MIAMI - Herring15
Instances of can

13BRAand the only time that we like actually have in_class time with the computer like the teacher like can help you +...
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV timetime.N.SG thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P likelike.V.1P.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV havehave.V.INFIN in_classunk timetime.N.SG withwith.PREP thethe.DET.DEF computercomputer.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF teacherteacher.N.SG.[or].teach.N.SG.AG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES helphelp.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
253EVN+< and you can just tell that the water is super cold .
  andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES justjust.ADV telltell.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thethe.DET.DEF waterwater.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES supersuper.ADJ.[or].sup.SV.INFIN+COMP.AG coldcold.ADJ .
  
333BRAthere's a blinker that goes off on the buoy that you can see for like miles under water +...
  there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF blinkerblinker.N.SG.[or].blink.N.SG.AG thatthat.CONJ goesgoes.V.INFIN offoff.ADV onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF buoybuoy.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES seesee.V.INFIN forfor.PREP likelike.CONJ milesmile.N.PL underunder.PREP waterwater.N.SG .
  
340BRA(be)cause you can be be going down bro and you think you're going up .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES bebe.V.INFIN bebe.SV.INFIN goinggo.V.PRESPART downdown.PREP brobro.N.SG andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES goinggo.V.PRESPART upup.ADV .
  
355BRAbut (.) if [//] um like if you don't like do summer and all that stuff like <it can take> [//] it usually take(s) people more than four years or whatever .
  butbut.CONJ ifif.CONJ umum.IM likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG likelike.CONJ dodo.V.INFIN summersummer.N.SG andand.CONJ allall.ADJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES taketake.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S usuallyusual.ADJ+ADV.[or].usually.ADV takestake.N.PL peoplepeople.N.SG moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ fourfour.NUM yearsyear.N.PL oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL .
  
465BRA+< you can be in the first stages of it and not realize it .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES bebe.V.INFIN inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ stagesstage.N.PL ofof.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S andand.CONJ notnot.ADV realizerealize.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
544BRAwhen a part of your body is swollen you can feel your heart beating xxx .
  whenwhen.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF partpart.N.SG ofof.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP bodybody.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES swollenswollen.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES feelfeel.V.INFIN youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP heartheart.N.SG beatingunk .
  
622EVNand then you have another hose that you can use it like for lobstering .
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES anotheranother.ADJ hosehose.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES useuse.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.3S.PRES forfor.PREP lobsteringlobster.N.SG+ASV .
  
660EVNyeah that's how I remember it when [///] man I told you man when you got that eye symptom to get checked out (be)cause that shit can happen .
  yeahyeah.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES howhow.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S rememberremember.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S whenwhen.CONJ manman.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP manman.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gotgot.V.PAST thatthat.DEM.FAR eyeeye.N.SG symptomsymptom.N.SG toto.PREP getget.V.INFIN checkedcheck.V.INFIN+AV outout.ADV becausebecause.CONJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR shitshit.V.INFIN cancan.V.123SP.PRES happenhappen.V.INFIN .
  
662EVN+< <you can> [/] you can not even notice that you [//] you're like injured profusely inside .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES notnot.ADV eveneven.ADJ noticenotice.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES likelike.V.2SP.PRES injuredinjure.V.PASTPART profuselyprofuse.ADJ+ADV.[or].profusely.ADV insideinside.N.SG .
  
662EVN+< <you can> [/] you can not even notice that you [//] you're like injured profusely inside .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES notnot.ADV eveneven.ADJ noticenotice.N.SG thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES likelike.V.2SP.PRES injuredinjure.V.PASTPART profuselyprofuse.ADJ+ADV.[or].profusely.ADV insideinside.N.SG .
  
694EVNand xxx the doctors said xxx the [///] my grandma would say <oh you know what [/] what can you do for him xxx dies> ["] like ah <it's [/] it's in god's hands now> ["] .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF doctorsdoctor.N.PL saidsaid.AV.PAST+P thethe.DET.DEF mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandmagrandma.N.SG wouldbe.V.123SP.COND saysay.SV.INFIN ohoh.IM youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL whatwhat.REL cancan.V.123SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP dodo.V.2SP.PRES forfor.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S diesdies.N.SG.[or].die.SV.INFIN+PV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG ahah.IM it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES inin.PREP god'sgod.N.SG+=POSS handshand.N.PL.[or].hands.N.SG nownow.ADV .
  
696EVN+" there's nothing we can do &=laugh .
  there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES nothingnothing.PRON wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN .
  

Change language

Contact us

bilingualism@bangor.ac.uk

The corpora

The Siarad corpus
The Patagonia corpus
The Miami corpus

herring15: menu

Research Team

Collaborators

Publications

Bangor Autoglosser

Acknowledgements

The support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Welsh Government is gratefully acknowledged.



Copyright ©2010-13 ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, Bangor University
Media player by Jeroen Wijering. CSS by the Blueprint community.
544481