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The word 'promotion'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
promotionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of promotion in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
eid socially. Dis maks fir da promotion o ee language ower an abün d on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
bution tae the development an promotion o creative placies an culture
1 matches

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
boot foo we approach language promotion in the region gaan forrit an (2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ass treason, here. Fuckin big promotion, n that. Yae make me sick". on page 136

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
the statutory recognition and promotion of Scotland’s second most s
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
An finally, Stuart got a promotion. I dinna ken what this is aa
air? Oo ken fine what kin o a promotion this is. Forgie’z sayin aa
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
miles a day, pittin in for a promotion, an leukin at mortgages.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y tae keep a dug. And wae her promotion we kin afford it, mate?’’
1 matches

General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ibute tae the preservation an promotion of Scots language; an, on page 5

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
multilingualism. While in the promotion an teachin o Gaelic a meisure
ae the problem o the awnin an promotion o Scots.
promotion o the Welsh leid, bilingualis
is bein done for the promotion o Community leids in Scotland
4 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
sential contributions tae the promotion, support, an growin o Gaelic
nisters' priorities throu the promotion, fundin, regulation an scruti
dhlig thit cuid strenthen the promotion o an the support for Gaelic i
an netwirks o groups for the promotion o Gaelic?
h for Scots tae hae increasit promotion an support athin education ta
5 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
Nations, the promotion o universal tent and respect
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Fordèrin o Ulstèr-Scotch Promotion of Ulster Scots on page 48

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