A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

imperative Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1 1.5 0 23.2 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences92 1 0 4 1 1
Number of authors6 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of imperative 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

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
leave Glasgow. It's certain. Imperative. on page 3

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
?", the "go" uized as a kin o imperative as it is in the sooth o Scotl
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
culture, sae it’s even mair imperative an aa that oor bairns unnerst
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ical wyes o shaain commaands. Imperative claases is wint tae on page 93
In Aald Norse da imperative subject wis optional bit you on page 94
mmaand an is technically no a imperative bit whit dey on page 95

4 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
cotland is, tent the scriptur imperative, “Preach Christ an him cruc
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
economic impact. The economic imperative wudnae on page 66

1 matches

Web Analytics