A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sections'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sectionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sections in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Da neest twartree sections'll describe dis vowels an con on page 22
rms'll be shaan idda relivant sections ferder trowe, bit in general on page 29
es wi, see below inna dir ain sections. on page 43
number in demonstratives, see Sections 4.4.2.1 an 4.4.2.2 below. on page 58
r wyes - mair aboot dat idda sections efter dis. on page 82

5 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
success, large entries in all sections, including 155 horse. on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wrang sections. There wis tickets on the pot
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
fects o this ar extreme. Hale sections o Scotland ar economically un
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
We take it doon in sections. Balancin the slab foonds oan on page 7

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
en bits were burned and metal sections were melted doon at the scrap
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aith the Primary an Secondary sections.
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
In oor poetrie sections, we see the importance o stei on page 5

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
rly aw private, divided intae sections, each colour-coded. All you c
1 matches

General Central

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
age. “Whit is Scots?” hus sections oan; Scots Speikers, Scots Hi
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
maistly throu the verra fine sections oan poetrie an ballad, aye st on page 84

1 matches

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