A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'holding'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
holdingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.488
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 holding in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
& sat through 3 light changes holding up traffic? https://t.co/uMvi(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I'll get it back. Hundred for holding. If I buy a stretch, you can on page 1

1 matches

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
my son, before the umah holding up quartz on page 87

1 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
eystane at the tap (the piece holding it aw together) lookin like i
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
rear view mirror wi the nurse holding her in place. "Ah’m daein t
1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
chts sic as A Pictish Warrior Holding a Human Head (A Pechtish Warr
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
e wi, and I walk towards him, holding oor dog in my arms.
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
cup holders, Premier League, holding our ain with the best in Euro
1 matches

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