A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

species Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 16.4 18.1 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4732 12 1 0 1 1
Number of authors24 18 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of species in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The weemin, wives, the better species - on page 48

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
reated as if they're endanger species or summit and naeboady goes n on page 123

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ans, weel tae the males o the species. The Dundee men were cried Ke on page 50

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
haur Roger West wunners whilk species o thrissil trulie represents on page 5

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Nou, Rottankind comprises twa species. on page 55

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
bairn, a species like a Glesca Ned. on page 54

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
yellow centres, e.g. various species of the Ranunculus family’ a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
the potential fur altruism in species wi male paternal genome drap-
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the braid-spreid daith o mony species on the yird (http://www.physl
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hropology, meanin that whan a species has aince been domesticatit,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
es wis “...aerial people or species of creatures not vulgarly kno
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
it is rael aisie for us as a species for ti connach maist o the be
bears, wowfs an ither lairger species o beiss in Scotland an itherg
oor abeilitie for ti connach species is weill-kent. The kinch is a
ng human beings, other living species and the planet. For instance,
ites and the strict system of species protection. All in all the di
6 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
their place as the heid o the species on earth. They kent wha the G
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ha maun be the ower-protectit species. Anent they ither beasts wha
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
y’re no a native indigenous species and gin we dinnae tak tent o
e that fond o allooin fremmit species tae breinge ower their acres
2 matches

McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
egies tae ither maiks o thair species. Resairchers leukit at hou gr
ntae gin the socialisin o the species gart ony physiologic chynge t
s can hae an unco effect on a species’ beirance o new-farrant cli
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n Guid kens, there wis a host species near eneuch tae implant embry
irst edeetion o The Origin of Species on. Bit she wis fascinatit as
wi aa the characteristics o a species that can be successfully dome
antit ony taboo aboot the twa species interbreedin. Efter aa, somet
year-auld girl o the opposite species. Till they discovert that the
7 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
afflictioun o the Male o the species. Yet tae Ken a wyfie gowkairs(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
! Coos wis near an endangerit species noo an yowes wis keepit in zo
n Skreichmakkers: the yae twa species tae crawl ooto the dubs an pl
l DNA tae be fused wi the twa species, lizard an common gull, hid b
d scientist jaloused, the twa species micht gie help tae the ither,
ers, fur spikk atween the twa species wis wintin. Septiles hid the
9 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
aybe aa I recognise is my ain species.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
y but surely gaun extinct, ae species at a time. For the past forty
ear, in Banffshire alane, twa species o wildfloor has disappeart iv
2 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
In lamplight a species on page 32

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
yin o the hills. (Bent is ae species o girs/gress o the genus Agro
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
That the female o' the species is mair cunnin' than the male on page 18

1 matches

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