Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'functions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

functions	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.7	42	12
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	42	32	7
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	50	5	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of functions 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
er faithers' Chryse corporate functions. Thir no on page 81

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
aeperate an dey hae saeperate functions: - een maks nouns fae verbs, on page 41
saeperit functions: ee is da numeral form an is on page 67
aed sum spaekers merge da twa functions intae da sam form, on page 80

3 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nerve-agent. Brain an boadily functions become strangers.
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
* reviewin o the functions and structures o Bòrd na Gà on page 2
egal effect anely in leemitit functions, that is in the promuivement, on page 8
in hoo they cairrie oot their functions - throu the process o develo on page 21
rategie in cairryin oot their functions - whither they hae a Gaelic on page 22
orities in cairryin oot their functions. on page 23
Also on pages 25, 29, 33, 54, 55
12 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
edioms haes the swackest o aw functions in ony leid.This piece daesna on page 34
Wikipedia haes functions for talk that allous this fee on page 48

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
deliberative and legislative functions; a governing body. on page 18

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
frae the leid - its losses o functions an o spickers. This than impl on page 56

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
chd wull see thinkin ower the functions thit Bòrd na Gàidhlig maun
ommitment on the review o the functions o the Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
mmitment for tae gae ower the functions an structures o Bòrd na Gài
wull gar mair chyges tae the functions o Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
y oor weish is thit groups wi functions in airts, tourism an in herit
12 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
screivit as ‘copious’. As functions was transferrt tae the vernac
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
k oot the reenge o linguistic functions the Scots leid is up wi.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lop Scots i new weys, for new functions , a pairt o a language communi
1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
onal deliverin' an' strategic functions forebye. on page 4
ae cairry oot the airtins an' functions o' the Commissioner. on page 8

3 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
regairds tae 5,16 abeen, the functions o' the Commissioner shud bae on page 59

2 matches