A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dramatic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 13.6 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2927 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors21 19 1 1

Occurrences of dramatic in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bonny craftsman in the Scots dramatic tongue, said in 1958 in the ' on page 36
ots in pleys scrievit fir the dramatic theatre. An the phase A jaloo on page 37
on, the pley wis split atween dramatic scenes in Scots an higher dic on page 40
tial in itsel. It is a proper dramatic tongue that cin deal wi ony s on page 44

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike on page 8

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
closes ower her notepad in a dramatic fashion. She sighs. on page 10

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
4. THE YAD (The most dramatic cascade in the Falkland Estat on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Yous could say its a kindae a dramatic monologue." on page 50
struction. It wisnae even his dramatic entrance that caught ma atten on page 100

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her eyes at me an made a big dramatic sigh, It's obvious, she said, on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e Dialect deliberate like for dramatic effect or for tae steer up an on page 19

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae Co'peth in the east wi its dramatic heuchs leukin ower the German on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nit til for the funns o a new dramatic tradeition? on page 109

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ation system, has seen a fair dramatic turn-aroon in its fortunes in
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s’ naitrallie daels wi less dramatic aspecks o Scott’s life, but
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t thir plays are important as dramatic wirks in their ain richt and
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
by tae think on whit wey thir dramatic owersettins add their bit chu
ntemporary and brither in the dramatic muse, gets a luik in anaw, wi
kit tae tak preesoners in his dramatic texts – and up tae a pynt h
rac and Phaedra. Lochhead’s dramatic voice sets the tone for thir
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Ye micht think ah'm bein ower-dramatic but consider this: at yin o t
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
; aw moorland an atmospheric, dramatic skies fur as far as the eye c
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
r tae the SNP were a lot less dramatic nor they were a year syne or
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
lut, he sais afore giein us a dramatic kiss on the cheek an walkinâ€
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
steners wi her mony voices an dramatic presentation.

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
a sudden dramatic surge and spike
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
@pars_retro Great game and dramatic endin !! Rare Skerla goal add (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a wee laach tae hissel. Affa dramatic, he thocht, bit then Jeems wi on page 86

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
oaps flypin aff dir masks fir dramatic effect every two seconds when (2021) twitter link