"Absolutely, totally, filled to the brim with the Famous Grouse": intensifying adverbs in the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech

Anderson, W. (2006) "Absolutely, totally, filled to the brim with the Famous Grouse": intensifying adverbs in the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech. English Today, 22(3), pp. 10-16. (doi: 10.1017/S0266078406003038)

Abstract

The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS for short) has been available online since November 2004. It currently contains over 2.3 million words of texts in varieties of Broad Scots and Scottish English. Regular additions are made to the textual content of the corpus and the integrated search and analysis software is continually undergoing improvement. Over the next year, the corpus will grow to around 4 million words, 20% of which will comprise spoken language in the form of conversations and interviews.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Scots, Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech, intensifying adverbs
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Anderson, Professor Wendy
• Authors: Anderson, W.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English; P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics
• Journal Name: English Today
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISSN: 0266-0784
• Copyright Holders: Copyright Ã�© 2006 Cambridge University Press
• First Published: First published in English Today 22(3):10-16
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