A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

influence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.7 32.4 7.5 0 40.7 10.3 0
Number of occurrences7663 5 0 7 1 0
Number of authors36 30 4 1 1

Occurrences of influence in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The ither ensaumple aboot the influence o defaut poseetions comes fae on page 34
l radical themes hid a lastin influence on members o the company, an on page 39

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e altar. The spell was no tae influence him. He was weel affected awr on page 1

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
n of the Light, a study o the influence o Zen Buddhism in the novels on page 55

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is England. English pouer an influence are on page 13
is bein payit tae the sleekit influence o globalisation (an Americani on page 63
icians, hae made siccar their influence nivver dwines. on page 85
deid haun o political pairty influence made shair that whit they cui on page 105
tae the bottom, an the malign influence o Rupert Murdoch had a lot ta on page 109

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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
aist influential thinkers tae influence the Democratic Pairty an a fu on page 124

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
A BAD INFLUENCE on page 45

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
k aye an oan exert an uncanny influence ower aa Western leeterature. on page 101

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tilingual Britain, each wi an influence on the ither. They hae a whee on page 7
n o the Bible, had a gey sair influence on the wey the language wis p on page 8

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
Scots can be seen as weel tae influence mairimmediate aspects o modre on page 3

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
literature also exerted some influence the spelling of Scots. on page 15

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e pruve a merker o Gleswegian influence in Pollner's (1985) research. on page 9

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
but unner the influence on page 23

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
has been an abidin an balefu influence. The hail o the German-spicki on page 56

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
aa itssel be a muckle erosive influence on the Scots langage in oor p
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ittle conotations. But wi the influence o English in the schuils, eve
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lar an in grammar. The Laitin influence aften comes be wey o French,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s verb concord, that haes nae influence on a body’s unnerstaundin
ion, leeterar quality or whit influence the Bible will hae on ither f
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
micht jalouse, haed a strang influence ower Christian European think
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
micht hae happened unner the influence o the various spellins o the
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
r o Brummie), as weel’s the influence o Scots an, tae some extent,
glish dialects exheebitin the influence o an Irish substrate that’s
nae dout anent thon, but the influence o Irish is a fair feck smawer
demonstrably less nor the influence o Scots. The strangest lingui
enspeckle survival. The Irish influence is strangest in wird-order, w
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Scots are independent of the influence of these languages in England
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rk o French componers wis tae influence the muisic o Scotland oot-thr
n wi her mair French muisical influence. Mary haed a nummer o muisici
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
seein him as 'the sowel' an a influence for guid. Juist when Tartuffe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the flowin alcohol makes its influence known. There’s three genera
though she hus the power tae influence me so.
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
That internet is gonae huv an influence oan it. Fuck knows how, but i
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sometimes they do reflect the influence of people that you could iden
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
unity. In the ae wey that oor influence in internaitional diplomacy a
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Labour noo reduced i saets an influence, the Tories wull be the nixt
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
chance o weildin significant influence (the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Gr
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
efu tae nae ower estimate the influence o a strang SNP group, threats
onversation can significantly influence the General Election result.
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r kintras in its ain sphere o influence, while miscawin Roushie an Ch
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
raid Scots, wi a strang Scots influence on its delivery. Efter the re
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
cots leid has a guid hantle o influence fae Auld Norse, Gaelic, Frenc
ther braw exemple o the Norse influence in Scots, wi kenable cognates
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
lland. Here he came under the influence o anither, aulder, mair senio

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
B. haes unnergane some furrin influence (maistly, Polish), juist like
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in him. ‘’Ah’m a calmin influence”
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
fur coincidence raither nor influence at first - it doesnae seem o
rs in Scotland and the mutual influence they have hud on yin anither
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
y to them foods, food, ye can influence them not decide everything, w(2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
DrMDempster his hid the maist influence oan ma life wi Scots. His ope(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
a surprise CIA & KGB tryin to influence events in ither countries ! T (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ch Mebee it wis doon tae some influence. I wis brocht up in Airdrie ((2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
oems an beuks that hiv had an influence on the wark o the musicians t on page 12

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
y what you know of Descartes' influence on modem philosophy.' Ah daur on page 85

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ae the phrase “Mak freens an influence people,” ah hivnae heard it (2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
r on the Skottehandelen as an influence. But A could be spikkin pish. (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
fae Norn an Scots, wi a lok o influence fae da Low Germanic languages on page 12
law brocht a lok o Aest Norse influence apø da language o da plaess. on page 15
it it isna da onli een, an da influence fae Norn alang wi da Continen on page 20
rule becis o contact induced influence: da possesive marker - s, lae on page 36
ese. (Da French dummy il taks influence fae Germanic bit hit's no da on page 85

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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ackintosh Lang's as it disnae influence yer drivin ??(2020) search twitter