A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

contrasts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1.5 0 9.9 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences83 0 1 4 0 0
Number of authors6 3 1 2

Occurrences of contrasts in Corpus

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Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ticiple endin - and(e), which contrasts wi the verbal noun - ing(e) i on page 17

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The brightness o the grocery contrasts wi the gaithering gloom in th
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
brings oot a dreich laund an contrasts it wi the bricht protagonist.
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lucent Mediterranean blue sky contrasts on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
contrasts in its demonstrative system: on page 58
tandirt English onli haes twa contrasts, yun an dat baith translates on page 64

3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
sociolinguistics, Jim Miller contrasts da Public an da linguistic co
1 matches

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