|
DiPaolo |
1322 |
Q: Do you have a vase? A: I might could find one. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1726 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
45 |
Until age 21 |
NC (Harris Creek) |
NC (Harris Creek) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1652 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Until age 14 |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
VA (Reeks Mills) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1981 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
no information |
GA (Gainesville) |
GA (Gainesville) |
1966 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
50 |
Do you think it might would be a good idea? |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
18 |
College (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
student to student (female) |
Spoken |
2.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1045 |
Are you Bubba Pritchert, president of the Saucer Nuts of America?" Bubba took his time answering. "I might could be, " he said at last, his eyes narrowed." |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
2007 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
556 |
Might have would have helped me.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
58 |
7th grade |
TX (Chicota) |
TX (Chicota) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
304 |
He might can tell you.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
46 |
10th grade |
FL (Lake City) |
FL (Hopeful Church) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
1998 |
Some of what the church might can do is to offer a support program. |
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
|
College graduate |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
1992 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1060 |
Yeah, I'd be out the interest I might could've made on that money and the ten K, too, but I got the feeling your people had already spent most of it and were going to be strapped to come up... |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Novel |
2003 |
adult to adult |
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2281 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
20 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AZ |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1501 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
None |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
NJ (Warren Grove) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1822 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
Illiterate |
NC (Beaverdam) |
NC (Beaverdam) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
398 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
67 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Cornelia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1917 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
67 |
3 weeks |
GA (Lanier) |
GA (Lanier) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2087 |
John might, I think, could do that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
746 |
We might could run it over to you.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
stranger |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1354 |
You might oughta. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson,) |
1979 |
clerk to man |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1758 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
44 |
Not much |
NC (Erwin) |
NC (Erwin) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
823 |
I might could pay off some debts then. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
30s |
College (Graduate) |
SC (Unknown) |
SC (Columbia) |
2007 |
co-worker to co-worker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1684 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
66+ |
None |
NC (Fruitville) |
NC (Fruitville) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
334 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Jena) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
588 |
I might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
68 |
None |
GA (Milledgeville) |
GA (Sparta) |
1970 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2031 |
We might could get it done tonight. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1854 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
83 |
3rd grade |
SC (Colston) |
SC (Colston) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAGS |
430 |
He might could find a picture.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
57 |
8th grade |
FL (Carraway) |
FL (Bardin) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1949 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
Black |
48 |
9 years |
GA (Louisville) |
GA (Louisville) |
1976 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
18 |
I've always thought if you stayed on that road right, there you might would run smack into it. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
stranger to stranger |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
524 |
Might could tell him.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
69 |
10th grade |
LA (Coushatta) |
LA (Coushatta) |
1978 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
1292 |
You might ought to have done that, mightn’t you? |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
778 |
Francine Barber said that I might could get a ride with you |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
37 |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
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 |
|
Boertien |
1293 |
I might had oughta, hadn’t I? |
might |
had |
ought to |
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
2.8 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
779 |
There are so many things we might could do. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
38 |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
AL (Unknown) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
1.6 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
273 |
Might can do it.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
67 |
High school (Graduate) |
TX (Marshall) |
TX (Marshall) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2250 |
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
40 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1791 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Concord) |
NC (Concord) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1717 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
Little or none |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
NC (Emmaus Church) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1456 |
I think I might ought to get a bike to ride to school. |
might |
ought to |
|
Male |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Sneedville) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
husband to wife |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
115 |
He might woulda done some better if he'd stayed in school, but there ain't no work out there as it is. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
50s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
man to family |
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
367 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
40 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
AR (Arkadelphia) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1888 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
79 |
Until age 9 |
SC (Edgefield) |
SC (Edgefield) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1323 |
You might could sweet-talk [girls' name]. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1653 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
58 |
Until age 20 |
VA (Boydton P.O.) |
VA (Boydton P.O.) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1982 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
66 |
High school graduate |
GA (Dahlonega) |
GA (Dahlonega) |
1968 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
51 |
I think I'm going to go home. I might will feel a little better if I lay down.
|
might |
will |
|
Female |
White |
20s |
Graduate school (Some) |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to group |
Spoken |
1.3 |
Naturalistic |
|
Coleman |
1121 |
They might ought to be stripping tobacco instead of just waiting. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
305 |
I might can fix it.
|
might |
can |
|
Male |
White |
73 |
8th grade |
FL (Flemington) |
FL (Flemington) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Montgomery |
1999 |
We have a library that might could be stocked wit material that might be helpful. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
|
College graduate |
SC (Columbia) |
SC (Columbia) |
1992 |
Acquaintance to acquaintances |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1061 |
" It all boils down to will it be profitable, " he said. " It might could pay off, but I don't think so. " |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Unknown) |
Newspaper |
2003 |
interviewee to interviewer |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2282 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
80 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NE |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1502 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Until age 15 |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
NJ (Perth Amboy) |
1941 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1823 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
81 |
Very little |
SC(Burgess P.O.) |
SC (Burgess P.O.) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
147 |
I might would have put it under the TV. |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
21 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
399 |
I might could do it.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
68 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
GA (Rhine) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1596 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
45 |
2 years |
VA (Wares Wharf) |
VA (Wares Wharf) |
1935 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1918 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
78 |
Common schools |
GA (Ellabell) |
GA (Ellabell) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Boertien |
2088 |
John might could, I think, do that. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.0 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
493 |
I might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
39 |
12th grade |
LA (Zachary) |
LA (Zachary) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Feagin |
747 |
She might could tell you some’in.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
82 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
|
early 1970s |
acquaintance |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2218 |
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
|
|
Graduate Degree (MD) |
Unknown |
FL |
|
Doctor-Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1355 |
You might oughta go out. |
might |
ought to |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Henderson) |
TX (Henderson,) |
1979 |
clerk to man |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Mishoe |
83 |
You might did already do that. I don't know. |
might |
did |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
female to family |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
335 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
34 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
FL (Cedar Key) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
589 |
I might would say.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
Black |
26 |
High school and technical college |
AL (Eufala) |
AL (Eufala) |
1976 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Reed |
2032 |
I might could do that, but that's the prettiest part of the yard. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
65 |
College (Graduate) |
TN (Crossville) |
TN (Crossville) |
2013 |
woman to son |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
COCA |
1077 |
She might could die. |
might |
could |
|
Male |
Unknown |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Fictional Story |
1994 |
man to man |
Written |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1534 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
75 |
Until age 16 |
PA (Clearville) |
PA (Clearville) |
1939 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1855 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
68 |
Until 15, then studied optics 3 months in CT |
SC (Bamberg) |
SC (Bamberg) |
1947 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Skipper |
177 |
I was just thinking I might could use them. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
19 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
|
unknown |
Spoken |
1.4 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
431 |
You might could find one or two.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
77 |
10th grade |
LA (New Era) |
LA (New Era) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1621 |
might can |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
47 |
Until age 16 |
VA (Aspen Hill Plantation) |
VA (Aspen Hill Plantation) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1950 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
71 |
College (Some) |
GA (Louisville) |
GA (Louisville) |
1965 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Mishoe |
19 |
Maybe we might should plan to eat out. |
might |
should |
|
Female |
White |
40s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
daughter to mother |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Boertien |
2120 |
might ought not |
might |
ought not |
|
Male |
White |
20 |
College Student |
TX (San Antonio) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
|
Elicited |
|
Mishoe |
20 |
I wonder if he might would be interested in that? |
might |
would |
|
Male |
White |
20s |
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC/ NC (Unknown) |
c1990 |
man to man |
Spoken |
1.4 |
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 |
|
Boertien |
1294 |
It scared him that he might could’ve been killed yesterday. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
21 |
College Student |
TX (Beaumont) |
TX (Unknown) |
c1980 |
|
|
1.4 |
Elicited |
|
Feagin |
780 |
If ... she might would take a job.
|
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
70 |
Unknown |
AL (Unknown) |
AL (Gadsden) |
early 1970s |
|
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
274 |
Might can do it tomorrow.
|
might |
can |
|
Female |
Black |
48 |
8th grade (Some) |
GA (Clayton Co.) |
GA (Lovejoy) |
1973 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
Verilogue Corpus |
2251 |
|
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
50 to... |
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC |
|
Patient |
Spoken |
|
Naturalistic |
|
DiPaolo |
1386 |
I know what I can do instead of working this afternoon. I might can go see (name) take his first swimming lesson. |
might |
can |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Austin) |
1982 |
friend to friend |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1792 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
41 |
Until age 19 |
NC (Concord) |
NC (Concord) |
1937 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Elsman |
857 |
If the items are gonna be released, they can't share, but if they aren't gonna be released, they might could. |
might |
could |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
SC (Unknown) |
2007 |
|
Spoken |
1.8 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1718 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
48 |
Until age 15 |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
NC (Mt. Olive) |
1936 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
Reed |
1457 |
I might would want to go see a movie. Would you want to go? |
might |
would |
|
Female |
White |
29 |
Graduate school (Doctoral degree) |
TN (Seymour) |
SC (Columbia) |
2011 |
wife to husband |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
368 |
Might could.
|
might |
could |
|
Male |
Black |
69 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
LA (Natchitoches) |
|
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
Harris |
1236 |
You might should get that [fee] looked after today, else they might cancel your registration. |
might |
should |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
|
College official to an undergraduate student. |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1567 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Male |
White |
76 |
Illiterate |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
MD (Mattaponi Farm, Pearson) |
1934 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
LAMSAS |
1889 |
might possibly |
might |
possibly |
|
Female |
White |
73 |
College (Some) |
SC (Edgefield) |
SC (Edgefield) |
1946 |
fieldworker to informant |
Spoken |
|
|
|
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 |
|
DiPaolo |
1324 |
Call back some other day and I might could tell you some more about it. |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
unknown |
Unknown |
TX (Lamesa) |
TX (Austin, on phone) |
1979 |
woman to woman |
Spoken |
1.1 |
Naturalistic |
|
LAMSAS |
1728 |
might could |
might |
could |
|
Female |
White |
49 |
Until age 18 |
NC (Riverside) |
NC (Riverside) |
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 |
|
Coleman |
1122 |
They might would be stripping tobacco now if they had gotten it ready. |
might |
would |
|
Unknown |
White |
|
Unknown |
Unknown |
NC (Unknown) |
1975 |
|
|
1.3 |
Elicited |
|
LAGS |
558 |
Might have would help.
|
might |
would |
|
Male |
Black |
72 |
None (Literate) |
GA (rural Dooly County) |
GA (Vienna) |
1977 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
unknown |
Naturalistic |
|
LAGS |
306 |
I might can not turn it around.
|
might |
can not |
|
Male |
White |
58 |
4th grade (Illiterate) |
MS (Kosciusko) |
MS (Kosciusko) |
1974 |
subject to fieldworker |
Spoken |
1.0 |
Naturalistic |