A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

specifically Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 8.1 13.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2616 9 0 0 0 1
Number of authors19 10 8 1

Occurrences of specifically in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rves to transmit a feeling of specifically Scottish identity. on page 36
allowing writers to address a specifically Scottish set of historical ex on page 44

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
to be writing about Scotland. Specifically, your special place in Scotla on page 7

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
irritable bowl an no aboot me specifically. Ah cannae help it, ah said t on page 92

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
to be writing about Scotland, specifically, you're special place in Scot on page 8

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
language in Scotland; specifically the approach bein taen anent
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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
Whit wirk specifically dae ye think maun be duin for
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
haudit gey muckle territory, specifically in northern and eastern Scotl
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
uestion wrang! “A telt them specifically that it wis……….” A Ji
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
whit Britain gains or tynes (specifically hoo muckle siller Britain gai
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
jist referred tae in poem 85. Specifically, Diana is cawed upon, linkin
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
ht twice a day - watch this (specifically from 2mins). Women especially (2022) twitter link
y (and inculcated Green help) specifically for this pish. The whole lot (2022) twitter link
decided to huv them on board SPECIFICALLY to get this pish over the lin (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
@NeilDrysdale Boke. Specifically "hittin the boke." Pure poetr (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h'm spikkin aboot. Unless she specifically asks fir yer advice, please, on page 75

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
abdy micht ken is that paella specifically cams fae Valencia. Luckily, a on page 4

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
her tee, tho baith o them hid specifically socht ither destinations. on page 51

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d’s claim to reconstitute a specifically Scottish culture seriously in
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
aill o Scotland, or it can be specifically the cultural heirskip an regi
in aa airts o Scottish life, specifically education. Larners hae a rich
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Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
im wakin hame. Callum’s mam specifically telt ‘im to meet ‘er at i
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ally because they chose to go specifically bars that have nae been rigor (2020) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
klater @Historic_Ally Or more specifically with trade..A hanfu’ o’ tra (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
at ir specifically adae wi' culture, fer example on page 17

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