Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'instrument'

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Use in varieties of Scots

instrument	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9	30	19
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
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	9.8	4	3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	3
GLA - Glasgow	41	8	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	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)	98.5	3	1
GUL - General Ulster	20	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of instrument 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

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an instrument on page 16
like a charge. The idea o an instrument, on page 22

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
furriners. Syne he opened his instrument case, rubbit his bow wi rosit
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e wis his ain; Wha forged his instrument? on page 7

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Bi uise o a mathematical instrument .
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Suddron. Ye wes the instrument o the Deil at alloued the soj
at he stertit ti onfeize hiz instrument the bettir ti be yibbils ti r
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n a sang, playin a tune on an instrument, or mebbe recitin a poem or m on page 70

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
micht be wantin in skeel, the instrument, the Scots leid, hes the reso on page vii

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
"Ah dae. Ah am his instrument. He sings on page 112

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
nmark o Man is the haund, the instrument he uises tae cairy oot aa his
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e! The Church is just another instrument ay oppression utilised tae su on page 10

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
foikie as I've no got a real instrument. I slink aff stage as soon as on page 3

6 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e! The Church is just another instrument ay oppression utilised tae su
1 matches

General Central

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
s a soupple, cannie, thochfou instrument for the vyce o the fowk. He a on page 59

2 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Altho he couldna play ony instrument, he enjoyed listenin tae pibr on page 4

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
l document wis drawn up as an instrument tae address an coonter the mo on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"It's aye a gey bonnie instrument," the Music Maister declared. on page 106

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
before said, to make hym ane instrument. on page 20

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in the same." Daniel teuk the instrument wi a blank expression. on page 12
od's name did we need anither instrument in this god-forsaken hoose? I on page 31

3 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
sae raire as pleyin a musical instrument tae professional on page 8

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
pleyin styles an' instrument maakin. on page 30

1 matches