A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

value Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 23.6 18.1 0 17.4 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences6546 12 0 3 1 3
Number of authors39 25 7 3 1 3

Occurrences of value in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he last stage tae isolate the value o x. on page 40

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cents the sense of a separate value system that required its own on page 44

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
cause A value ma hert an ma heid. on page 33

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e only hing ah've goat ae any value is this tattered-lookin watch on page 16
calls tae git a jeweller tae value the watch. Oan aboot the fift on page 17
oan the spot jist tae git its value up past the eighty quid mark. on page 18

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ken the price o awthin a0 the value o naethin his nivver been tru on page 36
in daicent services, or giein value fer money. Jist think fer a m on page 37

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, ah jist said tae him, If yi value yir baws sunshine yi'll keep on page 85
Thank you, said Nicola. Ah do value maself on my originality. The on page 169

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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
Ascribin value tae thir dirty bittie cheenae on page 79

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
hard tae take anywan at face value when ye've been bullied oot a on page 11

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ation Scotland will accept an value ony form o communication in S on page 6

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and no for its entertainment value, cause he could tell the audi on page 142

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ss them fur the entertainment value - even if Granny wis the fun on page 85

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
on the tae han, the wull tae value whit is bein lost, an, on the on page 9

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Gin it's tae be based on the value o the leivin dialecks an the on page 108

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
en askit wad hae vitiatit the value o sic result. Fowk disna unne on page 4

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
language, tae value theirsels an their ain belief
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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
pairt pleyit bi MG ALBA lens value tae a fouth o important areas
NDPBs maun add value tae Government throu their sp
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
black money’ o only nominal value. Be the time o the Union o th
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
There's yin currency lossin value faster than the pound, an it'
ce Scots is fund tae hiv some value, is that a Ruth Davidson or a
2 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
d, their ain dialect, ken its value tae theirsels an their consti
an their constituents, an its value tae Scotland. The chynge is b
2 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
en oor ain culture. We dinnae value it an certainly we dinnae cel
like we've been taucht tae no value oor culture.
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
st hae a personal therapeutic value and a national ane as weel.
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Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
ots spikkers; taks tent o the value o Scots lairnin initiatives s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
asis. Her wark therefore gies value tae the reality o the languag
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
sed envelope, stampit tae the value o 94p tae:
uik, wad this no be awfu guid value for siller for aw the cooncil
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
that fowk maun 'try tae truly value aw fowk that speaks languages
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
be teached for thair cultural value but no as languages o communi
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
rriculum which recognises the value of Scottish culture and help
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
repeoplin the laundscapes we value for their tuimness. We ken th
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
a value in it,
value
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
og posts were baith aboot the value o the respective language. In
rage ithers tae tak tent o an value Gaelic an Scots, as baith o t
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
heard is skepticism aboot the value o votin. “Politicians are a
ive that abstains doobles the value o the vote o ilka reactionary
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hiels wi impunity, an the law value pit upo bleck lifes. Still? T
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@LairnScots tweeted
ns, as weel as ordinary folk, value Scots (or no), ‘you spoke wi (2019) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
anither twinty year o Tesco Value beans an scratty lawvie roll? on page 86

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ca generous - his motto wis 'Value for Money', Dod said. Aye, th on page 106

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
volume ye can coff. It's braw value, an teachers micht dae waur t on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
lume ye can coff. It’s braw value, an teachers micht dae waur t
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
nshire Cooncil recognises the value o experiencin Doric in aa air
they larn aboot Doric an the value o Doric in the ilkae day life
cation, an be clear aboot the value an benefits o Doric;
aabody's responsibilities tae value an support minority leids an
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
feature), wid report that the value o the cheque wis for a hunner
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
een her coal an athing else o value tae pey the back rent o the h
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@72redz1903 tweeted
he new club was way above his value, ridiculous deal. Just bored (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ta value whit we hae but still adapt. on page 19

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
valuable commodity wi da sam value as idder naiteral resources. on page 9

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
cial, artistic and scientific value of their unique habitation."
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
an seen as national assets wi value for tourism.
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"We value Jamesina's contribution at th on page 40

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha value God pits on ye on page 91

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Tae value whut seemed worthless, tae ni on page 11

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