A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Devlin, Edwin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,085
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 403
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.692
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, ah, ma, a, was, tae, in, it, i,

List of texts in corpus

The School Dentist 1969
Facebook (2020-11-26) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (1,085 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
and54 49,769.59125.595
was25 23,041.47112.930
ah42 38,709.6887.182
ma33 30,414.7572.100
mole5 4,608.2958.113
went11 10,138.2545.801
envelope5 4,608.2941.354
mam6 5,529.9535.648
bib3 2,764.9834.484
corridor4 3,686.6432.033
held6 5,529.9529.483
fear5 4,608.2926.642
torture3 2,764.9825.794
so10 9,216.5925.602
gas3 2,764.9823.168
bottles3 2,764.9821.973
mengele8 7,373.27nan
hell4 3,686.6421.481
said10 9,216.5921.322
wisna6 5,529.9521.003
nazi2 1,843.3220.747
doom2 1,843.3218.486
moo3 2,764.9818.256
glasses2 1,843.3217.951
dentist2 1,843.3217.059
chair3 2,764.9816.933
stared2 1,843.3216.678
collect2 1,843.3216.678
mask2 1,843.3216.332
clock3 2,764.9815.217
looked4 3,686.6415.141
thats2 1,843.3214.946
locked2 1,843.3214.302
teeth3 2,764.9814.120
felt4 3,686.6413.486
chips2 1,843.3212.972
wrapped2 1,843.3212.834
could6 5,529.9512.750
hungry2 1,843.3212.446
o8 7,373.2712.431
school3 2,764.9812.103
silver2 1,843.3212.094
belly2 1,843.3211.983
i17 15,668.2011.954
broon3 2,764.9810.906
seek2 1,843.3210.545
min2 1,843.3210.257
run3 2,764.989.612
tv2 1,843.329.449
probably2 1,843.329.179
throo2 1,843.328.648
aff6 5,529.958.149
got5 4,608.298.092
took3 2,764.988.084
butterfleas4 3,686.64nan
heed2 1,843.328.515
of6 5,529.957.568
opened2 1,843.327.534
morn2 1,843.327.310
gan2 1,843.327.249
door4 3,686.646.925
room3 2,764.986.598
now2 1,843.326.297
son2 1,843.326.074
cat2 1,843.325.926
would2 1,843.325.765
come4 3,686.645.646
turned2 1,843.325.483
get5 4,608.295.418
twa5 4,608.295.330
face3 2,764.985.286
green2 1,843.325.223
roon3 2,764.985.034
ye12 11,059.915.015
same3 2,764.984.948
sat2 1,843.324.789
next2 1,843.324.704
lookin2 1,843.324.635
open2 1,843.324.513
hert2 1,843.324.487
as2 1,843.324.448
fit4 3,686.644.440
s3 2,764.984.385
didna3 2,764.984.291
this9 8,294.934.273
up9 8,294.934.259
like7 6,451.614.247
see5 4,608.294.057
na2 1,843.323.995
doon6 5,529.953.979
we9 8,294.933.941
fan2 1,843.323.772
niver2 1,843.323.557
hame3 2,764.983.142
had4 3,686.643.043
at12 11,059.913.038
but8 7,373.272.631
it19 17,511.522.615
is3 2,764.982.587
only2 1,843.322.389
far2 1,843.322.360
nae6 5,529.952.166
mither2 1,843.322.152
afore3 2,764.981.726
its3 2,764.981.715
big2 1,843.321.699
yer4 3,686.641.671
wi12 11,059.911.669
you4 3,686.641.518
seen2 1,843.321.498
her3 2,764.981.430
there5 4,608.291.411
kent2 1,843.321.379
did2 1,843.321.114
thocht2 1,843.320.901
aboot5 4,608.290.848
me2 1,843.320.822
that8 7,373.270.753
oot3 2,764.980.613
then2 1,843.320.550
for8 7,373.270.546
here2 1,843.320.453
efter2 1,843.320.426
were2 1,843.320.383
awa2 1,843.320.332
fae4 3,686.640.294
no2 1,843.320.286
in19 17,511.520.253
he8 7,373.270.225
the60 55,299.540.171
ower2 1,843.320.078
she5 4,608.290.070
tae22 20,276.500.066
be6 5,529.950.052
on7 6,451.610.017
d2 1,843.320.015
intae2 1,843.320.011
time2 1,843.320.002
a32 29,493.090.002
poking2 1,843.32nan
they4 3,686.640.008