A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

historical Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25 31.9 12 0 0 20.7 35.4
Number of occurrences8163 8 0 0 2 8
Number of authors32 24 4 1 3

Occurrences of historical in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a specifically Scottish set o historical experiences, no bein deflecte on page 36
an an Reid tendit tae wirk on historical topics, aften wi important re on page 37
aein wrocht ir owresettin sic historical pleys, Reid, McLellan an Kemp on page 38
Scots. For, while it dealt wi historical material, it did that in a mo on page 40
specifically Scottish set of historical experiences, undeflected by t on page 44

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Historical Shorts on page 184

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ane an we shuid aye mind that historical cheenge is nivver actually ab on page 58
tish Pairliament in 1707 - a historical lee, but a handy ane fer the on page 103

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aid yon tho it is a maitter o historical fact that some fowk hae gotte on page 116

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
s aye been multilingual. This historical diversity o tongues wis fairl on page 9
for its referent the case o a historical linguistic commonty inwith it on page 20

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ises Scots as ane o the three historical indigenous languages o Scotla on page 4
that Scots is ane o the three historical indigenous languages o Scotla on page 5

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Historical Thesaurus on page 3
gage cuid be expectit tae hae historical context, geographic spreid an on page 12
Historical Thesaurus on page 51

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
are wordie for linguistic and historical reasons or just for the plees on page 54

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
on - thon's jist the wey the historical bannock's crummelt. Bibles we on page 4

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wes alive in, mair in line wi historical memoir or an obituary nor a w on page 95
to whit's come fae subsequent historical research, get easy picked up on page 96

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Bo ('slock o the kye'). A bit historical backgrund tae this roch an bi on page 65

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Chris Robinson, on historical lexicographie an pre-1700 Sco on page 7
he reinge o pantomime an mock-historical comedie, on page 8

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
onar o acts, culture, fowk an historical happenings. Aw the ordnar sub on page 129
tion was governed by relative historical importance and the findings o on page 130

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nt, and recognised the strong historical and cultural arguments for fa on page 121

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
strangly wi ane o twa opposed historical identities. In contrast tae t on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
graith: skreids on the text, historical notts an sae furth, but the r
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
aes their origins in a common historical soond. This means that even t
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
try, fiction, bairns buiks an historical warks. Hit shaws the wealth o
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e richt condeitions; it’s a historical process mair like – ane at
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
kip – is tae tak ane of the historical periods o the language for gu
w, drawin on the record o the historical langage in the saxteent centu
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
r hauds, ony conception o the historical or contemporary Ulster dialec
Ireland. Altho the hert o its historical speaker community wis Inglish
Thare genuine historical reasons ahint fowk lumpin Mid
ck intae the bygane) an, on a historical level, wi the positive expect
4 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nes o text tae merk important historical events that micht hae haed an
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
vents, componers an ithers in historical context. I uised it tae help
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Government tae recognise the historical and cultural links between th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
land's tap ten icons tae bate historical heroes the likes o Sir Willia
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
y, fowk tales an fantasy. The historical invasioun fae Rome is melled
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ne on the list, or Labour’s historical dominance on the constituency
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rdin tae no-entirely-reliable historical legend, the echteent-century
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ts an nationalists hae strang historical links wi the Scottish Labour
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
D chauvit awa tae fetch oot a historical an cultural record o Scots, f
d brings aw thair linguistic, historical an cultural records thegither
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
- tae git awaur o the historical oncome o the Scots language;
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
er female poets, includin the historical Greek poet Sappho o Lesbos â€
servit). Forby we see the noo historical Scots ‘-is’ inflection fu
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
2nd visit tae Historical Society last nicht. Must be g

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
sist showin the audience some historical facts relatin tae buik 3. Ah

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
dependin on their particular historical backgrund and geography. The
Eirse or Erse, aw o which are historical Scots leid terms fur “Irish
2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
d tae Dumfries. It has a rich historical background (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
The AMC for Historical Linguistics video, 'The Origi (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
different attraction tae the historical an political landmairks discu on page 13
a krone). These include some historical buildins o importance, sic as on page 16

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wis aye quick ti jump in wi a historical fact or twa.
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
icy (Appendix 3). Cultural an historical aspects o Doric lykwise gie l
ast Scots) is een o the three historical indigenous leids o Scotland a
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
The roar snapped me oot o ma historical dwam. ‘Bajen’ haed scored
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
probably wunnerin, ither than historical interest, “Fit wye should a
ot a sae-caad ‘weel kent’ historical figure, fae the very village
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hleen Stewart’s beuk anenst historical facks an ae wheen maist infor
ugh, Roberton, i 1992, anenst historical events an siclik up Borth’i
2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Presbyterianism ir, tae uise historical terms, Catholic, Protestant a on page 15
- Historical an' antropological research o on page 23
er-Scots culture covers monie historical tims an' places, an' the on page 29
Historical Society o' Airlan. O' thaim t on page 43
in Airlan tae lairn aboot the historical links atween on page 63

6 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
In a war tae en wars, a historical lee. on page 33

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@OrangRuth tweeted
fore that, Thon is futuristic historical revision/elision. More fake n(2019) search twitter

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