A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

vocabulary Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.5 17.1 0 0 34.9 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences4434 0 0 6 1 3
Number of authors17 12 2 1 2

Occurrences of vocabulary in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s goat an awfy wee functional vocabulary when it comes tae some hings. on page vi
swegian enjoys a full an rich vocabulary-ainsults, expressions ae scep on page vii

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
fae ma writin. Ah've a bigger vocabulary in Scots and use mair idioms, on page 7

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ally uses a range of Scottish vocabulary I am not as convinced as you on page 121

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ch semantic gleanins is Burns vocabulary for the mair physical aspects
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ising in simplifying needless vocabulary). After that bunch of jobs he
e, knowing Nichols’ limited vocabulary, it probably cid’ve been de
2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
even gin Scots poems an vocabulary is uised in schuils, there ne
arnin bairns elementary Scots vocabulary an gien them hert tae screive
muckle sib vocabulary, wi English. The sibness is g
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Scots vocabulary can be categorised intae diff
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
oken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an a prescriptive grammar (ma
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e celebrate the range o Scots vocabulary that we dae finnd in the play
a tiny sample fae the fouth o vocabulary that isnae shared atween Scot
hae lestit a bit langer. Like vocabulary, grammar is aye chyngin. Alan
3 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
r public discoorse. The coded vocabulary o oor political memes - "str
'll be daein awricht. But the vocabulary o theft here is wrang. Scots
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ay, hae aw been addit tae oor vocabulary. Pastas, pizzas, salsa, curri
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
es, whae wud huv hud a muckle vocabulary. Ah wud expeck fowk tae bring
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
vocabulary
expand their vocabulary
vocabulary A
vocabulary
an vocabulary
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n: accent (phonology), wirds (vocabulary), grammar and syntax (the wey
S-specific grammar, idiom and vocabulary (e.g. fall/autumn, vacation/h
Vocabulary
There is a rowth o vocabulary specific tae the English spak
are yaisin Scotland-specific vocabulary; the preposition ‘outwithâ€
7 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ry leids, wi their ain unique vocabulary, syntax and smeddum.
Scotland will tak intae their vocabulary, but scrieve and pronoonce in
2 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
n simply a few wirds in thair vocabulary, tae ithers it cuid be a rich
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
language idda wirld. Baith da vocabulary an grammar is a mixter o Norn on page 16
dda pronunciation, grammar an vocabulary atween Shaetlan an Lowland Sc on page 20

3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s of grammar, possess a small vocabulary, are unwritten, and enjoy a l
have grammar rules and a wide vocabulary, are written, and are used in
ird in a language at haes nae vocabulary. I micht tink at da phrase â€
3 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hugh MacDiarmid's vast vocabulary; on page 222

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fferences in baith grammer an vocabulary between the twa languages. on page v

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@the_gellick tweeted
ae yin amang them has daicent vocabulary. #literacy (2014) twitter link
tae improve yer Ulster Scots vocabulary, Steven! (2016) twitter link

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