A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'stems'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stemsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61211
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 stems in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
stitches are brakkan an the stems on page 108

1 matches

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
h the railins an hingin briar stems tae far he could jist aboot m
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers @CaroleInnes0 A stems fae an affa phone bill the ki(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
wis hame tae complex clan sýstems, whiles fechtin, whiles wirki
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
kin jist tell this cowardess stems fae that bastard in the motor on page 153

1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Chrysanths, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Thair strang straucht stems
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A history that stems fae Jute on page 24
that stems back on page 78

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the man strechtens the stems on page 50

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
flooers galore, but aw their stems were twistit an taigelt. The
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s wirds oot there: aye, which stems fae Germanic roots. Anither e
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
The name stems frae Gaelic roots. 'Sron ramh on page 201

1 matches

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