A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'authors'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
authorsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31711
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
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
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 7
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 authors in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
MacDiarmid and ither Scottish authors tae Scottish magazines. on page 109

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ot muckle o interest frae the authors. The purpose, as Murray skrie
heir work and our idea of the authors’. The first interview, wi N
2 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
fauts. Thae inadvertencies o authors athoot extensive academic bac on page 96

1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
udy o a wide range o Scottish authors, plus set texts that includit
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l a political step. With some authors, the choice of Scots is clear on page 36

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cit permeision grantit bi the authors for schuils ti mak free wi th on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tae the satisfaction o their authors, an it is tae their credit at on page 56

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
roup o a wheen o leadin Scots authors.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sly corrupt’3. Nae doot the authors o thae plays wad hae come int
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
leids in weys that mibbie the authors didna tak tent o.
ae tak issue wi either o thir authors i parteecular, nor tae discou
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ading The Gruffalo In Scots | Authors Live | BBC Scotland https://t (2021) twitter link
cots Hoose has wirks by ither authors anaw - like 'Yum' by @SusiBr (2020) twitter link
scottishbktrust are haein an 'Authors Live' event wi James Robertso (2019) twitter link
scottishbktrust are haein an 'Authors Live' event wi James Robertso (2019) twitter link

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