A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

existin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 9.3 0 0 11.6 0 79.7
Number of occurrences3818 0 0 2 0 18
Number of authors16 13 2 1

Occurrences of existin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wig nae way she could gang on existin like this year in year oot. ' on page 198

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
talk o the glaikit seetuation existin whaur the political system ac on page 103

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
vulnerable. There is nae pre-existin body o Cornish fowk that ken on page 109

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
then existin tae create on page 29

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
arra wi and reinforces DOST's existin quotation fae The Acts of the on page 17
4.6.1478). This antedates oor existin entry by 60 year! on page 20

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
n an revitalisin Scotland’s existin linguistic heritage
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
t makin a maucht tae uise the existin resources in anither wey. Ae
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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
cation cuid be delivert throu existin legislation, fae eikin tae hi
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
al juistice. It is an eik til existin nories aboot human juistice o
(UKELA)8 ti fin oot hou ferr existin seistems o law roun the warld
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
wis aw aboot cowpin ower the existin moniments, no erectin ony new
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e law stops the language frae existin at a level that allous it tae
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e foonds it has laid doon. Wi existin Scots editions o Asterix an T
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lament biggin alangside o the existin English an Gaelic anes, the f
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
d ken thon, hooivver, fae the existin scholarship on the Quarto.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
in favour o English, and the existin oot-haudin o Gaelic is makkit
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@LairnScots tweeted
d. Add resources or check oot existin yins by visitin the page here (2019) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
new wirds. D'ir eekit on tae existin wirds fur tae gie dem sum kin on page 39

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
anidder wye o shoardin up da existin poseetion o English as da onn
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* New maide ir existin' thematic netwaarks shud bae on page 8
existin policy an' resources context on page 19
ak' siccar at they faa wi' in existin' on page 25
air airted oan a place in the existin' education system. Oan accoon on page 26
tant tae mak' a differ atween existin' unmet need an' potential nee on page 36
Also on pages 39, 42, 43, 50, 54, 55, 57, 72
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