A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Davidson, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,205
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 562
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.144
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, tae, an, a, is, i, it, for, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Mitterand Plan
The Sair Fecht (11-06-2016) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as blog (1,205 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
democracy8 6,639.0066.603
govrenments6 4,979.2561.004
socialism6 4,979.2556.771
social9 7,468.8854.509
state9 7,468.8852.394
european8 6,639.0049.993
callaghan4 3,319.5049.107
walth4 3,319.5041.755
austerity4 3,319.5041.755
eu5 4,149.3834.059
flicht4 3,319.5032.528
thatcher3 2,489.6332.268
denial3 2,489.6332.268
capital4 3,319.5030.898
pooerful3 2,489.6330.006
unemployment3 2,489.6327.104
voters4 3,319.5026.848
threit3 2,489.6326.557
financial3 2,489.6326.056
capitalists7 5,809.13nan
kintra5 4,149.3825.931
programme3 2,489.6323.396
seistem3 2,489.6323.396
corbyn2 1,659.7523.234
vailye2 1,659.7521.511
richt-wing2 1,659.7521.511
global3 2,489.6320.734
forced3 2,489.6320.734
economics2 1,659.7520.328
profits2 1,659.7520.328
finance2 1,659.7520.328
europe4 3,319.5020.059
govrenment3 2,489.6319.510
capitalist2 1,659.7519.422
radical3 2,489.6319.354
pooer3 2,489.6318.910
mercat3 2,489.6318.633
prime2 1,659.7517.533
muivin2 1,659.7517.533
capable2 1,659.7517.062
mercats2 1,659.7517.062
income2 1,659.7517.062
price3 2,489.6316.790
blair2 1,659.7516.641
collapse2 1,659.7516.641
spendin2 1,659.7516.261
mitterand4 3,319.50nan
lairge2 1,659.7516.261
across4 3,319.5016.025
currency2 1,659.7515.914
fend2 1,659.7515.027
naitional2 1,659.7514.771
meinister2 1,659.7514.530
failed2 1,659.7514.304
tax2 1,659.7514.304
jouk2 1,659.7514.089
individual2 1,659.7513.886
create2 1,659.7513.886
policy3 2,489.6313.855
foot2 1,659.7512.850
muivement2 1,659.7512.850
kintras2 1,659.7512.701
memmer2 1,659.7512.420
economic2 1,659.7512.158
left5 4,149.3812.002
bigg2 1,659.7511.681
were7 5,809.1311.497
michael2 1,659.7511.464
wha5 4,149.3811.459
majority2 1,659.7511.062
is18 14,937.7610.812
becam2 1,659.7510.614
ainlie2 1,659.7510.530
blame2 1,659.7510.530
control2 1,659.7510.212
itsel3 2,489.6310.110
i17 14,107.889.790
rich2 1,659.759.648
britain2 1,659.759.519
wioot2 1,659.759.274
experience2 1,659.758.881
gin5 4,149.388.826
frae8 6,639.008.611
apairt2 1,659.758.478
by7 5,809.138.317
british2 1,659.758.247
haed5 4,149.388.195
common2 1,659.757.557
eneuch3 2,489.637.490
leukin2 1,659.757.448
first5 4,149.387.418
political2 1,659.757.413
o39 32,365.157.101
canna3 2,489.637.080
haes5 4,149.387.016
winna2 1,659.756.827
warld3 2,489.636.647
til4 3,319.506.541
yaised2 1,659.756.458
cooncil2 1,659.756.379
françois2 1,659.75nan
acause2 1,659.756.485
we11 9,128.635.976
demaundit2 1,659.75nan
can6 4,979.255.870
puir2 1,659.755.387
tae38 31,535.275.185
unner2 1,659.755.144
kind2 1,659.755.073
want3 2,489.635.069
his2 1,659.754.803
weill2 1,659.754.383
ye2 1,659.754.280
in11 9,128.633.846
hoo2 1,659.753.767
s4 3,319.503.647
onie2 1,659.753.571
the86 71,369.293.565
wi4 3,319.503.507
for12 9,958.513.308
ilka2 1,659.753.057
even3 2,489.633.049
wis7 5,809.132.678
thir2 1,659.752.392
win2 1,659.752.392
need2 1,659.752.328
at4 3,319.502.190
maun2 1,659.752.125
thaim3 2,489.632.059
ane3 2,489.632.033
they2 1,659.751.927
be3 2,489.631.917
an38 31,535.271.721
scotland3 2,489.631.683
ae4 3,319.501.576
scots2 1,659.751.351
nor2 1,659.751.239
syne2 1,659.751.232
been4 3,319.501.156
are3 2,489.631.082
micht2 1,659.751.031
on5 4,149.380.887
cam2 1,659.750.883
sae3 2,489.630.563
hae4 3,319.500.443
aw2 1,659.750.314
or5 4,149.380.281
efter2 1,659.750.275
there4 3,319.500.237
it13 10,788.380.115
twa2 1,659.750.091
up4 3,319.500.085
a37 30,705.390.083
this4 3,319.500.083
that11 9,128.630.068
as8 6,639.000.060
of2 1,659.750.056
nae3 2,489.630.055
whit3 2,489.630.052
aye2 1,659.750.050
oor2 1,659.750.043
fowk2 1,659.750.023
their2 1,659.750.001
redistribute2 1,659.75nan
but5 4,149.380.016