A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curran, Doug

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,120
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 904
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.345
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, a, o, wi, in, they, by, her,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,120 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
ina7 3,301.8962.798
window7 3,301.8961.850
the208 98,113.2151.483
by23 10,849.0650.204
smiddy5 2,358.4943.790
sits7 3,301.8943.555
horses5 2,358.4934.374
thir11 5,188.6834.077
whar7 3,301.8933.902
amangst4 1,886.7930.104
liam4 1,886.7929.219
heichts3 1,415.0927.654
huif3 1,415.0925.766
silent4 1,886.7925.091
bare5 2,358.4923.617
dug's2 943.4020.983
anvil2 943.4020.983
hemmer2 943.4020.983
auld13 6,132.0819.354
pu'd2 943.4019.261
sperks2 943.4019.261
wands2 943.4019.261
simmer5 2,358.4918.811
burnside2 943.4018.080
dancin3 1,415.0918.014
they23 10,849.0617.992
days8 3,773.5817.665
high5 2,358.4917.613
waarm3 1,415.0917.600
chris3 1,415.0917.214
huifs2 943.4017.176
soople2 943.4017.176
naa2 943.4017.176
close5 2,358.4916.659
and2 943.4016.587
wunnert2 943.4016.443
forge2 943.4016.443
fireside2 943.4015.825
caa'd2 943.4015.825
risin3 1,415.0915.064
slips2 943.4014.823
getherin2 943.4014.823
ower15 7,075.4714.086
stood4 1,886.7913.406
echo2 943.4013.364
watches2 943.4013.364
lugs4 1,886.7913.356
a36 16,981.1313.252
ticht3 1,415.0913.136
dawn2 943.4013.071
dances2 943.4013.071
empty3 1,415.0913.047
chair3 1,415.0912.786
sees3 1,415.0912.786
aye11 5,188.6812.624
daurk3 1,415.0912.457
growin3 1,415.0912.457
cam8 3,773.5812.383
while6 2,830.1912.319
hears2 943.4012.305
glow2 943.4012.305
bleezin2 943.4011.868
danced2 943.4011.868
it10 4,716.9811.856
folks2 943.4011.667
she'll2 943.4011.667
is3 1,415.0911.357
lichtit2 943.4011.293
anither7 3,301.8911.266
wid9 4,245.2811.115
aince4 1,886.7910.426
place6 2,830.1910.407
horse3 1,415.0910.261
frae12 5,660.3810.212
granfaither2 943.4010.084
stauns2 943.409.957
weans3 1,415.099.806
begins2 943.409.715
aroon4 1,886.799.667
lang8 3,773.589.355
laund2 943.409.274
turn4 1,886.799.252
an77 36,320.759.060
wife4 1,886.799.017
fire4 1,886.799.017
wind3 1,415.098.921
corn2 943.408.787
ee4 1,886.798.643
hot2 943.408.523
wa2 943.408.439
bricht3 1,415.098.348
sky3 1,415.098.348
kist2 943.408.277
tongue3 1,415.098.276
queer2 943.408.199
mark2 943.408.199
syne6 2,830.198.056
abune2 943.408.047
cheek2 943.408.047
windaes2 943.407.901
prood2 943.407.761
sit3 1,415.097.739
wecht2 943.407.626
her21 9,905.667.421
thegither4 1,886.797.354
fields2 943.407.250
radio2 943.407.191
wark4 1,886.796.687
busy2 943.406.602
then7 3,301.896.584
wir5 2,358.496.571
askit2 943.406.553
ulster2 943.406.504
hame6 2,830.196.451
upon2 943.406.364
wun2 943.406.318
saft2 943.406.273
amang3 1,415.096.101
blaw2 943.405.814
were7 3,301.895.633
dugs2 943.405.552
bits2 943.405.517
awa7 3,301.895.315
lik4 1,886.795.228
door5 2,358.495.202
whaur5 2,358.494.972
aa9 4,245.284.788
licht3 1,415.094.740
watch2 943.404.652
wi25 11,792.454.588
gate2 943.404.572
stane2 943.404.572
airms2 943.404.546
that12 5,660.384.516
wait2 943.404.418
but15 7,075.474.347
world2 943.404.249
again5 2,358.494.182
lost2 943.404.111
when6 2,830.194.061
deep2 943.404.001
aboot2 943.403.993
their8 3,773.583.987
watter3 1,415.093.987
buik2 943.403.916
men3 1,415.093.837
ilka3 1,415.093.824
pair2 943.403.813
westlan2 943.40nan
time8 3,773.583.509
across2 943.403.455
cauld3 1,415.093.444
oot4 1,886.793.427
broon2 943.403.419
ran2 943.403.368
faither3 1,415.093.305
agin2 943.403.123
nor4 1,886.793.101
ah7 3,301.893.061
ane5 2,358.493.048
sea2 943.403.032
wis14 6,603.773.027
shae2 943.402.929
bit2 943.402.890
me3 1,415.092.882
white2 943.402.776
in24 11,320.752.769
een4 1,886.792.761
twa6 2,830.192.695
yon3 1,415.092.645
new4 1,886.792.490
through3 1,415.092.407
brocht2 943.402.347
o34 16,037.742.338
nicht4 1,886.792.332
hert2 943.402.314
hae2 943.402.278
last3 1,415.092.260
o'2 943.402.135
jist6 2,830.192.126
i8 3,773.581.949
whit2 943.401.885
his17 8,018.871.803
them6 2,830.191.705
tae37 17,452.831.671
mair2 943.401.574
noo6 2,830.191.573
young2 943.401.550
him3 1,415.091.472
be7 3,301.891.444
or4 1,886.791.419
intae6 2,830.191.293
haun2 943.401.209
some5 2,358.491.185
let2 943.401.151
years2 943.401.140
still3 1,415.091.058
side2 943.401.028
throu2 943.400.954
tho2 943.400.925
atween2 943.400.839
afore4 1,886.790.802
for9 4,245.280.779
she14 6,603.770.772
ae2 943.400.759
year3 1,415.090.750
maun2 943.400.736
on16 7,547.170.637
my3 1,415.090.622
up6 2,830.190.606
left2 943.400.572
cairnfield2 943.40nan
can2 943.400.554
wee3 1,415.090.525
aff4 1,886.790.470
gaed2 943.400.370
oan2 943.400.349
yer5 2,358.490.348
fir2 943.400.328
man3 1,415.090.304
we7 3,301.890.243
are2 943.400.205
richt2 943.400.204
ma8 3,773.580.198
at12 5,660.380.191
fin2 943.400.190
ye10 4,716.980.181
day5 2,358.490.172
bendie2 943.40nan
nae7 3,301.890.150
mind2 943.400.116
he17 8,018.870.109
gin2 943.400.086
mak2 943.400.076
like5 2,358.490.068
as12 5,660.380.064
could2 943.400.038
doon5 2,358.490.037
sae3 1,415.090.030
back4 1,886.790.029
ain2 943.400.023
hoose2 943.400.020
said3 1,415.090.004
first2 943.400.003
wey2 943.400.000
was2 943.400.000
shaen3 1,415.09nan
cairt2 943.407.830