Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

comparison	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.9	6.7	6	9.9	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	19	13	4	1	1	0	0
Number of authors	14	10	2	1	1

Occurrences of comparison in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ther's thrapples, the wey ony comparison o Scots an Gaelic is apt tae. on page 3

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
'Derby winner and cairthorse comparison' MacDiarmid cites, in a verse on page 95

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
displayed thegither for easy comparison. We can search for ither form on page 15
e form on screen, alloos easy comparison and can thereby reveal fine g on page 17

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tae hae bin unhappy (anither comparison wi MacD?). He mairriet agane on page 133

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d meaningless bit o crambo in comparison wi "Roon aboot roon aboot, Ca on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Wales is cited as a straucht comparison wi the situation
85. Comparison wis made wi Ireland an the pr
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
in the Doric that would stand comparison wi onyhin written in the Engl
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
But we gain naethin bi sic a comparison, ceptin a misplaced sense o o
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
land's size. Ye micht mak the comparison tae Scotland's impressive his
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
His comparison of Scots with Shakespearian b
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
meral. The Danish, fur Nordic comparison, wid be ‘to år siden’ �
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
NAE COMPARISON on page 15

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
like a tiny wee leprechaun in comparison wi the giant's furniture! The on page 7

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
red as a thochtie mair wee in comparison.
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
, recorded Scots dialogue? By comparison, some novelists in Scotland m
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da voar, dey wir da fine, nae comparison wi dis anes you buy noo fae d on page 15

1 matches