A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

introduction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 16.4 10.6 9.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4332 7 1 2 1 0
Number of authors27 20 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of introduction in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
zheimer's in twa weeks' time. Introduction to Alzheimer's thay war cryin on page 22

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nt roond ae applause efter ma introduction before ah sharply wire in. on page 53
obertson fur such a wonderful introduction" he said. A comment that draw on page 190
aed this up wae a wee welcome introduction before she began her English on page 192

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Introduction on page 13

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Introduction on page 9
They had letters o introduction tae various fowk an stayit wi on page 26

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
bby fur wan wis gaggin fur an introduction fae the way he wis nearly faw on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Introduction on page 100

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
2. LIPPEN TIL YERSEL. Oor introduction, wrutten bi Susi Briggs, is a on page 5
Lyndsay (c.1486-1555) saw the introduction of a great many French and La on page 15

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
An Introduction is tae introduce folk, but Ch on page vii

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tits up, ah'd wangled fur an introduction. on page 76

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ely based on Arthur Rimbaud's introduction to "A Season In Hell") on page 63

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
as takin the same gate in the introduction tae his 'Poems' in the 1720s,
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Introduction
l leid. GLE gies young fowk a introduction tae Gaelic langage an culture
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
itren at is ordinar afore the introduction o staunardisation tae a verna
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
d as dictated by history.’ (Introduction ti The Faber Book of Twentiet
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
all Stevenson scrieves in his introduction tae the ASLS edition o the pl
In his introduction, Randall Stevenson reflects t
William Grant screivit in the Introduction til the first volume o the Sc
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
In his Introduction tae the publisht vairsion o C
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
And frae the introduction tae the 2017 ootgie o the Con
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
am fae. They ken fine. “The introduction of the railway has undoubtedl
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
remony,” she sayed by wey o introduction. “Quhaar twa grit rivers ri
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e Creative Scotland buikie An Introduction to Scotland’s Languages. ma
eglar dictionary aqual tae “introduction” is jist innin. An wha writ
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@LairnScots tweeted
vely to be invited to give an introduction to Scots. Hope people can vis (2021) twitter link
raw tae be invitit tae gie an introduction tae Scots. Hope folk can visi (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Introduction on page 9

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ter Stephen maks clear in the introduction, comes via Lewis Mumford's et on page 125
at I wad hae likit some kinna introduction (cry me a pedant!) an mebbe, on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ter Stephen maks clear in the introduction, comes via Lewis Mumford’s
at I wad hae likit some kinna introduction (cry me a pedant!) an mebbe,
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Isobel Murray pits it in her introduction: ‘... one main negative imp
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
sed as "big things". Aye, the introduction o the baby box for ivery bair
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
tae haggis, this is the ideal introduction. Serve wae clapshot, and pair
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
1 Introduction on page 7

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Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
inguistic) in mi writin, an a introduction tae a anthology o tree Scots
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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
kle gap! Tae start with a wee introduction! https://t.co/QxAYlup8Eb(2020) search twitter