A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

reference Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.8 20.2 12.8 0 11.6 32.8 4.4
Number of occurrences5238 8 0 2 3 1
Number of authors32 23 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of reference in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ctivities, sic as ... warks o reference, instructions an product info on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
, I want you to all be making reference to the five senses in your wr on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n, ae gait taen wis tae cross-reference words speakers wisna shair o on page 48
ken A needit an the repeatit reference tae the "two Chrisses" that " on page 58

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
d in nae infantilisation. His reference til Scots comin back on a roc on page 95

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
place name, post code or grid reference for tae see the cairt o the a on page 65

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
. accent A gied it ma name an reference nummer but fan A telt it ma a
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
he technical ingine tae cross-reference cookies athort its services f
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
An environmentally sensitive reference fae 1581 is funnd in John Ham
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
the guidelines maks specific reference tae “takkin accoont o diver
syne reference will be tint an there will be
leids” that reference is routinely made tae. Anent
3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
provide us wi shared cultural reference pynts o this kyne – especia
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Here a clear reference tae fowk makkin oot a machine
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
eneuch, is glossed ‘ithoot reference tae thair mair immediate Lawl
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aunts o the Glasgow gangs and reference is made in them til The Cheek
nd o its ain time is a passin reference tae Gilbert the Filbert as a
nto in Perth Theatre. Anither reference tae popular music is ham-and-
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
uage that it lippens on.Makin reference tae Airticle 9 on the freedom
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
conceptualise how tae make a reference within the text. Indirect quo
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he wintit, wi thair speceefic reference tae the values o the rw. “H
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
e referendum campaign, makkin reference tae laws awready in place, an
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
means as a hale. A’ve seen reference, fae non-Scots speikers, tae
h terms wid be complete wioot reference tae the patriot’s prepositi
ecific’in the abuin, joukin reference tae ‘Scots’. This wis dui
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
explicitly name Marie and mak reference tae baith her scrievin o the
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
buik’ is feenisht: a skyrie reference, it seems, tae Marie’s twaf
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
or mairchin – less there a reference till a waddin mairch.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ll aft lug-in tae fowk makkin reference tae distinct dialects o the S
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ua. Said incident is likely a reference tae ma wee accident oan ma we
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
m blue to red is that a fitba reference? I'm worried now ??(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
thneach Whit wis the cereal a reference tae?(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e said of Brexit voters but w reference to Voters in England. The sam(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
BTW no mony folk will ken yir reference tae Ridley Walker!! Grand bui (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
hypocrisy o haein a scripture reference in his bio. ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
WAS watching because she made reference tae the lecture during her ai(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sten wid u gee me a character reference tae c if the higher arky oan (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ing "to will one thing"? With reference to Luther's 95 theses?' on page 57

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Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an aathing fae es pint o reference on page 82

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
In obtainin a character reference for Erchie, Meerschaum spoke
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
king. Can’t seem to find any reference to this word”https://t.co/4D(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
though mebe wi Miovski it’s reference tae the missed pens and Toney (2022) twitter link
nd tae be some ither abstract reference (2022) twitter link
inna think Glass has made ony reference tae ‘star’ signings. It cou (2021) twitter link
it scunnerred wi the constant reference tae loss o income. £800 000 (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nouns fur tae nairroo doon da reference o dis nouns on page 61

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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
geen tae da limpet ebb”, in reference to a poor family(2018) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
rton Pairish, at fock kan mak reference tae, fur ae mair i-deepth stu
Ae George Scott, i 1909, maks reference tae his
e 21st. centaur. A’m makkin reference tae the continuing caring
3 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An iver changin reference on page 26

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