Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'volumes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

volumes	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.4	18	11
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	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.2	5	2
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	5
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 volumes 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.

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t nae tae. At in itsel spikks volumes. on page 9

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ry styles maks baith thae sma volumes weel worth the read.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
rsity pittin thegither the 12 volumes o the Dictionar o the Aulder
Aulder Scots Tongue an the 10 volumes o the Scottish National Dicti
s, frae 1200 tae 1976. The 22 volumes haes hunders o thoosands o qu
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
word patronising - it speaks volumes - enjoy your football guys a (2021) twitter link

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
“The first twa volumes , Scottish Language by John Co
o ASLS members. The first twa volumes , Scottish Language by John Co
tment in the land an aw three volumes should hae been yaised tae pr
print, something that speaks volumes aboot an endemic indifference
4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
an screived aboot in learned volumes. The pynt o culture is that i on page 66

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
aist o the commissariats haes volumes wantin, sae mony testaments h on page 40
thair leebrar hameaboot. Thir volumes leets ilka burrial grund alan on page 51

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
le o nixt year the haill twal volumes o DOST wull be in prent frae on page 59

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tion, includin the suppressed volumes, and various other editions, on page 15

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
and copies for ilkane o fower volumes , an whan the texts is brocht
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
onse. Er, tae me, that speaks volumes ?? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
volumes on page 38

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