A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'expressed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
expressedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of expressed in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wadder an da time is expressed wi he, as in He's tømin an H on page 56
Twartree verbs in Shaetlan is expressed wi da shorter (unstressed) fo on page 76
d. In Standirt English dis is expressed wi da "dummy" there, at wirks on page 87
n Shaetlan sum imperatives is expressed reflexively: on page 95

6 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Are nou expressed: he's lairnt, he's seen. on page 15

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hought, every idea has tae be expressed right then an there, tae whoe on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pooer that, in 1968, wis bein expressed bi sic an siclike as Clive Pe on page 35

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
racter that canna be sae weel expressed in onyither tongue as in Scot on page 8

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
hness o the Scots language as expressed in sang, poetry and literatur on page 4

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The national bard coudna hae expressed this better! An shairly it's on page 133

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
general feelin expressed wis that no muckle had been d
57. Concern wis expressed tae that, forby the National
59. The view expressed wis that this wis acause ther
90. Sae mony voices has expressed concern anent ongaun uiss an
Coll, Educational Consultant, expressed the perception that learnin
5 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
expressed in periodic and jonick electi
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o Scots wis rarely, gin ever, expressed publicly i ma everyday life g
gh regaird. This sentiment is expressed gey brawly i Tom Leonard’s
e is demand for entertainment expressed, gin no i braid Scots, wi a s
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
theme o luve and devotion as expressed through the ‘band’ o mair
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
the airlie 1970s, the hippies expressed their crave fur owthenticitie
1 matches

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