Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

elements	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.4	15.2	3	9.9	11.6	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	37	30	2	1	2	1	1
Number of authors	27	20	2	1	2	1	1

Occurrences of elements in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dinged doon by the elements, loving stramash on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aas tae protect them frae the elements - an a wee pickle hey. Adam on page 56

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
epended on whit he cried the 'elements', Ah suppose he meant the w'a on page 34

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, thae sailors, bravin aa the elements on page 105

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
s o noble thocht like swirlin elements or gas on page 15

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
mony raivelt hesps athin thir elements as Scots Wikipedia is unner b on page 47
tland forby common place-name elements (sic as brae meanin 'hillside on page 53

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Nae questions speirit the elements poond. Licht braks, nicht faw on page 52

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
the ae steid, an haes intil't elements o 'transculturation': findin on page 116

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Three blinks o an ee. The elements dissolve. on page 95

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
adeetional Japanese form: twa elements sindert bi a cuttin wurd? Ae on page 91

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
se oor Sun is fouthy o wechty elements sic as gowd an uranium that's
e helium an hydrogen but thir elements is melled wi ammonia an metha
2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A stooshie wi the elements!
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
curriculum an no juist waled elements. The recently passed Educatio
t in a wheen primary schuils, elements o BSL are learnit
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ur fowk haes thrawn thegither elements fae ilka period o Scots an il
slung a deifie tae that mony elements o tradeetional Scots – comp
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tho no aye haudin ontae mony elements o thair ain disteenctive acce
entral Scots raither nor thae elements that’s the same — langage
n twa identities, it’s thae elements o thair mak-up that disna fit
3 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
oach to legislation anywhere. Elements of Wild Law are apparent in s
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
thare’s nae in-biggit gemme elements, nae artifeecial chairacters
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ae Standard English. Along wi elements o Jamaican music, Patois has
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kely dyin ay exposure tae the elements, ah hear some footerin aboot
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
uchle – ane whaur different elements interlocks. Tak the abuin ens
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ots an brings thigether monie elements o a Scottish perspective that
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
dinged doon by the elements, loving stramash
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
and women left tae die in the elements. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
i its ever-changin cocktail o elements. The people are used tae it, on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ir she wis, at hame in aa the elements.
1 matches

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
e as loose is ye like – the elements , wildlife, human activity –

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
) is a compound maed up wi da elements sasser + on page 103

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
06/know-your-place-gaelic-and-elements-of-the-left/
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the elements. Doon it Norhope, nixt tae th
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
vival bes biggit oan aa thrie elements o' oor leid, heirskeip an' cu on page 5

1 matches