A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

focused Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 6.9 12.8 0 11.6 0 8.8
Number of occurrences2513 8 0 2 0 2
Number of authors19 9 6 2 2

Occurrences of focused in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a modren demotic Scots an wis focused on modren issues, nae maitter on page 40

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ile the boay tries tae remain focused on Leith's impendin attack. on page 110
e the cless. As she wis still focused oan her task at the blackboar on page 194

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
a distinct strand of learning focused on Scotland incorporating Sco on page 3

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
submissions focused on Scots an the education sys
Paragraph (17) o this report focused on the definition o “minori
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ommunicated, with pinpointed, focused, specific accuracy when using
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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
n a distinct threid o lairnin focused on Scotland haudin Scots hist
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
nely said an oor". Ah’m sae focused on getting hame fast, that Ah
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
couldnae fire! By the time A focused again, Mungo Campbell the law
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
somehow, thankfully, remainin focused oan the road.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
diminished. Ah huv tae remain focused oan ma maist important priori
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@ionafyfe tweeted
nummer o ither things tae be focused on inoo.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
oor heids only focused on on page 87

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t dizzy-kine an far awa es he focused oan Joyce's behind, jigglin u on page 41
t an pynt te aa the doors. He focused oan the reed. lipsticked moo on page 42

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nte the limo. He sighed as he focused on the chiks o Chantelle's bu on page 59

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
o 2015/16, Education Scotland focused on Scots as a case study for
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ey felt this acclaim hid been focused on too small a target, for wi
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
rculatin social media, fit is focused on the story o a humble wifie
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@72redz1903 tweeted
d, non partisan, positive and focused on opportunities - everythin (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
owerly focused an emphasised. on page 56

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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Me haed wis clear, an focused. Davie wis dere, wi da rest o
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie didnae reply. She focused on the clean een that wur pee on page 1

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
re not stand alone but future focused and with legacy built in. on page 5

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