A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'vernacular'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vernacularOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.63413
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 28.1 21 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 vernacular in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
to perpetuate a low-prestige vernacular with no official status or wr
"A low-prestige vernacular with no official status or wr
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'The vernacular, laddie, the vernacular. In your case the Scottish to on page 55

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Fessen in the Vernacular (For Brian) on page 1

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fs sometimes try tae spik the vernacular. on page 107

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
d, til the Dundee (I jalouse) vernacular o Ali Christie in Bingo: on page 123

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
vernacular languages cam wi it. Insteid
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ine's wark is "based on local vernacular phrases and dialect by celebr
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n Galilean Aramaic, his local vernacular...". This mellin o a language
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
mmunity tung. This classical/ vernacular twynin is manifest i the fech on page 107

1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tae write in their ain local vernacular. Aiblins it's raither contrad on page 56

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
use: Burns, Fergusson and the Vernacular Revival Conference at the Uni on page 46

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ction o staunardisation tae a vernacular: chynges flowein freely athin
sive ane for the future o the vernacular, an be late Middle Scots a ha
vers was atween Laitin an the vernacular, an haein made the chyce o th
an haein made the chyce o the vernacular, atween a Latinate an a ‘pl
ctions was transferrt tae the vernacular, screivers ettlit tae achieve
10 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sed by the voice of the Scots vernacular...’ an ‘No one seems to h
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
n airts that’s tradeetional vernacular is Ulster Scots an aw, o coor
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
vernacular literatures.
Vernacular juist means
ither vernacular
vernacular
vernacular languages
5 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
t wis aince jaloused that the vernacular (thon’s the hameower speak
racts, an this wis true o the vernacular leid o Ingland forby. Wrutten
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
le, the fursten maisterwark o vernacular Chinese, a beuk at uises a le
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
TheStovies Likely was, just a vernacular phoneticism, though it does t(2020)