A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'construction'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
constructionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of construction in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like an undeemous construction site. on page 19

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
y specific question aboot the construction, she jokes Mamma Mia! Are you
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
daels wi a copula construction in Shaetlan, dat bein a linke on page 86

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
biological influences on the construction of the house," says Dr Intell
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
en doin, an she glanced at da construction student next ta me an said “ (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ens biggin. It's a faantastic construction at cost aboot the same es a b on page 63

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
tae the environment that the construction o the AWPR micht hae caused,
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
which emanatit fae the glass construction an, as the tête-a-tête deve
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e link Braemar tae Aiberdeen. Construction got sae faur as tae big a rai
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he cooncil - a worked in the construction industry - theyve got twae o (2021) twitter link
e fm hasnt even mentioned the construction industry is shameful - they (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nor announcin free drink on a construction site.
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae signage oer it, Jamieson Construction Ltd bein the main wan.
1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
That is an antedatin for this construction whilk is first recordit in DO on page 19

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
t no wan muckle wappen o mass construction?
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
hat why yer Uncle Sam is dain construction wark, noo?’
or place facin whaur twathree construction warkers were stood leanin on
2 matches

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