|
LAGS |
706 |
I used to wouldn't think I'd ever drink instant coffee, but I do. |
used to |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
College (1 year) |
TX (Palestine) |
TX (Palestine) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
454 |
Might could have helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
66 |
9th grade |
LA (St. James Par) |
LA (New Orleans) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1089 |
Mighta shoulda waited at that other stop |
might have |
should |
|
Female |
White |
30 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Seymour) |
SC (Columbia) |
2012 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
42 |
If we could might get a piece of a car, things would be better. |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
aunt to niece |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
802 |
I had a sister-in-law that useta could make the best biscuits! |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
9th grade |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
1972 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
296 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
42 |
High school (Graduate) |
TX (Dallas) |
TX (Dallas) |
1975 |
Unknown |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1648 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
None but literate |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
VA (Chatham P.O.) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
124 |
Could you might move that lamp so I can dust under it? |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
mother to daughter |
Spoken |
2.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
390 |
[People] might could carried.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (West Monroe) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2201 |
|
may |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
W&C |
1197 |
I might could make up one, but I don’t know. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
11 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
WV (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
738 |
Well, you might can get what you want from them. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
232 |
Are you making a listing of this book? You know you might can just make a listing. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
60s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2014 |
I may have should have gone to another suit. |
may have |
should have |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
Doctoral degree |
TN (Knoxville) |
TN (Nashville) |
1994 |
Woman to family members |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1838 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
6 months total |
SC (Macedonia) |
SC (Macedonia) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
815 |
This might would be too much, or maybe what we might not want to do, but ask teachers.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
employee speaking to coworkers and supervisors |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
74 |
If all goes well, which it probably won't, I'm thinking I may can get it done by May. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1933 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
College (Some) |
GA (Jesup) |
GA (Jesup) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2103 |
could SUBJECT may |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2234 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1076 |
And, I thought, well, and when me and my friend had talked about it, we thought we might- could get a job. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
28 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
AR (Lonoke) |
Television |
1994 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1440 |
Harry said he might could fix the car. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
517 |
I might could say "fixing."
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
79 |
High school and business school |
LA (Shreveport) |
LA (Shreveport) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1872 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1289 |
I might could do that, couldn’t I? |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
107 |
If we could might change the color of the paper, I think it would look a little better. |
could |
might |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
customer to clerk |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
707 |
They used to would run out.
|
used to |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
91 |
None (Literate) |
LA (Tensas Par) |
LA (Cooters Point) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2266 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
0 to 9 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1807 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
Irregular; until age 16 |
NC (Green Valley) |
NC (Green Valley) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Harris |
1234 |
We might could take ’em swimmin’ tomorrow in Gatlinburg. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
One mother to another re: disappointed children and a closed motel pool. |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
549 |
Might have used to said it.
|
might have |
used to |
|
Female |
White |
66 |
12th grade |
MS (Harrison County) |
MS (Saucier) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
803 |
But I useta could jus’ jump, jump jes’ as fast as they could throw it.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2072 |
You might should've researched some. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
Unknown |
LA (Vivian) |
Television |
2013 |
mother to son |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1649 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
62 |
Until age 13 or 14 |
VA (Concord Church) |
VA (Concord Church) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1427 |
He mighta should've gotten home by now. |
might have |
should |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High School |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Lamesa) |
|
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1592 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
None |
VA (Corotoman) |
VA (Corotoman) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
816 |
And that might would give the schools the opportunity to start new programs for the kids ... |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
581 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
66 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
MS (Jackson) |
MS (Jackson) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1934 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
8th grade |
GA (Glennville) |
GA (Glennville) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2101 |
shouldn't SUBJECT ought |
shouldn't |
ought |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
Dumas |
1139 |
You might oughtta take a look at that pie before you eat it. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Huntsville) |
1987 |
|
|
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
424 |
I might could do that.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
36 |
High school |
LA (Shreveport) |
LA (Shreveport) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1776 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 |
Illiterate |
NC (Reidsville) |
NC (Reidsville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1441 |
We might could make it if we hurry. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Johnson City) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
12 |
I'm nervous. I'm afraid I may can't do it all. |
may |
can't |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
772 |
He might could get her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1873 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
108 |
Do you think they can tell me something about the Mac hook-ups? Answer: They might can. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
store employee to unknown caller |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1714 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
53 |
High school (Some) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
NC (Winterville P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
202 |
The check has already been cut. Reply: We might could have some flexibility. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1808 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
Very little |
NC (Kings Creek) |
NC (Kings Creek) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
550 |
I might have used to use that.
|
might |
used to |
|
Female |
White |
42 |
College |
TX (Burkeville) |
TX (Wiergate) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
Skipper |
140 |
He might could have pulled a C out of it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
25 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
646 |
I used to could.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
93 |
High school equivalent |
AR (Searcy) |
AR (Searcy) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1744 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Whiteville) |
NC (Whiteville) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
740 |
.. to find a doctor that might can do something. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2016 |
We would have might maybe made it. |
would have |
might |
maybe |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1593 |
mought could |
mought |
could |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
Until age 15 |
VA (Callao) |
VA (Callao) |
1934 |
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 |
|
LAGS |
582 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
50 |
6th grade |
MS (Lorman) |
MS (Lorman) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2104 |
might couldn't |
might |
couldn't |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1353 |
We might oughta leave that out. People around here are sensitive about racial issues. |
might |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1979 |
reporter to woman |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2105 |
might wouldn't |
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1683 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
66+ |
None |
NC (Fruitville) |
NC (Fruitville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
Skipper |
171 |
We may can get them next week. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2236 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1442 |
We might could shorten the sleeves, if you want. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
85 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Sneedville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2010 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
13 |
Maybe we might should wait till next week. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to female |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
773 |
He might could bring her. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
267 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
72 |
3rd grade |
GA (Gum Branch) |
GA (Allenhurst) |
1969 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1874 |
may can |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
Limited, local |
SC (Lykesland) |
SC (Lykesland) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
1291 |
shouldn’t SUBJECT ought |
shouldn't |
ought to |
|
Female |
White |
32 |
College Student |
TX (Matagorda City) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
361 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
46 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Boothville) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1715 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
6 months total |
NC (Arba) |
NC (Arba) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
203 |
He knows some of the history and he may can help me, I suspect. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College (Graduate) |
NC (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
457 |
You might could have helped me. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
69 |
4th grade |
GA (Valdosta) |
GA (Valdosta) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2268 |
|
might |
not |
can |
Female |
Black |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NJ |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1091 |
I may not can come to that. |
may not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
64 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Sneedville) |
2012 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
45 |
We may can get one of those apartments close to the school this summer. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to male |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
LAMSAS |
1651 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
48 |
Private; to high school |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
VA (Younger Store Community) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
393 |
He thought of something he might could do for me.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
95 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Hopewell) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
647 |
I can't tell the difference now, but I used to could. |
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
86 |
Some high school |
AR (Greenbrier) |
AR (Greenbrier) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
741 |
We might not can come. |
might not |
can |
|
Female |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
489 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
67 |
4th grade |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Pensacola) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
2017 |
You might maybe could have made it. |
might |
maybe |
could |
Female |
White |
72 |
College graduate |
AL (Evergreen) |
TN (Nashville) |
1991 |
Mother to son. |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1594 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
Until age 17 |
VA (Remo) |
VA (Remo) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
818 |
Do you know where I might would find stuff like that?
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to c |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
583 |
I might would.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
63 |
High school |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (San Antonio) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1937 |
might would |
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
60 |
8 years |
GA (Metter) |
GA (Metter) |
1972 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2107 |
might hadn't ought |
might |
hadn't |
ought |
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
LAMSAS |
1684 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
66+ |
None |
NC (Fruitville) |
NC (Fruitville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
678 |
Used to could buy them anywhere.
|
used to |
could |
|
Female |
White |
78 |
High school |
GA (Macon) |
GA (Macon) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
172 |
I may can pick it all up Thursday morning. |
may |
can |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
14 |
Would there might possibly be any more of those forms in the office? |
would |
might |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to secretary |
Spoken |
2.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
774 |
Might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |