|
Hern.&S |
2026 |
He should can go. |
should |
can |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
IL (Chicago) |
IL (Chicago) |
1970s |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
Visser |
1266 |
That ye counseille me how I shall may avenge me. |
shall |
may |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
c1489 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
Feagin |
753 |
Thelma Chapin might could, now.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
248 |
may can do it
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
23 |
College |
GA (Brunswick) |
GA (Brunswick) |
1977 |
female 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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Boertien |
2113 |
might not ought |
might not |
ought |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
89 |
You might will be able to. I don’t know. |
might |
will |
|
Male |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
brother to brother |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1785 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Rubyatt) |
NC (Rubyatt) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Jamaica |
1222 |
mos(a) fi “must ought to” |
must |
fe (=for, ought to) |
|
Unknown |
Black |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Jamaica (Unknown) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
689 |
Used to could get him for a dollar.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
77 |
None (Illiterate) |
LA (Boothville) |
LA (Boothville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1540 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
63 |
Four months only at age 14 or 15 |
WV (Panther) |
WV (Panther) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
183 |
Would he might ask us about the history? |
Would |
might |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
437 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
74 |
Little (illiterate) |
MS (Sherard) |
MS (Sherard) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
2061 |
þou ... shalt mowen retourne hool & sounde.
|
shalt |
mowen |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England |
1374 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1628 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Very little |
VA (Holland) |
VA (Holland) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
26 |
You might ought to have the oil changed. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
brother to sister |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1033 |
Now we have to sleep in our uniforms and things like that and you're limited to the base to where we used to could go downtown shopping and things like that. |
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Television |
1991 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
280 |
I might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
76 |
6th grade |
GA (Eldorendo) |
GA (Newton) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
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 |
1392 |
I may not can read it as well as it is written. |
may not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson,) |
|
woman to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
863 |
I might could handle it better now |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1724 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
NC (Straits P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
122 |
If we can save some today and I can afford to take off, we might can plan to have another baby soon. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to friend (f) |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
374 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
27 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Texarkana) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
1179 |
[A: Could you do with any plants?] B: No, not really. I might could do with one or two spaces filled. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Newcastle) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
628 |
You could buy flour, used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
52 |
Some school; barely literate |
MS (Pulaski) |
MS (Pulaski) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
722 |
Used to would.
|
used to |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
90 |
Less than 1 term school; illiterate |
FL (Shady Grove) |
FL (Shady Grove) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
216 |
If it is that close, you might ought to reconsider the issue.
|
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TX (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1017 |
Would you might not be seen as good as you once were? |
would |
might not |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
College (Graduate) |
MD (Aberdeen) |
Radio |
2008 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
2.0 |
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 |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1330 |
They mighta coulda moved it. or It mighta coulda been moved. |
might have |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
man to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
58 |
Could you might turn that thing down? |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother to daughter |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1126 |
He may should have been getting ready. |
may |
should |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
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 |
|
COCA |
1001 |
We've heard a little from military officials suggesting that some of the Iraqi civilians may could have been -- or, possibly could have been involved in this attack. |
may |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
College |
MN (Unknown) |
Television |
2003 |
broadcaster to reporter |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
312 |
You might can find [it].
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
Black |
51 |
7th grade |
TX (Schulenburg) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
658 |
Used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Male |
White |
90 |
3rd grade |
GA (Whitfield County) |
GA (Dalton) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
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 |
|
|
Skipper |
154 |
Who else is there who might would know? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
2.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1417 |
I may not can get into this parking place. |
may not |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Memphis) |
1980 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1850 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Until age 16 |
SC (Byrd Station) |
SC (Byrd Station) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Visser |
1267 |
On al the maners that ye shall conne demaunde. |
shall |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England (Unknown) |
1485 |
|
Written |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Montgomery |
240 |
The lighted bus appeared on top of the next hill and as it approached, they moved out into the street to meet it. He put his hand under her elbow and hoisted her up on the creaking step. She entered... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
|
woman to unknown |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1945 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
2 months |
GA (Alexander) |
GA (Alexander) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
90 |
We waited as long as we could, cause we thought he may did want to go with us. |
may |
did |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
daughter to mother |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
342 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
51 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Prattville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
1147 |
Will he can help us the morn? |
will |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Scotland (Unknown) |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
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 |
|
LAGS |
690 |
I used to could do that.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
55 |
High school equivalent |
AR (St. Francis County) |
AR (Forrest City) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1541 |
maybe could |
maybe |
could |
|
Male |
White |
65 |
Until age 14 |
WV (Salt Rock) |
WV (Salt Rock) |
1940 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
184 |
We would might run maybe ten hams a week. |
would |
might |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
elected official to TV cameras |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Scotland |
927 |
He used to could do it when he was younger.
|
used to |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Scotland (Hawick) |
Scotland (Hawick) |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
LAGS |
438 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
91 |
None (literate) |
LA (Tensas Par) |
LA (Cooters Point) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
England |
2051 |
Thou schalt mowe senden hire a lettre.
|
schalt |
mowe |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
England |
1390 |
|
Written |
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1629 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
3 years |
VA (Back Bay) |
VA (Back Bay) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
27 |
I may can do it on my way in tomorrow. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
sister to brother/ direct response to no. 26 |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1034 |
She used to could kill a horse with a fist between the eyes, but this week it's been migraines and fainting spells.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1991 |
woman to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1884 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
3 months of night school |
SC (Graniteville) |
SC (Graniteville) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
533 |
Well, you might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
College (Some) |
TX (Huntsville) |
TX (Huntsville) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1301 |
'If he would get out from behind his pulpit and do some recruiting, he might could find somebody who can kick. Franklin said. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
22 |
College Graduate |
KY (Princeton) |
Newspaper |
1978 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
787 |
You might better. |
might |
better |
|
Female |
White |
26 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
281 |
I might can get to it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
8th grade |
LA (Negreet) |
LA (Many) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1393 |
If we had known, we may still could have done it. |
may |
could |
|
Male |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
864 |
We thought we might could just put them ...
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
139 |
We might could've overlooked something. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mechanic to customer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
375 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
58 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Chicota) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |