Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Jamie, Kathleen

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 381
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 247
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.543
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, they, tae, aw, their, ye, will, a, whaur,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (53 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (62 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (266 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
aix	2	5,249.34	27.847
wind	3	7,874.02	18.785
nane	3	7,874.02	17.286
journey	2	5,249.34	16.598
risin	2	5,249.34	15.244
abune	2	5,249.34	14.747
whaur	4	10,498.69	14.074
thegither	3	7,874.02	13.311
will	4	10,498.69	12.772
mibbe	2	5,249.34	12.051
their	5	13,123.36	11.795
grey	2	5,249.34	11.092
thochts	2	5,249.34	11.032
haudin	2	5,249.34	10.636
aye	4	10,498.69	9.157
aw	5	13,123.36	8.835
hame	3	7,874.02	8.284
come	3	7,874.02	8.053
they	6	15,748.03	7.875
masel	2	5,249.34	7.447
day	4	10,498.69	6.982
folk	2	5,249.34	6.609
a	4	10,498.69	6.249
alang	2	5,249.34	6.161
left	2	5,249.34	5.618
the	33	86,614.17	4.910
ye	5	13,123.36	3.040
were	2	5,249.34	2.953
we	4	10,498.69	2.839
are	2	5,249.34	2.627
if	2	5,249.34	2.106
in	3	7,874.02	1.801
doon	2	5,249.34	1.199
ower	2	5,249.34	1.125
hae	2	5,249.34	1.021
like	2	5,249.34	0.760
and	4	10,498.69	0.707
tae	6	15,748.03	0.637
it	3	7,874.02	0.578
wi	4	10,498.69	0.426
or	2	5,249.34	0.399
i	3	7,874.02	0.216
is	3	7,874.02	0.166
that	3	7,874.02	0.165
but	2	5,249.34	0.156
at	2	5,249.34	0.085
on	2	5,249.34	0.052
as	2	5,249.34	0.046
his	2	5,249.34	0.013
an	10	26,246.72	0.012
for	2	5,249.34	0.009
be	2	5,249.34	0.003