A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

imitation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 1 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences42 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of imitation in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he parrot said, giein a grand imitation o an eldritch voice. 'Brattle on page 37

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nder Pope screivit a glegsome imitation caa'd 'Sober Advice from Hora on page 110

1 matches

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Engurlesh lass does a better imitation!(2014) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"Such a charming imitation of peasant dress," sed anidde on page 35

1 matches

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