A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

stance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 10.3 3 9.9 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences2920 2 1 0 0 6
Number of authors17 12 2 1 2

Occurrences of stance in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
frae apen stance, throu close an wynd on page 57

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ate. Bringin thegither Lenz's stance an Reid's, whit A jaloose A w on page 36

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r it wis telt fae an Emprical stance an no fae the pynt o view o o on page 84

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
better - reid clockers, for stance, and eucalyptus leaves, and t on page 80

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Unease grew ower Cathy's stance, on page 31
der tae shooder wi Sheridan's stance on page 41

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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
er thro a ring in hiz laundin-stance, sklimmed up intil hiz holl a
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
collogues at the stance, the surveyar wuid tak me ti
an rauchters wes sauf on the stance, Tammas biggit a wie
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t ‘Sea and Sky’. Gang tae stance 1107 for tae buird the seasub
buird the seasub Cousteau. At stance 2215 ye can buird the starshi
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
bus is actually sittin et the stance ready tae board. The reason i
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A got there tryin tae fin the stance, frantically peerin in windae
he wheel, it pulls up tae oor stance, and lo and behold, it has SA
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
emanating from Qatar” – a stance that soonds exackly like thei
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
y isna takkin a strang eneuch stance on. This also means that prog
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
strangly populist-nationalist stance that pits a bodie i mind o UK
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Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
uffle roon’ an’ change ma stance,
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e should be applauded for her stance - its a big well done from m (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e hill wi them an teuk up his stance on a bittie flat grun. There on page 89

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
he aal brig, or by the mereat stance? Ye get the braaest veisie fa on page 100

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
gs noo. Whan Inga relays thir stance, hid credits anither survival on page 26

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
moontin wi thaim, an tuk hïs stance on a flet bït o grun; an aa on page 79

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
e o lairnin an maist o aa tha stance o CCLEW 'at tha oncum o GCE/G on page 27
heirskip an cultùr wyreless stance. on page 39
4.34 Tha stance thenoo o Ulstèr-Scotch as a on page 44
4.48 Tha stance o Ulstèr-Scotch as a wechtie on page 52

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