A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gibson, Darren

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 773
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 357
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.165
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, tha, tae, ye, an, o, aa, s, thole, that,

List of texts in corpus

Cannae Thole Ye!
lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ (2014-06-24) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as blog (221 words)

Oul money
Ullans Magazine (01-01-2013) in Ulster dialect (PUL), categorised as prose (373 words)

Oor ain strange lan
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (83 words)

Solace
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (96 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
tha24 31,047.87128.345
thole11 14,230.2787.314
the2 2,587.3276.071
oul8 10,349.2954.956
wus7 9,055.6346.392
ye22 28,460.5438.098
pence4 5,174.6436.071
coins4 5,174.6435.376
shillins3 3,880.9834.934
wurds4 5,174.6430.197
thur5 6,468.3128.072
pun3 3,880.9827.049
taak3 3,880.9826.049
ed4 5,174.6425.917
aa11 14,230.2725.899
worth4 5,174.6425.067
cum4 5,174.6424.465
loast3 3,880.9824.446
caa4 5,174.6423.315
gan4 5,174.6422.504
half4 5,174.6422.440
solace2 2,587.3222.103
lan3 3,880.9820.999
money4 5,174.6420.997
penny3 3,880.9819.821
cannae5 6,468.3119.133
bob3 3,880.9818.933
bae3 3,880.9818.325
shillin2 2,587.3218.030
laik2 2,587.3217.068
suffer2 2,587.3216.295
note3 3,880.9815.563
oniebodie2 2,587.3215.454
mine3 3,880.9815.265
whun2 2,587.3214.763
kep2 2,587.3213.663
twal2 2,587.3213.545
ulster-scots2 2,587.3213.545
aul2 2,587.3212.619
strange2 2,587.3211.948
whut2 2,587.3211.059
plan2 2,587.3210.546
fer3 3,880.9810.512
gled2 2,587.3210.289
mair7 9,055.6310.050
wean2 2,587.329.865
iz2 2,587.329.485
yins2 2,587.329.067
a38 49,159.128.957
thon4 5,174.648.922
whuch3 3,880.98nan
hae7 9,055.638.627
nixt2 2,587.328.179
cud3 3,880.988.134
tongue2 2,587.327.805
bit7 9,055.637.647
oor5 6,468.317.340
unner2 2,587.326.759
wha3 3,880.986.521
ten2 2,587.326.436
noo5 6,468.316.391
haein2 2,587.326.003
ll4 5,174.645.956
wheen2 2,587.325.593
yin3 3,880.985.485
ir2 2,587.325.463
hoo2 2,587.325.301
micht3 3,880.985.133
twa4 5,174.644.939
folk2 2,587.324.102
heid3 3,880.983.792
in6 7,761.973.779
s11 14,230.273.654
then3 3,880.983.525
foartie3 3,880.98nan
r2 2,587.324.767
ain3 3,880.983.488
better2 2,587.323.380
roon2 2,587.323.141
afore3 3,880.983.039
tae24 31,047.873.030
tell2 2,587.322.721
m3 3,880.982.686
doon4 5,174.642.333
oan3 3,880.982.306
still2 2,587.322.189
folliet2 2,587.32nan
gin2 2,587.322.075
is2 2,587.322.074
mak2 2,587.322.040
wae2 2,587.322.040
by3 3,880.981.926
hame2 2,587.321.908
i2 2,587.321.877
thaim2 2,587.321.468
him4 5,174.641.457
yer3 3,880.981.416
man2 2,587.321.325
fae4 5,174.641.278
and3 3,880.981.084
we5 6,468.311.040
weel2 2,587.321.020
o20 25,873.220.997
ay2 2,587.320.530
can2 2,587.320.468
no3 3,880.980.402
up2 2,587.320.352
as6 7,761.970.331
their2 2,587.320.313
nae3 3,880.980.264
time2 2,587.320.240
that9 11,642.950.238
at4 5,174.640.197
frae2 2,587.320.170
it8 10,349.290.151
ma4 5,174.640.101
an21 27,166.880.098
or3 3,880.980.092
wi6 7,761.970.010
sim2 2,587.32nan
bein2 2,587.322.383