A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fiction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 14.4 8 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3527 5 1 1 0 1
Number of authors25 18 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of fiction in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
is is a creative writer's non-fiction buik raither nor an academic on page 84

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
uth though is less a romantic fiction, on page 15

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ve, deid, or jist creautit in fiction. on page 133

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
is a parteelcar kind o nocht-fiction screiving maist affen used in on page 9
ye choose tae write yer nocht-fiction airticles in, it maun hae reg on page 40
Ilka nocht-fiction airticle wrutten in Scots can on page 41

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eachers are cryin out for non-fiction Scots prose for 5-14, Standar on page 54

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An whuther fiction, whuther fack, on page 141

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The Shorter Fiction, Walter Scott, eds. Graham Tu
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ublications includin poyetry, fiction, bairns buiks an historical w
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
uth though is less a romantic fiction,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
truith is whiles funnier nor fiction.
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
xheebitit Scots as a 'Science Fiction project': a pastless form, pr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
1604 - 05, the story is pure fiction. The audience haed nae bother
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
e fit in truith an anither in fiction. The Pechts, or at least thei
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
a MA course readin pre-modern fiction an drama, an tho we read a wh
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
y’re fabulous craturs oot o fiction like Gollum, The Grinch and M
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e foondit on a classic wark o fiction haes been accomplisht an I wa
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
eelance journalist, editor an fiction screiver. She is heid editor
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ulture – the growth o Scots fiction for yung adults. While there
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
kle daud o glaikit meaninless fiction.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e as weel as some o the day's fiction bi novelists sic as the U.S.
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
As ah writer o fiction based on fact aboot 17th cent

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
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@LairnScots tweeted
ment' is a guid example o non-fiction in Scots: https://t.co/esoDHr (2018) twitter link
es fir lairners... yaisin non-fiction in Scots. Designed tae suppor (2018) twitter link

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
rsel tae some new Scots prose fiction – an aa the rest. A’ll be r (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
selected an edited the flash fiction, on page 9

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
at image is fiction, an illusion on page 34

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t aboot takkin up a career in fiction writin?" on page 51

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ars tae the latest in Japanee fiction. His table an cheers taen eft
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
it, Cat of Bruntland: Fact or Fiction?
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
arld. Fantasy warlds, science fiction warlds, parallel warlds, magi
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
GENERAL FICTION on page 22

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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An fiction dreymt wi'in yer heid on page 25

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