A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sands, Finn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 508
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 259
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.961
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - he, the, wis, his, tam, a, tae, an, as, him,

List of texts in corpus

THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (508 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
tam13 25,590.55106.307
he35 68,897.6485.870
fitbaw5 9,842.5256.442
et7 13,779.5355.516
stadium4 7,874.0249.951
ghaistly3 5,905.5135.192
his16 31,496.0628.925
heidless2 3,937.0124.968
wis19 37,401.5722.267
guisin2 3,937.0120.983
spied2 3,937.0117.126
speed2 3,937.0115.577
him8 15,748.0315.311
ran3 5,905.5115.173
oan6 11,811.0215.132
through4 7,874.0214.715
decidit2 3,937.0113.166
reached2 3,937.0112.588
hall2 3,937.0112.413
baw2 3,937.0112.192
git3 5,905.5111.966
wae4 7,874.0211.415
heard3 5,905.5110.894
game2 3,937.0110.448
rinnin2 3,937.0110.153
shoack2 3,937.01nan
aw6 11,811.029.591
rin2 3,937.018.772
fell2 3,937.017.562
heid3 5,905.515.799
ghouls2 3,937.01nan
saw2 3,937.015.652
as8 15,748.035.451
alang2 3,937.015.136
oot6 11,811.024.696
gaun2 3,937.014.043
kent2 3,937.013.606
whaur2 3,937.013.566
up5 9,842.523.357
was2 3,937.012.679
ain2 3,937.012.367
that2 3,937.012.364
whit3 5,905.512.209
efter2 3,937.012.176
afore2 3,937.012.066
awa2 3,937.011.997
richt2 3,937.011.804
in5 9,842.521.255
s2 3,937.011.074
mair2 3,937.010.701
o8 15,748.030.639
tae13 25,590.550.403
a13 25,590.550.256
an12 23,622.050.065
and3 5,905.510.049
they2 3,937.010.001
horrur2 3,937.01nan
the29 57,086.610.012