A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Scott, Hamish

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,155
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.572
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, wi, wis, it, he, a, his, for,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (807 words)
Lallans 82 - Edinburgh
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (51 words)
Lallans 75 - Televeision
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (297 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
lan7 6,060.6153.765
sum7 6,060.6143.563
thair12 10,389.6136.512
v6 5,194.8136.148
jeems5 4,329.0035.875
ceity4 3,463.2035.417
tales5 4,329.0035.058
life10 8,658.0134.613
an65 56,277.0633.284
tv5 4,329.0032.192
thare7 6,060.6131.991
naitur4 3,463.2027.736
sein4 3,463.2027.368
ti12 10,389.6125.559
redd4 3,463.2025.464
hame-gaun2 1,731.6023.407
se3 2,597.4023.355
thai6 5,194.8123.180
aa12 10,389.6121.705
steers2 1,731.6021.683
wi25 21,645.0220.756
granbairns2 1,731.6019.595
wynd2 1,731.6018.859
fowk10 8,658.0118.699
towmond2 1,731.6018.240
things6 5,194.8118.003
toun4 3,463.2017.390
bairns6 5,194.8117.289
souns2 1,731.6016.813
fields3 2,597.4016.662
tentie2 1,731.6016.433
stance2 1,731.6016.086
the101 87,445.8915.704
wark5 4,329.0015.564
eikin2 1,731.6015.473
stanes3 2,597.4015.423
smells2 1,731.6014.942
janet2 1,731.6014.475
apen2 1,731.6014.475
sichts2 1,731.6014.261
throu5 4,329.0014.053
unco3 2,597.4013.989
tho5 4,329.0013.915
bein6 5,194.8113.913
wirkit2 1,731.6013.864
existence2 1,731.6013.680
his18 15,584.4213.518
whar3 2,597.4013.237
uised3 2,597.4012.711
hail3 2,597.4012.621
we14 12,121.2112.611
our3 2,597.4012.315
haed6 5,194.8112.038
edinburgh3 2,597.4011.986
its7 6,060.6111.771
fremmit2 1,731.6011.633
bible2 1,731.6010.955
ainlie2 1,731.6010.536
hairst2 1,731.6010.231
wirkin2 1,731.609.441
lik4 3,463.209.197
growin2 1,731.609.101
hame5 4,329.008.669
mukkil2 1,731.608.596
field2 1,731.608.503
for15 12,987.018.167
hir3 2,597.408.003
a19 16,450.227.929
ferm-toun3 2,597.40nan
faimlie2 1,731.608.070
he20 17,316.027.758
thaim5 4,329.007.321
toun-bred3 2,597.40nan
kintra2 1,731.606.928
screin3 2,597.40nan
wis22 19,047.627.215
bade2 1,731.606.899
warld3 2,597.406.842
land2 1,731.606.841
mynd2 1,731.606.784
stane2 1,731.606.756
syne4 3,463.206.671
ain5 4,329.006.606
een4 3,463.206.230
bodie2 1,731.605.743
in9 7,792.215.591
close2 1,731.605.562
kintra-side3 2,597.40nan
him8 6,926.415.504
year4 3,463.205.415
sense2 1,731.605.371
is2 1,731.605.190
place3 2,597.404.797
forby2 1,731.604.751
hert2 1,731.604.249
mair6 5,194.813.917
til3 2,597.403.743
eneuch2 1,731.603.724
wad4 3,463.203.689
it21 18,181.823.426
thon3 2,597.403.363
en2 1,731.603.194
maist3 2,597.403.140
nou2 1,731.602.977
saw2 1,731.602.860
aw6 5,194.812.812
auld4 3,463.202.732
cud2 1,731.602.698
wey3 2,597.402.300
watcht2 1,731.60nan
faither2 1,731.602.808
sic2 1,731.602.076
wir2 1,731.601.749
this2 1,731.601.662
ither3 2,597.401.647
tell2 1,731.601.578
afore3 2,597.401.508
on10 8,658.011.066
cam2 1,731.600.970
at10 8,658.010.829
thocht2 1,731.600.769
aboot2 1,731.600.700
first2 1,731.600.680
got2 1,731.600.645
i5 4,329.000.567
hae4 3,463.200.551
as9 7,792.210.512
but6 5,194.810.436
no2 1,731.600.405
s7 6,060.610.364
whan2 1,731.600.340
bi2 1,731.600.285
that13 11,255.410.220
us2 1,731.600.177
whit3 2,597.400.089
aye2 1,731.600.079
day2 1,731.600.029
frae2 1,731.600.019
or4 3,463.200.017
factorie2 1,731.60nan
o32 27,705.632.629
fae3 2,597.400.014