Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'abstract'

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Use in varieties of Scots

abstract	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.7	12	7
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of abstract in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-nis (maks abstract entities): bitternis 'cold an on page 42
uns (laek shair an flooer) an abstract nouns (laek draem an idee). M on page 48
coontit, laek saand or oo, an abstract tings laek a idea or draem, w on page 49

5 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
research hid at least a Scots abstract. It wis maistly fer a Caribbe (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
- bound tae be some ither abstract reference (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the sort o muddle that talk o abstract rights can produce (wi matern on page 97

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
inciples o oors, baith in the abstract an in the reality, in the dem
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ch as a thoat. It’s just an abstract concept; an intangible thing,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ahint in abstract
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
lowp intil the abstract creation
1 matches