A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

material Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 31.4 3 59.6 17.4 0 62
Number of occurrences8661 2 6 3 0 14
Number of authors37 27 2 4 2 2

Occurrences of material in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
haundie sources o oor readin material. Na; Lallans, wi its nou char on page 3

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
peer oot, Tom Clancy material. Spy-club original Azzy boay. on page 34
ok tae hur, quick-freeze hell material. McGiver is a big scary basta on page 49

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
while it dealt wi historical material, it did that in a modren demo on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
In whit universe cuid shiftin material resources fae Scotland tae on page 24
n recordin a lot o invaluable material, the real pynt aboot onie cul on page 66
onie interpretations o siccan material, they were aye gettin sung ba on page 70

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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
audin bales o cotton an ither material an in order tae control the b on page 58

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A hideous new material that wis a bittie friable on page 77

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ltural heritage, includin its material manifestations, sic as gaithe on page 22

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ator airticle wants a rowth o material intil't an an unnerstaunin o on page 9
uid help screivars fact check material afore settin furth. on page 14
e'r no in hauns wi editin new material. on page 47
ower the bygane years, an new material gaes up regular like. As it h on page 61

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae haunle the tocher o source material. on page 69

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ower three year tae yaise the material we hae already collectit ower on page 110

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
, there is a huge quantity of material tae be considered. Sae it is on page 15
he layoot and addin a wheen o material, but acause we are ettlin tae on page 16

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Galilee', frae the Johannine material, juist gang ti John, Disc Ane on page 135
e an John, can awn leiterarie material unkent til the ithers. Ae sik on page 136

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hair photocopiers an uise the material wi thair scholars. on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
that wis tore apairt or that material comin aff the bigger moons is
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
in ower 600 webpages o Scots material an a leet o ither institution
• provision o mair material in Scots for schuils.
121. Provide access tae mair material in the sindry leids o Scotlan
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s been owercome be chynges in material culture, an are kistit i the
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
atween a confuddlin reinge o material raxin back sax hunder year an
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ed his life. The’r sum guid material here forby on the airlie poet
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
nate that nae muckle scrievit material fae the Pechts has cam doon t
EID, WI A TENTIE FOCUS ON THE MATERIAL CULTURE AIRTIT OOT FORBY THE
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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
cottish Language Dictionaries material or The Kist teachin pack, noo
erest in Scots arenae short o material tae yaise, an some great wark
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
an’ gave her a copy o’ ma material. A dinni think A’ve ivir se
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
wrasslin awa producin support material an runnin annual Scotlit conf
r oxters! Amongst the support material for schools wis the ASLS Repo
t eventually produced support material on Scottish Literature an Lan
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
al cairns, rock bein the only material aroon in ony quantity tae int
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
l the haining o the moral and material interests that results frae o
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ic bodies evites settin furth material that wad hae a bearin on the
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
here is aye a sairious want o material tae read i Scots whan thae ba
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
mell o life an rottin organic material.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ed to Scotland – and/or yer material owerset intae the Scots langu
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ions, an whiles wi additional material originally sneddit for raison
or raisons o linth. There’s material oan the SLC website tae suit
ly gies us access tae written material in Scots, but likesay, the in
the huge an diverse amount o material it kythes. It’s designed fi
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@rosebrook22 He had the same material of apron, as my dungarees. It(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
Saturday and module 1 reading material fir ma Mindfulness Diploma. H(2018) search twitter

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
hbktrust producin promotional material in Scots like it's jist an or(2018) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tae an end and he'll hae less material for ony his boring books.(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
We'd caw an item of low grade material a "shanner" (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hearts squad are premiership material - exactly the championship s (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o its ain - a mixtermaxter o material salvaged fae lang-firgotten p on page 79

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s, a man wha ettled tae mak a material difference as weel as a poeti
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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
chcraft, Alasdair wanted more material that wid highlight the Orkney on page 34

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Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
rkable gaithering taegether o material wrought by the Orkney Voices on page 1

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
cumman up. I hid sent off fur material fur a new frock - purple and on page 99

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
expertise in scrievan formal material in Scots.
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Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ots nou haes clear and strang material an financial support is tae b
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
h left. We hae a braa grain o material ithin West Saxon Aald English on page 14

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
an ongoing source of research material for PhD students," says Urban
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
omin up wi structured teachin material sae at dey wid be passed on t
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tae identify the Ulster-Scots material tae mak' on page 9
ae needfu' at aa commissioned material shud bae pit intae a digital on page 10
bae carriet oot wi' oot onie material difference ir disadvantage ta on page 26
forderins in the revival. The material can bae brocht oot an' uised on page 30
material bein' performed pits acroass on page 43
Also on pages 52, 53, 55, 56
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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
cht a bit oot o kilter wi tha material thochts the haed taked o earl
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