Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'critical'

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Use in varieties of Scots

critical	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.8	19	18
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.1	4	4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.5	2	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of critical in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
begin. There’s no the same critical mass o likeminded neebors sha
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n description o Shaetlan at a critical stage, whin hit bein endanger on page 10

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tensions," she said, castin a critical ee ower Betty's wirk-rochened on page 80

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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
twenties. Mabel wiz far mair critical o this photo, though, thinkin
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
se, But ah decide tae keep ma critical opinions oan the matter tae m on page 174

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ulish raither nor dynamic and critical. It's braw to finnd (suddentl on page 97

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
MONY fowk is gey critical o the kinna mait we feed oors
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e livin throu whit could be a critical moment in the history o the S
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
roun the central necessity o critical thinkin. A've been teachin hi on page 15

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that, then at least takkin a critical look at whit they were sayin on page 19

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Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e like a gid boay and keep ma critical opinions tae masel. But befor on page 34

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ry seemt tae hae gotten tae a critical mass, an cudna nae langer be
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General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
o the bigger anes, are unner critical pressure as the effecks o glo on page 17

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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
he Gaeltacht thit hae a basic critical mess o community an state sup
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
mature critical feedback
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
although in 2015, whan a new critical edition o the hale manuscript
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@jack_capener tweeted
n linguistic orthodoxies. Nae critical hinkin anaw. Awa yersel back (2019)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
BELIEVE. Science, reason and critical thinking have no place here. (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ible steerins, resourcin' an' critical on page 29

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