAS |
1688 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
None |
NC (Old trap) |
NC (Old Trap) |
1936 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
338 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
91 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Shelbyville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1782 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
Little |
NC (Corinth Church) |
NC (Corinth Church) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1447 |
Jeff wants to know if we might could have chicken tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
son to mother |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1537 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 12 or 14; off and on |
PA (Cannelton) |
PA (Cannelton) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1624 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
no information |
VA (Mills Swamp) |
VA (Mills Swamp) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1878 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Country school |
SC (Patterson Mill) |
SC (Patterson Mill) |
1947 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1720 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
Until age 20 |
NC (Friendship) |
NC (Friendship) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
370 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Ville Platte) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1477 |
We might could come. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1814 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
16 |
High school student |
NC (Walnut) |
NC (Walnut) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1237 |
'Scuse me for buttin’ in ... You want postcards of blues musicians, you may could get ’em at that ... There’s that tourist place the corner of Beale there. |
may |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Memphis) |
|
[Elderly Caucasian Southern man, gratuitously, to a mother and her son (apparently northerners) outside the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
955 |
I cannae dae it the now, but I would could next week. |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1909 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
Until age 12-13 off and on |
SC (Anderson) |
SC (Anderson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1326 |
I might could sublegally get it for you. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Corpus Christi) |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2079 |
I may could sell that. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
Television |
2013 |
man to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1656 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
Illiterate |
VA (Stony Creek) |
VA (Stony Creek) |
1935 |
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 |
1750 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
59 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Darlington) |
NC (Darlington) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1063 |
Well, I think it was a 50/50 decision between the both of us, after looking at the long jump competition, knowing that you might could make it, jumping about 22 feet, 22-5, knowing that Miriam (sic)... |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
49 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
CA (Los Angeles) |
Television |
2000 |
panelist to host |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1505 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Until age 21 |
PA (Hanover) |
PA (Hanover) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Taylor |
891 |
I mought ’a’ could if I’d ’a’ wanted to. |
mought have |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
MO (southwestern) |
1923 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1599 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
College |
VA (West Point) |
VA (West Point) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1846 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Grammar school |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1942 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
Lessons at home and 6 months at school |
GA (Halcyon Dale) |
GA (Halcyon Dale) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1689 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Belcross) |
NC (Belcross) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
339 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Crossroads) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1783 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
College |
NC (Salisbury) |
NC (Salisbury) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1448 |
I might could make that happen. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
687 |
I used to could play a harp.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
MS (Homewood) |
MS (Trenton) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1538 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
None |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
WV (Hanging Rock) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
435 |
You might could get up here and help me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
7th grade |
TN (Big Creek) |
TN (Big Creek) |
1971 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
23 |
I don't think I failed, but I think I might coulda done a lot better. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1880 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
High school (Some) |
SC (Hattieville) |
SC (Hattieville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
529 |
I might could tell you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
5th-6th grade |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1974 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Cleveland School |
GA (Bogart) |
GA (Bogart) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
860 |
We might could just kinda look and see.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1721 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
Little; until age 21 |
NC (Pleasant Hill) |
NC (Pleasant Hill) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
371 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Wiergate) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
625 |
But I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
12th grade |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1478 |
I thought I might could make it. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
College (Graduate) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1568 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Until age 16 |
MD (River Spring) |
MD (River Spring) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2274 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1815 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
One or two months |
NC (Dillingham) |
NC (Dillingham) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1094 |
Well, he might could. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1991 |
panelist to panelist |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
956 |
He cannae dae it these days, but he used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1327 |
I've seen ones that might possibly could be flowers, but I haven't seen any yet [that are flowers]. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1984 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1657 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Short terms until 17-18 |
VA (Browntown) |
VA (Browntown) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1047 |
He had sold his quota of Bibles and then some and did she reckon she might could come on over to his cabin after dark for a little roll in the hay before he headed out?
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
man to woman |
Written |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2210 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1751 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Illiterate |
NC (Rocky Mount P.O.) |
NC (Rocky Mount P.O.) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1506 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 17 |
PA (Grantville) |
PA (Grantville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
MISC |
892 |
[I] think if I could get in there and people would work with me, we might could get something going. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
GA (Mayorsville) |
|
1972 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
151 |
I had an aunt in Goldsboro who might could've been able to tell me… well I don't know. She weren't too bright, but then she might could've helped. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
25 |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1600 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64+ |
None |
VA (Central Garage) |
VA (Central Garage) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Scotland |
973 |
He wouldna could dae’t, |
would |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Argyll) |
1929 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1847 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
High school |
SC (Charleston) |
SC (Charleston) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
497 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
36 |
12th grade |
LA (Monroe) |
LA (Monroe) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
R&W |
1264 |
I might could ketch a possum tonight, over on East Mountain.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
|
|
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
Feagin |
751 |
She might could be, help you out with something else. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
61 |
8th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1943 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
7th grade |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
829 |
That would be another one that might could come into question. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1690 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Sunday school 19 days |
NC (Fort Island) |
NC (Fort Island) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2243 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1784 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
Very little |
NC (Black Ankle) |
NC (Black Ankle) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1079 |
Damn. Might could be. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1994 |
father to son |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
688 |
You used to could get it done.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
73 |
None (Illiterate) |
LA (Clinton) |
LA (Clinton) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1539 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
Illiterate |
WV (Swedeland) |
WV (Swedeland) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
436 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Unknown |
AL (Burgess Plantation) |
AL (Russellville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1626 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Very little |
VA (Drewryville) |
VA (Drewryville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1031 |
That's right. You used to could- that's right. You used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
39 |
High School |
CA (Oakland) |
Radio |
1994 |
interviewee to interviewer |
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 |
|
Boertien |
2143 |
might not could |
might not |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
College Student |
TX (Dickenson) |
TX (U |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
626 |
Used to could buy all that kind.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
9th grade |
MS (Dillon) |
MS (Lorman) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1569 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
Illiterate |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
MD (Nanjemoy) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1816 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
54 |
Educated at Newfound, then 3 years at Haywood Institute |
NC (Lower Hominy) |
NC (Lower Hominy) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
468 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
High school |
AL (Mexboro) |
AL (Mexboro) |
1974 |
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 |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1658 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
VA (Stuarts Draft) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|