A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

function Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 7.1 9 39.7 40.7 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3214 6 4 7 0 1
Number of authors23 12 6 3 1 1

Occurrences of function in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
gin, but tribal societies aye function fer the benefit o the haill g on page 32

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t as a language with the same function and variations as any other', on page 84

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
been pit on in ane o the big Function Rooms that hotels hae, an sic on page 71

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ir the maist disgustin bodily function ever inventet - plus why is on page 89

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
end roond a statement o their function an priorities. Bob Fairnie ta
1 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
an enforcement an whaur this function maun sit owerlaps wi the comm
n wull luik at the structure, function an operation o Bòrd na Gàid
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in the hoose, but tae scuils, function rooms, offices, discos, TV ad
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the function yins, an
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the legitimisin an normalisin function they were playin by playin a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
seems, tae Marie’s twafauld function as baith compiler o the manus
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
s online, wi the ‘Search’ function – yon byous tool – does m
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
hat remains harmonious wi the function o the original Gaelic.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Onywan else hatin the new RT function? Why did ye chynge it, @twitt(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
d Luther performed a maieutic function, while Calvin fulfilled a nov on page 57

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
My bowels are jist aboot tae function Oh thank goodness - here's a on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah follaed Muggie ower te the function suite an prayed at she wid be on page 58

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
, seekin her ti gyang ti some function or entertainment o his Combin on page 94

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
-Z: can you guess what bodily function this is? Find out in our A-Z (2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ludicrous tae think we could function by ignoring the diversity of (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
shame lighter, gauzy. Function... on page 37

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
The ancient pronouns serve a function going way beyond the cowld, f
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
and clear! I don't know what function, if any, these patches have, (2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
WI AUXILIARIES: FUNCTION VERBS AT MODIFIES LEXICAL VER on page 44
grammatical function fae it. Tae no mak a odds atw on page 56
ss o auxiliaries (grammatical function wirds), an last at da lexical on page 69
le is a form o da verb at can function as a adjective (decriptive on page 74
Peerie function wirds ir wint tae be unstress on page 78
Also on pages 88
7 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
e. The main function o' the farder sich commission on page 58

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