A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

engage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 9.9 19.2 0 0 0 46.4
Number of occurrences4520 13 0 0 0 12
Number of authors19 13 4 2

Occurrences of engage in Corpus

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Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
the Scottish Government wuid engage wi thon that hae brocht up th on page 10
in on Scots organisations tae engage. on page 47

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e adrenaline. Craig tries tae engage me in conversation "Where the on page 134
nd naeboady seemed willin tae engage the new face in conversation. on page 190

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
hin warlds are encouraged tae engage wi their Scots speakin audien on page 3
n individual institutions tae engage wi the document in weys whilk on page 6
tae confidently an creatively engage wi Scots, wirkin wi sic pairt on page 7

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
quipment, aw these situations engage the reader's emotions. on page 87

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r each. Nichols didni wish to engage in the world wi any such deft
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
present and future readers to engage’ wi Scott, he can be sure t
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
tabaccae, or titch siller, or engage in tred. Aa Man’s laits is
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Aince us engage the inemy, he’s in command,
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the Labour pairty wullin tae engage wi reddin oot thae issues, or
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
uckle chynges in the wey fowk engage wi culture.
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ae mak a conscious effort tae engage wi their ain culture? The big
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
entury Scotland, while ithers engage wi moral and romantic themes.
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@LairnScots tweeted
A braw way tae engage the mithers an faithers o yer (2017) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
al health disnae allow me tae engage as much as(2021) search twitter

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
culum direct teachers tae, ‘engage with a broad range of increas
ties for secondary pupils tae engage in Scots leid an gain qualifi
ties an creatives tae bigg an engage in artistic programmes whilk
tion. Larners hae a richt tae engage wi Doric at school as een o t
* Opportunities tae engage wi larnin throwe Doric an abo
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
o, of course, it’s vital wi engage wi the youngir generation an
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@72redz1903 tweeted
i the ba, confident enough to engage the opposition centre backs - (2020) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n tae gie them the chance tae engage at schuil. Bilingualism, lite (2021) twitter link
nd Modern Studies teachers to engage with Scots - no (2020) twitter link
heazin up bairns' richts tae engage positively an creatively wi t (2020) twitter link
irns a muckle space tae fully engage wi Scots at schuil. It's a ab (2020) twitter link
think we should celebrate and engage with, acknowledge the languag (2019) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
issioner wul bae expected tae engage aa gyely senior levels in a c on page 4

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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
Curn at gied o' thair tim'tae engage wi' iz. Hit's a matther o' de on page 4
s' o' Ulster-Scots talent tae engage wi' equivelant talent in ithe on page 8
s tae maximise the chanst tae engage, on page 20
s Norlin Airlan at cud an wud engage wi' Ulster Scots bit havnae d on page 36
s see hoo hit's important tae engage wi' schuils an' gie chansts f on page 48
Also on pages 49, 63, 64, 71
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