|
LAMSAS |
1764 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
81 |
Illiterate |
NC (Moulton) |
NC (Moulton) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1941 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
About 10 months |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
474 |
Might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
43 |
College |
TX (Brownsville) |
TX (Brownsville) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1420 |
You might could split it between the two Ls. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1984 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1860 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
College graduate |
SC (Hampton) |
SC (Hampton) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
764 |
.. might could ... |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2241 |
|
might |
will |
|
Female |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
62 |
This is what I was afraid of. I was scared this might would happen. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to group |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
568 |
Might would cause you to break out.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
10th grade |
GA (Clinch County) |
GA (Homerville) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
316 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
56 |
High school (Some) |
GA (Canton) |
GA (Woodstock) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1370 |
We might can go up there next Saturday. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
841 |
She might could offer her own two cents’ worth on accommodations and modifications or whatever.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Skipper |
158 |
We might can play tomorrow morning.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
410 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
10th grade |
LA (Mount Union) |
LA (Mount Union) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1796 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
Very little |
NC (Sage Creek) |
NC (Sage Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1084 |
Berisarius suggested, " you might could say that we don't rightly know what he's done to poor Queen Artemisia. Could be he did torture her a little. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
man to man |
Written |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
504 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
74 |
7th-8th grade |
TX (Caldwell) |
TX (Caldwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1638 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
64 |
Until age 18 |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
VA (Guinea Mills) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DiPaolo |
1310 |
But you might could check back in a month or two |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
worker to client |
Spoken |
1.0 |
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2273 |
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
60 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
94 |
I thought you might would be the one to know. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
male to secretary on phone |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
346 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
42 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Wausau) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
600 |
They might would take some brush. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
4th grade |
FL (Mason City) |
FL (Mason City) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1732 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Royal Oak) |
NC (Royal Oak) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DARE |
873 |
We might could come over to your house if the weather is nice. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
35 |
Unknown |
FL (Pensacola) |
FL (Unknown) |
1966 |
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
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 |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
188 |
Q: Can you give me the amounts? A: I might can give you the original amounts. |
might |
can |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
442 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
24 |
Graduate school (at time of interview; Emory University) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
TN (Chattanooga) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1828 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
4th grade |
SC (Boyd) |
SC (Boyd) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Carr |
1245 |
We might could get the hall over Whittimore’s store, if we fail to get the other one. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Unknown) |
|
|
Spoken |
1.3 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2209 |
|
might |
will |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
WI |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1487 |
I think you might should move this paragraph down to here. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
28 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
tutor to student |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
284 |
An owl might can see in the dark.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
63 |
High school |
GA (Sardis) |
GA (Hartwell) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1009 |
Maybe we have a few dollars we might can spend. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
45 |
College (Graduate, B.S. degree) |
MI (Port Huron) |
Television |
1996 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1670 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
35 |
College |
VA (Roanoke) |
VA (Roanoke) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
2024 |
I have a question that y'all might can answer about WordPerect. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
30 |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
NC (Montreat) |
SC (Columbia) |
1991 |
Friend to friends |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
135 |
I kinda wanted to go to Sears, if you have a few minutes and might wouldn't mind driving me. |
might |
wouldn't |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
woman to daughter-in-law |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
379 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
17 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (San Antonio) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1765 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70+ |
no information |
NC (Bunn) |
NC (Bunn) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1070 |
You might could use a little trim, too. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
worker to client |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1520 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
Sunday school |
PA (Allenwood) |
PA (Allenwood) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
221 |
The only thing I might would have like that is an egg-shell mattress. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
475 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
High school (2 years) |
TN (Lynnville) |
TN (Lynnville) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1421 |
I might could go down to the little town where I was born. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
UT (Salt Lake City) |
1983 |
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1862 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
2-3 months in a winter |
SC (Lower Brownsville) |
SC (Lower Brownsville) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
765 |
If she had seen ’em, she might could have said who they are.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2242 |
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
AZ |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
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 |
|
Mishoe |
63 |
I'll tell you what we might should do. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
sister to sister |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
569 |
They might would do it.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
82 |
4th grade |
AR (Piggott) |
AR (Piggott) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
317 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
71 |
10th grade |
GA (Walton Co.) |
GA (Monroe) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Elsman |
842 |
That would be nice. Even we might could use it for OAASIS [=a grant project].
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
Graduate school (Master's degree) |
Unknown |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
supervisor to subordinates |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1703 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
41 |
High school |
NC (Manteo) |
NC (Manteo) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
159 |
We might shouldn't have done it last night.
|
might |
shouldn't |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
411 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
67 |
8th grade |
LA (Provencal) |
LA (Provencal) |
1975 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Butters |
1229 |
You might ought to tie that tree from the other side. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
45 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Durhamj) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
LAMSAS |
1552 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
70 |
A little private education |
MD (Princess Anne) |
MD (Princess Anne) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1974 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
62 |
Cleveland School |
GA (Bogart) |
GA (Bogart) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
505 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
10th grade |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Sabine Pass) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1639 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
74 |
no information |
VA (Wesley Chapel) |
VA (Wesley Chapel) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Coleman |
1198 |
John might should ought to annoy Bill. |
might |
should |
ought to |
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
DiPaolo |
1311 |
(You/Y'all) might could sign better. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Unknown) |
TX (Austin) |
1980 |
teacher to class |
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 |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2274 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
VA |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
95 |
Well, I don't know. He might not mind, but then again he might would. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
secretary to professor |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
347 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
88 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Laurel Hill) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
601 |
As you might would think.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
84 |
4th grade |
LA (Livingston) |
LA (Livingston) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1733 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
60 |
Until age 20 |
NC (Turkey) |
NC (Turkey) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
DARE |
874 |
I might could go there tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
TN (Perry County) |
|
1954 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Brandstetter |
1190 |
Well, it might wouldn’t bother you, I would guess. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
TN (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
Reed |
2080 |
I might can do the final paper. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate School (Master's degree) |
SC (Greenwood) |
SC (Columbia) |
2013 |
friend to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
189 |
You might ought to go ahead [and use the printers] |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
55 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Unknown) |
SC (Unknown) |
|
Unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
443 |
You might could have.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
77 |
College (1 year) |
GA (Lamar County) |
GA (Barnsville) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1582 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
Little education |
VA (Post Oak) |
VA (Post Oak) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1027 |
We might ought to get you in a tub first. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
1993 |
father to son |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1829 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 |
Rural schools |
SC (Kingstree) |
SC (Kingstree) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Combs |
1246 |
I might could do it. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
KY (Unknown) |
KY (Unknown) |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2210 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
KY |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
31 |
If you follow this map carefully, you might can get there with the rest of us. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
professor to student |
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
537 |
Might could've helped me.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
44 |
12th grade |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
MS (Bogue Chitto) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
285 |
Might can.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
College |
GA (Newnan) |
GA (Newnan) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1341 |
They might would pull out. |
might |
would |
|
Female |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1979 |
woman to group |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1010 |
Come on now woman, you might can tell it, but you can't change it. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
brother to sister |
Written |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
380 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
53 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Falfurrias) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1766 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Until age 16 |
NC (Bunn) |
NC (Bunn) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
COCA |
1071 |
Walter said. " Me and him might could be buddies. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
teens |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1996 |
friend to friend |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1521 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
50 |
Until age 18 |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
PA (White Deer Valley) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1943 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
70 |
7th grade |
GA (Sylvania) |
GA (Sylvania) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2107 |
might shouldn't ought |
might |
shouldn't |
ought |
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Montgomery |
222 |
Do you think we could get by with that? Then we might could do that. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
476 |
I might could help you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
55 |
8th grade |
AL (Lauderdale County) |
AL (Killen) |
1972 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1609 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
107 |
No education |
VA (Messick) |
VA (Messick) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1863 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
72 |
College (Some) |
SC (Blenheim) |
SC (Blemheim) |
1948 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Feagin |
766 |
If I could talk to one of the men, I might could tell you how much you’ve got |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.2 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2243 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
GA |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
1449 |
We might could go visit after lunch. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral Degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2010 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
64 |
We need something we might would turn into something. |
might |
should |
|
Male |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |