A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

identity Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words52.4 44.7 11.8 19.9 34.9 41.3 247.4
Number of occurrences17490 8 2 6 4 64
Number of authors52 37 5 2 3 2 3

Occurrences of identity in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, bound together under a gang identity and who are fiercely opposed on page 54

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ling of specifically Scottish identity. on page 36
ex nature o a modren Scottish identity. In an article published in 2 on page 44

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ieal ootlet for our Seo ttish identity at that time, as ye'll see fa on page 14
tae gie fowk a strang sense o identity wi the national culture. In t on page 17

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ragile sense of self worth an identity oan the playing ay a particul on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
's aa wede awaa With our post-identity. on page 58

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cognise within thumselves. An identity. But then that hard nosed bit on page 86
n some small wey resembled an identity. They hud a ready made career on page 89
ah turn tae reveal the soonds identity ah see that it's a vile looki on page 168

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
kennt that, forbye - hou the identity o the Scots is rootit in oor on page 71

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it strips yir identity on page 16
whar oor language an identity on page 74
it's meh identity. on page 116

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, Carl MacDougal, Aurum Press, on page 84

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tial tae cultural an personal identity in Scotland on page 4
tial tae cultural an personal identity in Scotland on page 9
ticle's definition o language identity in terms o 'linguistic common on page 19
the expression o a collective identity an o a kenspeckle wey o perce on page 20

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
arn about Scotland's culture, identity and language. Through engagin on page 3
Scotland's heritage, national identity an current cultural life. The on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
colour, releegion, sex, gener identity, sexual airtans, cless or til on page 14
e tapestry o the leid its ain identity an colour. on page 15

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
adoptit community, a soorce o identity for her an her faimily. on page 8

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
nds guide ye ... (Reveals his identity.) on page 35

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Identity crisis? Whit identity crisis? A ken whit A um - bo on page 31

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
her aspecks o their corporate identity. on page 107

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
He is pairt an paircel o the identity o Scotland, whither we like i on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
nature o Scots nationheid an identity. As in the first hauf o the b on page 131

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ge associated with a negative identity that links with the relegatio on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
baith fund increased levels o identity, confidence, motivation, enjo
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
anguage is a pairt o national identity, Burns haes given the Parliam
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
folk can haud ontae a sense o identity, be a pairt o cultural divers
makkin for a siccar sense o identity an braidenin opportunities fo
ge is inbiggit intil cultural identity.
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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
arn about Scotland's culture, identity and language. Through engagin
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
rsels, and on whit basis thon identity wis taen tent o, is aye a gey
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
t Jedlicka, a colourful racin identity an yin-time PR agent wha cawe
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
icality raither than personal identity. It's no the hale gemme, the
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ways weel impressed. Regional identity, for me, wis a novelty, a dau
hic toll. It's no MA cultural identity that's bein rejectit. Ah'm Yo
2 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hou tae feel aboot their ain identity? Hivvin tae let on tae be som
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
anger haein the international identity it haed in the 15t an 16t cen
born oot o the antisyzygetic identity in post-Union Scotland, whaur
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ntial as Wallace tae Scottish identity ower the centuries.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
between language, culture an identity, but it might gie me a differ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rtant as pairt o oor cultural identity that we hae a force-fu wark s
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
on or simply pride in yer ain identity. We’ve came oot, as a natio
Ma identity is tied up wi’ the land. An
h’ve been trained intil. Ma identity hus been taken’ from me tim
re fechting oor North British identity by huvin’ a renaissance (no
an the deeper levels o’ oor identity. We need tae accept that Engl
5 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
personal, social and cultural identity.’
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
identity cairds- nae trials- an house
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
speirt the younger man, “of identity donation?”
t me to ... give Beatrice’s identity to Rongye?” The wirds wis h
m sure you must have heard of identity donation?”
ce, gie bluid tae confirm her identity, hae the photies an ither eem
urinder, “Have you heard of identity donation?”
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
ace, as far as I can see, for identity wars. Maist fowk seem tae get
eers’ no a virtual ‘Grand Identity Assassination Central’. (fo
Personal identity is under attack from every fr
yin’ tae mould oor personal identity intil a social identity which
intil a social identity which suits the aspirational
5 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
t them til a kenspeckle Scots identity.
Scots is tae cowp the actual identity o the Inglis, an wrutten in a
Soothron culture, langage an identity that haed won tae the fore.
3 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
felt confident wi their Scots identity, they wanda need tae explicit
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
al intrest in Scots cultur an identity, an aw. It wad provide data o
iation, an in Scots cultur an identity, tae speir intae the language
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
irns, kept a sense o Scottish identity alive an when the time cam fo
ion tae uphaudin wir Scottish identity.
2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
An identity caird. A wee pictur, mebbe tw
– a close facsimile o his identity caird – ‘A’m Niamh.’
hadnae met afore, richt? The identity cairds were similar, an thare
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ectin a strang sense o female identity.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ew forum fir cultural wark an identity exploration. Mair nor as impo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ng sense o Scottish naitional identity in a medieval Scotland whaur
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
r", hmmm? Huv ye got a secret identity, Frank? ??(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ae remove as much o oor Scots identity as they kin. Tried it afore e (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
ationship wi itsel an Europe, identity, mental health in the Arts, S (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nstagram m8 - but use a fake identity - n ool baith hae a pairty l (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
f we cud jist see yir preef o identity, sir.' on page 79

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
t an promote a strang sense o identity.
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
pt tae disolve oor culture an identity, in a simmilar wey that ither
ither symbols o oor national identity sic as the Scots leid has bee
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@72redz1903 tweeted
dinna bather yirsel. British identity? Nae chunce (2022) twitter link
nae an ethno, bleed and grun identity, ken fit I mean? (2020) twitter link
been indy ah my life but the identity bit? It’s aboot power, devol (2020) twitter link

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ttp://t.co/IXKfmpbsXq #scots #identity(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And a crisis o identity - he sleeps amang the kye. on page 50

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Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
angit wi anxieties o cless an identity an nation – sheu wis scunne
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
hae its ain richt, da sense o identity, confidence an resilience is on page 9
's a muckle pairt o wir local identity, an forms a huge pairt o da h on page 10

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
1. Dialect haes nae identity.
haes a connotation o Shaetlan identity, we’r spaekin aboot dialect
dialect means at hit haes nae identity, an sae ony variation fae sta
3 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
I can now reveal MY TRUE IDENTITY as Marjolein's Secret Santie!(2017) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
weel owre by an haein its ain identity an makkin an, Ah'm hopefu, ge (2020) twitter link

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ur us in NE to reevaluate oor identity rather then being sae-called (2020) search twitter
tae empower me intae ma true identity, simple as that!(2020) search twitter
which a huv dilemma with this identity question! Solve ma problem lo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
new identity an' leid authorities provided on page 4
oantae the Richts, Leid an' Identity team aa RLIEnquiries@executiv on page 8

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
a lang wie bit we houl at oor identity hes sae mich unfufilled poten on page 4
5. Oor identity reaches ayont Norlin Airlan a on page 5
ts es a thrivin' 21st century identity dhriv bae the revival o' hit' on page 6
nsts tae gie the Ulster-Scots identity hit's richtfu an' on page 9
e settin ap o' the offaice o' Identity an' Cultural on page 11
Also on pages 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 36, 37, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 69
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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
on o a Scotch or Ulster-Scots identity aiblins gaed oot o mony folks
a tribes" narrative o British identity forenenst Irish identity took
forenenst Irish identity took houl. As weel as that, t
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