A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wallace, Lorna

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,849
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 758
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.439
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, a, the, tae, his, s, he, yir, jock, ma,

List of texts in corpus

An Ode Tae Tinder
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2020-02-14) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 words)

Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2019-05-16) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (844 words)

A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper).
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2016-11-11) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (343 words)

Tae A Selfie
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2014-01-19) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 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
yir26 14,061.65178.607
jock21 11,357.49139.397
o4 2,163.3350.760
yi10 5,408.3347.411
am11 5,949.1647.357
huv10 5,408.3341.751
trump4 2,163.3335.431
the56 30,286.6431.658
his33 17,847.4930.877
jist15 8,112.4927.008
ll13 7,030.8325.930
yiv3 1,622.5024.544
felt7 3,785.8324.012
when12 6,489.9922.978
wait5 2,704.1620.899
through8 4,326.6620.687
feel7 3,785.8319.769
ti13 7,030.8319.399
dain4 2,163.3319.186
s33 17,847.4918.943
hawd2 1,081.6718.618
durty2 1,081.6718.618
you14 7,571.6618.318
oan12 6,489.9918.177
aw16 8,653.3317.982
bevvy2 1,081.6717.713
hawf2 1,081.6717.713
pished2 1,081.6717.713
mare4 2,163.3317.276
swipe2 1,081.6716.979
worthy2 1,081.6716.361
naeb2 1,081.6716.361
don5 2,704.1615.539
boab2 1,081.6715.358
depression2 1,081.6715.358
flap2 1,081.6715.358
sadness2 1,081.6715.358
ashamed2 1,081.6714.938
gid3 1,622.5014.488
disgrace2 1,081.6714.214
alone2 1,081.6714.214
who5 2,704.1614.130
fur15 8,112.4913.938
this19 10,275.8213.840
and2 1,081.6713.532
eh5 2,704.1613.448
smashin2 1,081.6712.836
doac2 1,081.6712.836
too4 2,163.3312.776
shite3 1,622.5012.768
git5 2,704.1612.764
at2 1,081.6712.636
cheeks2 1,081.6712.398
free4 2,163.3311.905
darkness2 1,081.6711.481
usa2 1,081.6711.481
those3 1,622.5011.346
wae7 3,785.8311.186
in13 7,030.8311.088
wee12 6,489.9910.973
how5 2,704.1610.951
soul2 1,081.6710.741
quite3 1,622.5010.706
pal3 1,622.5010.656
despite2 1,081.6710.609
ma19 10,275.8210.606
herts2 1,081.6710.358
thoat2 1,081.6710.238
break2 1,081.6710.238
dreams2 1,081.6710.122
hert4 2,163.3310.118
fear3 1,622.509.958
he30 16,224.999.776
tinder4 2,163.33nan
but17 9,194.169.554
feelin3 1,622.509.500
doactir4 2,163.33nan
fin6 3,245.009.288
must3 1,622.509.117
fun3 1,622.509.117
ask3 1,622.509.008
blame2 1,081.678.873
phone3 1,622.508.866
human3 1,622.508.796
pair3 1,622.508.627
t6 3,245.008.609
freens2 1,081.678.486
roon5 2,704.168.222
keen2 1,081.678.204
dy2 1,081.678.071
erse2 1,081.677.880
wunner2 1,081.677.880
change2 1,081.677.470
of8 4,326.667.282
ever3 1,622.507.145
fine5 2,704.167.025
lassies2 1,081.677.005
dance2 1,081.676.957
goin2 1,081.676.909
maw2 1,081.676.862
cast2 1,081.676.726
meet2 1,081.676.427
heavy2 1,081.676.386
need4 2,163.336.289
whit10 5,408.336.288
feed2 1,081.676.228
fast2 1,081.676.152
hink2 1,081.676.114
heid6 3,245.006.033
problem2 1,081.675.933
space2 1,081.675.795
gless2 1,081.675.761
noo8 4,326.665.757
an64 34,613.305.752
like11 5,949.165.652
face4 2,163.335.494
light2 1,081.675.382
d8 4,326.665.313
watch2 1,081.675.181
mooth2 1,081.675.181
wid6 3,245.005.168
true2 1,081.675.125
soon2 1,081.674.837
rid2 1,081.674.837
hope2 1,081.674.787
help3 1,622.504.695
jenny2 1,081.674.551
warm2 1,081.674.505
there10 5,408.334.381
not2 1,081.674.310
stert2 1,081.674.268
sit2 1,081.674.268
lly2 1,081.67nan
love2 1,081.674.667
isnae2 1,081.674.248
hing2 1,081.674.248
wi7 3,785.834.098
fact2 1,081.674.088
clear2 1,081.674.011
let3 1,622.503.946
until2 1,081.673.937
hissel2 1,081.673.918
folk3 1,622.503.902
toon2 1,081.673.793
me2 1,081.673.722
couldnae2 1,081.673.690
hud3 1,622.503.640
with2 1,081.673.298
looked2 1,081.673.213
enough2 1,081.673.049
ye5 2,704.163.031
went3 1,622.502.961
lookin2 1,081.672.871
him9 4,867.502.759
yet2 1,081.672.660
will4 2,163.332.623
words2 1,081.672.551
wan3 1,622.502.505
sayin2 1,081.672.477
great2 1,081.672.446
goat2 1,081.672.308
really2 1,081.672.233
aff5 2,704.162.094
bit2 1,081.672.050
telt3 1,622.502.031
came2 1,081.672.023
is7 3,785.831.992
r2 1,081.671.981
re3 1,622.501.969
know2 1,081.671.878
as7 3,785.831.869
or3 1,622.501.846
time6 3,245.001.758
ah7 3,785.831.733
no8 4,326.661.700
oor5 2,704.161.670
cannae2 1,081.671.627
we11 5,949.161.619
kent3 1,622.501.615
so4 2,163.331.611
never2 1,081.671.535
years2 1,081.671.479
even3 1,622.501.434
think3 1,622.501.340
look2 1,081.671.338
awch2 1,081.67nan
day6 3,245.001.333
has2 1,081.671.273
go2 1,081.671.267
see5 2,704.161.163
hit2 1,081.671.149
lik2 1,081.671.125
come3 1,622.501.046
back2 1,081.671.030
are4 2,163.330.938
said4 2,163.330.742
they5 2,704.160.714
that15 8,112.490.616
tell2 1,081.670.544
aloang2 1,081.67nan
yer2 1,081.670.606
gaun2 1,081.670.525
then3 1,622.500.518
big2 1,081.670.514
oot6 3,245.000.444
wis16 8,653.330.437
awryt2 1,081.67nan
if4 2,163.330.434
it19 10,275.820.400
seen2 1,081.670.390
them4 2,163.330.363
tae36 19,469.980.336
a58 31,368.310.274
still2 1,081.670.270
dae3 1,622.500.261
doon5 2,704.160.233
be8 4,326.660.194
ken3 1,622.500.178
up6 3,245.000.173
hame2 1,081.670.155
could2 1,081.670.142
fae6 3,245.000.139
had3 1,622.500.109
nae6 3,245.000.101
pit2 1,081.670.086
some3 1,622.500.069
aboot6 3,245.000.048
she9 4,867.500.035
her10 5,408.330.028
its2 1,081.670.012
man2 1,081.670.009
intae3 1,622.500.009
weel2 1,081.670.008
by3 1,622.500.007
sae3 1,622.500.004
efter2 1,081.670.002