Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

index	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.3	5.7	3	9.9	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	17	11	2	1	0	1	2
Number of authors	13	10	1	1		1	1

Occurrences of index 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.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
w, aboot ten so far. A put ma index finger tae ma lips n move qui on page 33

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ys of working', lea us wi nae Index, (sik as mair academic buiks on page 84

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e takkin tent o wir Body Mass Index an ither like stuff, like we on page 55

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
us aw tae put the tips ae wur index fingers on the ring. An don't on page 107

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His future 'index-linked' - bi closin wards. on page 13

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ks fork and spuin o thumb and index finger, and doles oot coin to on page 72

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
www.scilt.stir.ac.uk/Scotlang/Index.htm
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
clawin, the fingernail ae her index finger had worn ragged. A flu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ee bit ay –’ he hauds his index finger up tae his beak. He’
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
land/chewingthefat/neducation/index.shtml
1 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
them and eventually her card index system wiz relegated tae hist
trying tae decipher the coded index cards they found in her desk
2 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
atween middle an index on page 143

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
His future 'index-linked' - bi closin wards. on page 218

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
raid eebroos wi a brush o hir index finger an walkt bak doonstair on page 19
ak baith feet atween hir left index finger an left thumb an place on page 34

2 matches