A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'illustrate'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
illustrateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 5
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 illustrate in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
' ma pet cushie-doos. She can illustrate yer pets fae £70. https://t.(2018)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
. Ilk pairt haes a photie til illustrate it. I wis delichtit wi the pi on page 123

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Juist let me illustrate hou things are shared; on page 218

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Juist let me illustrate hou things are shared; on page 13

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
, nice n flamboyant trying to illustrate a great intelligence that wiz
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
boobs!” 3 wee stories tae illustrate.
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n ma open haun oot at him tae illustrate whit reversin entails.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah want tae illustrate tae the two dafties that it s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oer his shoulders tae somehow illustrate his point. ‘Y’know, if it
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
erts and requirements fur tae illustrate whit meisures micht be inclui on page 26
erts and requirements fur tae illustrate whit meisures micht be inclui on page 36
erts and requirements fur tae illustrate whit meisures and requirement on page 53

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
twa steids; deed, it is weil illustrate aw the wey throu in the style on page 110

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the very best quotations tae illustrate the meanin or meanins o wirds on page 15

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rs o buiks ane an twa for tae illustrate the subjecks discussed bi the on page 131

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o the sun wins tae. This weel illustrate steid gies a weel-wrocht insi
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
The makkit-up sentences ablow illustrate hoo SSE can be seen as a step
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