A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

complex Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 17.5 8 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4233 5 1 2 0 1
Number of authors27 19 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of complex in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
istory an nature o Scots as a complex leid wi mony influences on it on page 35
based on an acceptance o the complex nature o a modren Scottish id on page 44

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
awa that this is gan tae be a complex an perceptive piece o scrievi on page 84

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Language is beautiful and complex, and I think that should be r on page 12

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n, and vague or unnecessarily complex wording. on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
we stepped intae the holiday complex. The tower wis just a needle on page 31

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rmittentlie throu the plot, a complex battle is bein focht; hospita on page 87

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
d's poltical-cultural-ethical complex o concerns are exceptional or on page 96

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
hey auld temples, stanes, the complex at the Ness o Brodgar, a plac on page 9

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
explain aw his thoughts on a complex issue wi just a couple direct
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e uise Scots wioot feelin the complex cocktail o emotions rangin fr
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
nie gie us insichts intae the complex heirarchies at play, an the b
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e this base, fermin grew mair complex, civilisation stertit tae app
Suin Scotland wis hame tae complex clan sýstems, whiles fechtin
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
der the new Sheltered Housing complex on Edrom Street. It’s reall
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e were in the middle o’ the complex when, wi’ me climbin’ a c
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the military industrial complex
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
gien a easy complex clarity
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e in a servants’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, in case t
e in a servants’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, in case t
d her. The landscape wis that complex an braken up that it micht as
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
es managed tae appear varied, complex an comprehensive, while makki
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sions o the idea o habitus (a complex idea weill pit across – bas
hensive leuk at different, an complex, attitudes tae the language.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
past) and past participles, (complex/compoond/twa-verb past), whic
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
b past) and past participles (complex/compoond/twa-verb past), whic
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Nae point he would need a god complex for that title.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
interfering wae their highly complex death and burial rituals and (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@WeAreScottishFB its a sports complex after all - your free to com (2020) twitter link
- i visit peffermill sports complex on a regular basis n its a fa (2020) twitter link
ayin is the peffermill sports complex is closed when this team play (2020) twitter link
an undisclosed location at a complex av never been at yet - there (2020) twitter link
nx to the staff at the sports complex who showed me n ma friend - (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
used it tae express the maist complex human emotions. Ye'd think th
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
a broad range of increasingly complex texts, including Scottish and
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n waukit ower the gruns o the complex, a lanskip o weel-tendit part
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ething aafu personal, an aafu complex. There’s nae juist ae wey t
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@JimMonaghan10 A bit mair complex because we are still talking (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Complex on page 23

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
e idda wirld, an ivvri bit as complex an sophisticated as ony idder on page 16
skoit intae da rich, complex grammar at's structed aawye i on page 98

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
er. These things are aye mair complex nor mony folk let on.
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