A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

basis Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 18.5 1.5 19.9 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4536 1 2 0 0 6
Number of authors23 19 1 2 1

Occurrences of basis in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
me, tak yir money on a daily basis, on page 1
an yi dae it on a daily basis on page 50
on a regular basis on page 67

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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
you seyin Jock?' on a regular basis. Maist o us adapt pretty quic on page 74

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e whither there ony objective basis for this apparent spreid o th on page 9

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
kythed on a raiglar basis sen No. 53, o Mairtinmass 199 on page 7

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
basis; an the Pairlament sae faur h
o Scotland wis haunled on the basis o equality (the
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
in spellins on a fesh-an-feel basis (SSD).
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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
ir, areas cuid be taen on the basis o a gien level o Gaelic activ
recognition wis gien on this basis then thocht wad hae tae be gi
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ocht o thairsels, and on whit basis thon identity wis taen tent o
ese pentins dinnae hae muckle basis in fact.
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
hut doon Scots, arguin on the basis that Scots excludes an discon
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Electin politicians on the basis o a single, meisurable thing
bi MPs wha ran purely on the basis o keepin the UK thegither -
ithers that ran purely on the basis o splittin it up. But wha's f
ism. They arenae votin on the basis o foreseen ootcomes; or if th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n maist Scots daes on a daily basis. Her wark therefore gies valu
its richness and flavour as a basis for the image". Her wark cove
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The drugs ur oan a cash only basis noo. Ye lay it oan fur the cu
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s been assigned tae oan the basis that he still husnae paid bac
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
the group. This formed the basis o’ a new relationship atwee
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
naging to maintain a rational basis after all this time.”
ll an wis makin speerits, the basis o aa her potions. Beatrice wi
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
innin votes on a case-by-case basis. Sum hae been sayin this is a
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Leavin the hoose on aregular basis disna jist encourage, but for
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hat micht be possible upo the basis o the common awnership o the
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
aise o oor Scots on a regular basis by encouragin ane anither tae
tae be sneered at on a daily basis or a gimmick fine for wheelin
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d or fatty foods on a regular basis?’’
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@ionafyfe tweeted
czyk I use wabbit on a weekly basis tae describe foo I feel fan e(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ewspapers, tell us on a daily basis that we are incapable of gove (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and van sharing on a regular basis - are they exempt from the r (2020) twitter link
l sports complex on a regular basis n its a fantastic facility - (2020) twitter link
see it on a regular basis - gets right up my onions - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y. An she dis - oan a reglar basis. on page 58

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
eral Ting on the theoretiecal basis an structural possiebility o on page 54

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Did so oan a daily basis. on page 28

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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
resourced an sustainable basis an' preferably in Ulster-Scot on page 8
bes delivered oan a voluntary basis wi' fowk, on page 13
the basis o' Equity. Thon bes aboot mai on page 17
ducation - Gien the academic basis fer educational forderin at m on page 23
isnae onie basis in laa ir policy fer the leid on page 25
Also on pages 47
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