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literary Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 28.7 4.8 19.9 11.6 10.9 0
Number of occurrences6254 3 2 2 1 0
Number of authors29 24 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of literary in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ary pley scrievin - an ither literary forms firbye, o coorse - hae on page 33
s or the speech, redeemed for literary purposes, of Argyle Street, G on page 36
an the makars o the Scottish Literary Renaissance. An when A yaize on page 37
bye, he appintit Stewart Conn Literary Manager. Whit left room fir t on page 38
s or the speech, redeemed for literary purposes, of Argyle Street, G on page 39
Also on pages 40
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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
Eemis Stane like tae think a literary zine is wan o them, but o coo on page 3

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
maist pairts o the media.Its literary heritage is a closed book tae on page 8
domains o creative writin an literary heritage intil ither domains. on page 11

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ciation of Scotland's vibrant literary and linguistic heritage and i on page 3

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
at it bauchles the grammar o literary Scots (Purves, 1997, 2002). W on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
id cites, in a verse essay on literary criticism. And Soutar engaged on page 95
pioneers o a shift til a mair literary and moderne culture, fae an a on page 96

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
A literary trope'll no conceal on page 12

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
lay, Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Glasgow, 2005, 376pp on page 109

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ur the ettle is "to isolate a literary variety". Gin the ploy wis as on page 4

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
nin tae speak a form o modren literary Scots? The hinnermaist bein f
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
o that weel attestit in ither literary sources and sae the Merry Mus
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
maks for better cognitive an literary
byordinar literary efflorescence, includin a cor
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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
an appreciation of Scotland's literary and linguistic heritage and i
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thay ‘gave Scots a certain literary status but simultaneously und
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
major planet in the Scottish literary heaven’, throu his wark on
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the Scots Leid as ‘now only literary’, and this micht be surpris
afore and wis popularised in literary yiss by Sir Walter Scott. Bai
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Literary quotes cut into stone panels
Literary quotes cut into stone panels
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e creaut a muckle national an literary medium wi wirds fae ilka Scot
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
haim custody o yin o the best literary an linguistic
haim custody o yin o the best literary an linguistic
Literary Director - J. Derrick McClur
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
uch Place ti the office o the literary quarterly Cencrastus, an stra
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, tae establish Scotti
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
but he pit Glesca on tae the literary map. He hysted up Glesca sae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
en less wecht nor cultural an literary forms is.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cht oot in memory o the Scots literary publisher o thon name tae:- "
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
(1976), that opened up a rich literary heritage that wis a closed bo
land – The Kist – a braw literary treisur trove, celebratin oor
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
€™s this wee lesson Aboot the literary profession
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
scientific, literary or airtistic production he is
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mportant an interestin form o literary expression. Whan faced wi the
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
uchingly personal, scholarly, literary and political perspectives gi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
undoubtedly has a comparable literary tradition, the Shakespearian
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
formal o aw. There’s a guid literary and poetic air tae it (think
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
o the manuscript and her ain literary talents – includin comparin
gave aboundantlie). Marie’s literary talents are heized, and a ser
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
nerstuid tae hae actit as his literary secreterar. It is widely acce
nd celebration o his life and literary wark. It opens wi ae dedicato
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
aes a lang-staundin ballad an literary tradition. The first scrievin
sang, finnin a vyce throu the literary revivals o Alan Ramsay, Rober
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ist kenspeckle o Scotland’s literary ootput. Baith are wirthy o me
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
wey o spikin it disnae hae a literary backgrund wi great novels & p (2022) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
looked tae me as if they were literary shovin the bottle doon her th on page 60

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
the "Reykjavik International Literary Festival' an the 'Reykjavík on page 12
uise Dupin, fa turned intae a literary salon far ye wad fin some o t on page 17

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
, although they had lived the literary life in Prague, Dresden, the
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
Sanday haes a magnificent literary heritage, teu. The Victorian
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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
dizzin poyims tae a Scottish Literary Magazine. Now, A’m been mea
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
k, in whit’s been caad a ‘literary love of squalor.’ I wid lae
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Chinese scholars fameiliar wi Literary Scots. Whitever, the darg o r on page 34

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