A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Handy, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,235
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 852
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.623
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, a, tae, it, o, that, as, s,

List of texts in corpus

Forked Tongues
Bella Caledonia (2016-Mar-26) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as blog (2,235 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
jamaica18 8,053.69213.505
patois17 7,606.26201.312
jamaican10 4,474.27108.896
de7 3,131.9944.052
way10 4,474.2739.983
in76 34,004.4737.140
folk11 4,921.7035.330
easton3 1,342.2832.375
marley3 1,342.2830.148
jamaicans3 1,342.2830.148
mainstream4 1,789.7128.376
standard5 2,237.1427.269
articles3 1,342.2826.306
influences3 1,342.2825.438
by16 7,158.8424.176
kill5 2,237.1423.764
english11 4,921.7023.164
scotland13 5,816.5523.156
are14 6,263.9822.353
power4 1,789.7121.481
respected2 894.8520.764
louise2 894.8520.764
weh2 894.8520.764
although4 1,789.7120.709
scots23 10,290.8320.169
rebellion3 1,342.2820.034
also5 2,237.1419.905
has8 3,579.4219.895
spraffin2 894.8519.042
lou2 894.8519.042
snobbery2 894.8519.042
descendants2 894.8519.042
maist10 4,474.2719.004
was11 4,921.7018.668
dangerous3 1,342.2818.371
he4 1,789.7118.282
as32 14,317.6718.179
unfamiliar2 894.8517.861
conveniently2 894.8517.861
newly2 894.8517.861
printin2 894.8517.861
preservin2 894.8517.861
wrong3 1,342.2817.690
real5 2,237.1417.385
language10 4,474.2717.034
yuh9 4,026.85nan
bennett2 894.8516.958
fi2 894.8516.958
accepted2 894.8516.224
controlled2 894.8516.224
effort3 1,342.2816.029
culture5 2,237.1415.389
privilege2 894.8515.074
wis7 3,131.9915.054
whose2 894.8514.605
preserve2 894.8514.605
african2 894.8514.605
spoken4 1,789.7114.520
is30 13,422.8214.376
elephant2 894.8514.186
his2 894.8514.094
valid2 894.8513.808
talk4 1,789.7113.580
neighbour2 894.8513.463
bob3 1,342.2812.732
resistance2 894.8512.328
website2 894.8511.865
definitely2 894.8511.865
many3 1,342.2811.834
phrases2 894.8511.451
existence2 894.8511.451
british3 1,342.2811.197
one4 1,789.7111.119
much5 2,237.1411.079
somewhere2 894.8511.079
sheena2 894.8511.079
an83 37,136.4710.992
it45 20,134.2310.929
january2 894.8510.905
genuine2 894.8510.905
received2 894.8510.905
recognise2 894.8510.739
compare2 894.8510.580
national4 1,789.7110.538
when9 4,026.8510.444
liz2 894.8510.427
livin3 1,342.2810.337
extent2 894.8510.280
similar2 894.8510.280
variety2 894.8510.139
no15 6,711.419.930
the97 43,400.459.786
try4 1,789.719.694
media3 1,342.289.649
speak4 1,789.719.574
independent2 894.859.503
ah26 11,633.119.408
american2 894.859.388
might3 1,342.289.360
use3 1,342.289.222
anythin2 894.859.063
regarded4 1,789.71nan
mon2 894.859.388
daily2 894.858.960
equal2 894.858.960
expect2 894.858.860
scottish6 2,684.568.706
majority2 894.858.669
haffi3 1,342.28nan
telly2 894.858.577
cultural3 1,342.288.425
s30 13,422.828.371
words4 1,789.718.365
than8 3,579.428.345
world3 1,342.288.310
re6 2,684.568.143
school3 1,342.288.088
international2 894.857.990
cos3 1,342.287.946
start3 1,342.287.808
burns3 1,342.287.740
accent2 894.857.693
listenin2 894.857.623
population2 894.857.554
part2 894.857.420
whether2 894.857.290
between2 894.857.045
irish2 894.856.761
used3 1,342.286.747
hairt2 894.856.707
maks3 1,342.286.667
over2 894.856.654
any3 1,342.286.640
same5 2,237.146.598
hear4 1,789.716.574
aboot14 6,263.986.239
dinnae4 1,789.716.203
after2 894.856.072
independence2 894.855.941
that34 15,212.535.641
front3 1,342.285.570
ll7 3,131.995.372
those2 894.855.356
learn2 894.855.320
wife3 1,342.285.104
maistly2 894.854.954
who3 1,342.284.856
gettin3 1,342.284.839
but16 7,158.844.830
she5 2,237.144.771
what4 1,789.714.671
her5 2,237.144.656
music2 894.854.655
have3 1,342.284.623
off2 894.854.570
far4 1,789.714.555
form2 894.854.488
nae2 894.854.096
love2 894.854.016
point2 894.853.926
though3 1,342.283.880
dem2 894.853.839
disnae2 894.853.775
from2 894.853.651
makin2 894.853.572
other2 894.853.514
nane2 894.853.514
will5 2,237.143.487
mair9 4,026.853.360
twanging2 894.85nan
leid4 1,789.713.296
too2 894.853.295
would2 894.853.277
how3 1,342.283.217
never3 1,342.283.185
miss2 894.853.108
years3 1,342.283.091
because2 894.852.981
got5 2,237.142.976
this14 6,263.982.943
if7 3,131.992.894
every2 894.852.890
go3 1,342.282.735
to6 2,684.562.728
white2 894.852.635
ye18 8,053.692.598
still4 1,789.712.437
all2 894.852.311
only3 1,342.282.271
bairns3 1,342.282.196
wi11 4,921.702.195
dialec2 894.85nan
black2 894.852.608
so5 2,237.142.188
doon2 894.852.143
government2 894.852.102
accompong2 894.85nan
can7 3,131.992.880
of6 2,684.562.088
different2 894.852.020
dat2 894.851.884
mean2 894.851.820
him3 1,342.281.771
these2 894.851.607
tolerated2 894.85nan
well2 894.851.697
came2 894.851.513
a56 25,055.931.486
at10 4,474.271.466
you2 894.851.389
ken5 2,237.141.380
get5 2,237.141.199
right2 894.851.163
on10 4,474.271.128
hae3 1,342.281.122
room2 894.851.059
be8 3,579.421.052
ain4 1,789.710.971
me10 4,474.270.866
noo2 894.850.864
up6 2,684.560.855
while2 894.850.842
things2 894.850.685
hame3 1,342.280.658
want2 894.850.646
they11 4,921.700.610
through2 894.850.588
better2 894.850.578
o41 18,344.520.574
tae53 23,713.650.558
them5 2,237.140.549
said2 894.850.408
d5 2,237.140.359
their5 2,237.140.352
been3 1,342.280.335
yer3 1,342.280.275
m2 894.850.273
there7 3,131.990.251
some4 1,789.710.238
man3 1,342.280.221
for11 4,921.700.202
intae3 1,342.280.193
we10 4,474.270.147
lochead2 894.85nan
ma11 4,921.700.135
here2 894.850.092
day5 2,237.140.092
mind2 894.850.074
were3 1,342.280.068
war2 894.850.063
gie2 894.850.060
its3 1,342.280.057
mak2 894.850.042
jist3 1,342.280.022
daisley2 894.85nan
or8 3,579.420.076
heid2 894.850.016
oor3 1,342.280.012
us3 1,342.280.010
fae6 2,684.560.007
first2 894.850.000
and15 6,711.410.000
time4 1,789.710.000