A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

literacy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 12.3 7.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3124 5 0 1 0 1
Number of authors14 10 2 1 1

Occurrences of literacy in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
ien his freedom because o his literacy and storytelling. He is also on page 3

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
* In the Literacy and English: Principles and P on page 3
the yiss o Scots in developin literacy skills an addressin the Raisi on page 6
wey o developin transferable literacy skills. on page 7

5 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
audience: graduates in adult literacy (sen Ms. Gray is, in another on page 97

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Language an Literacy Policy in Scotland
literacy policies is in the national i
anco, J.L (2001) Language and Literacy Policy in Scotland; preammle
anco, J.L.(2001) Language and Literacy Policy in Scotland. p78
anco, J L (2001) Language and Literacy Policy in Scotland
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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
k gaither confidence in their literacy skills writin in Scots. This
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
d thaim thair first inlat tae literacy in the Scots language. It's t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™ his tests because o’ his literacy problems. Tae their eternal c
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
English literacy
adult literacy,
literacy
literacy
literacy
6 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
challenge lairners an include literacy E's and O's within numeracy @(2017) search twitter
pairty! Bilingualism improves literacy, dis it no? Unnerstaunin Scot(2016) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
oduced some support for Adult Literacy in #Scots in an accessible, l (2021) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Key themes in the English an Literacy curriculum direct teachers ta
structive weys in tae leid an literacy. In their Annual Review o 201
efit larners, includin active literacy approaches, co-operative larn
3 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
gage at schuil. Bilingualism, literacy, self esteem an culture - aa (2021) twitter link
gin up self-esteem, validity, literacy, culture an community. I lear (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n trained in Standirt English literacy an spelleen. Becis o dat, aa on page 36

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
them has daicent vocabulary. #literacy (2014) twitter link