A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sentences'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sentencesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus134312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 122.1 21 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.3 17 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 sentences in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
important grammatical wark in sentences (mair aboot dat inna Chapter on page 46
my" subjects ithin impersonal sentences laek: on page 56
ental grammatical roles ithin sentences (mair aboot dis inna on page 69
enyoch), attitudes o hale sentences (surely d'ir no bidin) an lin on page 77
up phrases or sentences (conjunctions): Da man stüd on page 80
Also on pages 82, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90
21 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
uised Yorkshire, slitterin ma sentences wi "Kens", an "Hous", an "Whe
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
drap, the anglicisin o their sentences slawly cease, as ma pals, as
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d tae learn how tae read lang sentences. She'd made it difficult on p on page 70

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Eez well over enunciatin. The sentences dip halfway, raw with adrenal on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wis haein bather speakin. His sentences wad stert out aaricht, but bi on page 30

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
can help set oot text an bigg sentences a patently formal gait. For a on page 11
ll jist be Scots words set in sentences that gaes wi the rules o Stau on page 20
* In Scots, the sentences, A seen the film yestreen and on page 25
ae read yer Scots sentence or sentences alood. Daes it soond like som on page 33
less, jist drappin them intae sentences, athoot keepin tae the Scots on page 38
Also on pages 49
6 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
mmar an telt us hoo tae parse sentences, aa the tenses - we got tae on page 120

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
write down ten examples - in sentences! I'll be back in a minute." on page 37

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
torical flourishes the like o sentences introduced by ‘Didn’t he
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ist a pickle wirds, images or sentences that come tae mind.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
mmar and syntax (the wey that sentences are biggit), and idiom (seyin
The makkit-up sentences ablow illustrate hoo SSE can
on. The hindermaist twa-three sentences are equally dootless and rich
The sentences in atween, hooivver, shaw hoo
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ently’ etc. The twa exemple sentences ablow set oot the sindry sens
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ak a glisk at the twa exemple sentences ablow.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
descrived twae sentences back; A hed seemilar expairen
1 matches

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