Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

convention	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.6	10.6	1.5	0	11.6	0	31
Number of occurrences	31	21	1	0	2	0	7
Number of authors	12	9	1		1		1

Occurrences of convention in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
docks were haudin some kind o convention. They stopped when they heard on page 2

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tae the day, there hid been a Convention o the Scottish Friends o the on page 58
cal movement that led tae yon convention wis supportit by lads fae aw on page 59
showed plenly hou the Sewel Convention regairdin the Scottish Pairli on page 102

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Plous every field, creauts convention. on page 102

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
970s, the 1989 Constitutional Convention, an the daft staunce taen bi on page 110

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
, the narrator breks a wee wi convention, bi straucht cuttin til a bra
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
skynnis’ fae Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotla
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
aw they fine voices, a civic convention o aw the Ayes and the Naws, c
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
FOR aw that the 1953 Convention o Human Richts o the Cooncil
inguistic diversity intae the Convention. The hail airticle noo, thank
aw that the third pairt o the Convention will be the maik o this an it
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
bi airticle 3 o the European Convention. Coorse, aw this shuid be cai
at taks in the abuin European Convention an the Action Plan on Linguis
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
he Cooncil o Europe Framework Convention for the Protection o National
l minorities bi the Framework Convention an there nae legal justificat
wantit recognition unner the Convention but forspeakers haes been tel
forrit its saicont Framework Convention Compliance Report tae the Coo
leavin the Cornish oot o the convention is unlawfu.Parents fechtin fo
5 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ghlin Voldemort method. A wee convention o ye a in Edina!(2020) search twitter

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aire is a time traveller convention takkin placie neist year. Ye (2018) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
t is - bye. W'ir follooin dis convention. on page 30
bit w'ir decidit tae keep dis convention fur fokk is dat wint wi it. on page 36

2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Convention fer National Minorities, unne on page 25
inoritie unner the framewaark convention fewr the on page 58
eids, The European Framewaark Convention fer the Bieldin o' National on page 59
Monority Leids, Framewaark Convention fer National Minorities an' U on page 70
er-Scots unner the Framewaark Convention fer National Minorities. on page 71

7 matches