A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

communities Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 25.7 12.1 0 11.6 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6550 8 0 2 4 1
Number of authors25 18 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of communities in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
k on bi cultural an political communities aboot the wey pooer an presti on page 33

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ugs started tae set intae the communities. And began tae pollute the mi on page 90

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ship cin dae that hairm local communities. Fer electit dictatorships is on page 29
an ither folklore survives in communities fer the simple reason that th on page 72
places are unsettlin tae the communities that they are located amang, on page 90

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
communities in weys that refleck the anci on page 20
were held in common by their communities, nou the lairdies had control on page 82

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
nguage represented within the communities of Scotland, valuing the lang on page 3

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
es that belangs sindert Scots communities. A wheen favourites is The Se on page 61

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
t bleck spots in former minin communities in the like o Wast Fife an So on page 7
es the lingua franca o ethnic communities here in Scotland - ye can re on page 8
ctin the braidth o the ethnic communities in siclike cities. Onywey, an on page 10

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e UK, its nations, regions an communities.
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
y, thegither wi a tynin o sma communities an
no juist for the communities that speaks thae leids. It ma
individuals an communities. For individuals, bilingualis
employment. For communities, bilingualism gies continuity
ide cohesion inwith an atween communities an
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
ere a growth o Gaelic spikkin communities athort the central belt an th
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ns fae athort the hail o thir communities. We are efter thochts on hou
an support Gaelic spikkers in communities whaure'er they micht be athin
ge ithin baith the hame an in communities. Alang wi this is a commitmen
nner the processes, Gaeltacht communities alang wi communities in Gaelt
alang wi communities in Gaeltacht Service Toons, a
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ucracy, marginalisin minority communities throu the hunner cuts o it's-
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
eends an oor faimilies an oor communities, but tae awthing we ever were
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ack wi them tae their ootlyin communities.
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
s author veesitin schules and communities, I’ve come across hunners o
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d-run system benefits neither communities nor thaim that come tae enjoy
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ed i connection wi the leivin communities o Scots speakers. Gin this pr
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
testant warkin cless unionist communities that were strangly Tory aince
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e control that individuals an communities haes ower their ain lifes. De
o the new engagement o Scots communities that’s takkin pairt in elec
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
eir faimlies, freens or wider communities can send a gey pooerfu messag
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
bears testament tae this. Oor communities haes became re-engaged wi pol
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nofficial apartheid, wi haill communities left tae rot, an wi nae sign
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
and the day. There are strang communities o Gaelic speikers ootwi thir
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@LairnScots tweeted
ltysek Weel kent in ex-mining communities an ayont. Fae when ye'd store (2020) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Doric is important tae the communities o the Nor-East as it is the i
nguage represented within the communities of Scotland, valuing the lang
gies opportunities for local communities an creatives tae bigg an enga
and. Doric is thrang in local communities an wirkplaces, an for mony la
Riches tae gie oor skweels an communities thebenefits o this excellent
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
tae deliver mail tae remote communities. But, we in the village hiv c
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n individuals, generations an communities. https://t.co/9lvxxKV2sX (2020) twitter link
a floodplain, a place used by communities for fitba pitches, Highland G (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
e dir ain. Hoosumivver, ithin communities whaar aa kind o language is c on page 9
island communities aroon da wirld tae bide IN di on page 79

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wuid find i urban industrial communities. A think it wuid bei trew tae
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@StuartPoet tweeted
ScotGov Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Govt @ClydesdAileen(2020) search twitter
MCV_official dae sae much for communities in their ain leid at this pyn(2020) search twitter
eidlines an havers, but aboot communities an the folk whae bade in thai (2020) twitter link

Ulster

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
ettin Hub can be aiccessed at communities-ni.gov.uk/translationhub
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