A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gestures'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gesturesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1178
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gestures 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.

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
him and he gestures wae his hands that he is read on page 44
himsel cushy oan the seat he gestures fur us baith tae come closer. on page 102

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ony cam deleeberately tae mak gestures o respeck tae thaim as they p
” sayed Derriakin. She made gestures o eatin. “Mait. For eatin.
” They made throat-slittin gestures.
dishes awa efter meals, smaa gestures that Iskander, wha had tae ri
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
his desk and straight awey he gestures fur me tae sit doon opposite
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
behind us an take a seat. Mo gestures taewards mah bag fae across t on page 24

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
A scene?' Mum yells, and gestures roond the pub, aw eyes on us on page 26

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n ay the wummen fae the crowd gestures tae Aonghas tae help 'er up o on page 3

3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
doon a minute Daniel.’ she gestures tae the chair next tae her, p
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah nod an smile at her an she gestures fur me tae go wae her intae t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae ma buoyant enthusiasm but gestures wae his fingers that he’ll
1 matches

General Central

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
talkin an gestures,
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
than 'Bru. And making wanker gestures. https://t.co/tSQlnPXPRC(2020)

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