A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

context Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.6 26.2 9 19.9 58.1 0 57.5
Number of occurrences8352 6 2 10 0 13
Number of authors37 27 4 2 3 1

Occurrences of context in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
egian pronunciations are awfy context-sensitive, this means ye'll o on page vi

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in an international creative context. on page 37

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, dominate, but still, in the context ay this festival, is exciting on page 3

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
The foond context somehoo wrang. on page 18

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ets oot policy commitments an context, oor reasons for supportin Sc on page 1
Policy Context on page 2
assessment o Scots within the context o relatit national policy an on page 5
assessment o Scots within the context o relatit national policy an on page 6

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e expectit tae hae historical context, geographic spreid an instanc on page 12

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e maist wyce-like theoretical context for interpretin the processes on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
but raither a haill cultural context buriet wi the magazines that on page 96

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
e skeillie ettils, i the same context, o Martin Allan, wha skreives on page 116

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he actioun o Lawburrows i the context o modren Scots Law an the fac on page 25

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
In the first context, it is aefauld, for the maist on page 135

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ie a sub-headin. Pert Ane, ‘Context’, tells us, maist important
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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
glean vague shite n that fae context. Impignorate. Pauciloquent. B
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
rials tae haun, awbeit in the context o no haein a formal teachin s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Ay, an A did tak thaim oot o context, but dileeberate like, for A
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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
Scots Language Policy Context
mitments thit shaw the policy context thit Scots is set athin an th
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lenk, tae belang the academic context;
text alang wi a bittie helpfu context. Ane o the things at eddicati
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ut it’s a help pittin it in context. Whit’s the pynt o warin aw
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
In a European context, ane o the EU pieces o legisl
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ionist Pairty in the Scottish context wis in 1955, an fae then on L
for supremacy in the Scottish context- o coorse, this wisnae reflec
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
et a guid vizzie o awthing in context, something that a list o date
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ey could be uised in a modren context. As weel as the differs in th
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in the cosmopolitan European context. An frae it we can learn muck
oners an ithers in historical context. I uised it tae help keep me
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nt hou wir economic or social context maks us interact wi it.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
political, media an cultural context dominated by the establishmen
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
appeal tae unnerstaundin the context o the crimes, or tae excuse t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
gues walin its ain bits oot o context tae gie the story the kinna b
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
settin services in a Scottish context.
t is localised fur a Scottish context – baith fur tae maximise th
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
l sense. Takkin intae accoont context and register, the former wid
ewhaur in atween, dependin on context and the parteecular sense bei
ill’. As aye in owersettin, context is key fur tae tell ye which
. Onie owersettin will aye be context dependent – and, ultimately
whit wey tae owerset it is a context informit educatit guess.
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
nificantly, are evokit in the context o perfit mairriage. It is a l
n ‘penis’ in a colloquial context; which is pleyed on, fur exem
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s orthography dependin on the context.
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@gordimhor1 tweeted
@Historic_Ally In this context ma favourite Scots word wad b(2019) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
e heard 'keek' yaised in this context in the central belt.(2019) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
appropriate to do that in the context of teaching English grammar; (2021) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
in thi scud". Quality in this context anaw (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
whit a wird means by yaising context clues! https://t.co/VpdiRx9X1 (2018) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Dépends on context. If ye’re being affectionate (2021) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Doric in Context
larners. In an Aiberdeenshire context, this can involve studyin the
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A'v said aw three in ma time. Context is aw. https://t.co/bMEJF1oeP(2020) search twitter
hae job fir aither meanin, wi context bein aw. Graan fir puns. http(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
yiv got tae consider the full context and then say weel done for sh (2020) twitter link

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
a’ is meaning ‘no’ in that context though, while ‘Nae’ is mean(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ran' wirds as Orcadian be the context they appear in. on page 8

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@peediepuss tweeted
lder folk and the most common context would be whether it's a clear(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
referrin tae depends apø da context, bit de'r seldom ony doot abo on page 50
er ting at's maed clear bi da context (da third person). Dis can id on page 52
9 Language in context on page 98

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
UK point o view in a national context, hit’s noo dialect even fae
view, even ithin da Shaetlan context.
ers in dialect.) In a lairnin context, whit bairns lairns aboot dia
o very muckle’ written in a context whaar hit’s obviously suppo
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
referrin tae depends apø da context, but der seldom ony doot aboo

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
n' bein used for dat specific context - winderin if onybody had he

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
offair in the context o' the 250th anniversery o' t on page 12
s national minorities in a UK context. on page 15
existin policy an' resources context bit Ulster-Scots hasnae bein' on page 19
context. Thon suggests at a farder th on page 36
curns tae forder capacityin a context quhar the on page 38
Also on pages 42, 46, 49, 64, 65, 69, 70, 71
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