A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gestures Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 10.8 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2121 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 8

Occurrences of gestures in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
behind us an take a seat. Mo gestures taewards mah bag fae across t on page 24

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
A scene?' Mum yells, and gestures roond the pub, aw eyes on us on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
him and he gestures wae his hands that he is read on page 44
himsel cushy oan the seat he gestures fur us baith tae come closer. on page 102
t ma indigestion, neither. He gestures fur me tae sit doon oan the c on page 125

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the pub. Isla retches as she gestures taeward the men's bathroom. T on page 6
Lauren gestures tae ma bandages and asks how on page 88
Lauren gestures tae the screen wi hur eyes. ' on page 92
She gestures tae him wi hur haun. As if ma on page 116

4 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
doon a minute Daniel.’ she gestures tae the chair next tae her, p
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah nod an smile at her an she gestures fur me tae go wae her intae t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae ma buoyant enthusiasm but gestures wae his fingers that he’ll
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
She gestures fur me tae stand.
urse walks intae the room and gestures doon the hall wi hur heid. At
2 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
talkin an gestures,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ony cam deleeberately tae mak gestures o respeck tae thaim as they p
” sayed Derriakin. She made gestures o eatin. “Mait. For eatin.
” They made throat-slittin gestures.
dishes awa efter meals, smaa gestures that Iskander, wha had tae ri
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
his desk and straight awey he gestures fur me tae sit doon opposite
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
than 'Bru. And making wanker gestures. https://t.co/tSQlnPXPRC(2020) search twitter

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