A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Scott, Hamish

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,155
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.572
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, wi, wis, it, he, a, his, for,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (807 words)
Lallans 82 - Edinburgh
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (51 words)
Lallans 75 - Televeision
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (297 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
lan7 6,060.6153.787
sum7 6,060.6143.585
thair12 10,389.6136.548
v6 5,194.8136.167
jeems5 4,329.0035.891
ceity4 3,463.2035.430
tales5 4,329.0035.074
life10 8,658.0134.644
an65 56,277.0633.345
tv5 4,329.0032.208
thare7 6,060.6132.012
naitur4 3,463.2027.748
sein4 3,463.2027.380
ti12 10,389.6125.593
redd4 3,463.2025.477
hame-gaun2 1,731.6023.414
se3 2,597.4023.365
thai6 5,194.8123.198
aa12 10,389.6121.737
steers2 1,731.6021.690
wi25 21,645.0220.771
granbairns2 1,731.6019.601
wynd2 1,731.6018.866
fowk10 8,658.0118.726
towmond2 1,731.6018.246
things6 5,194.8118.021
toun4 3,463.2017.402
bairns6 5,194.8117.286
souns2 1,731.6016.819
fields3 2,597.4016.671
tentie2 1,731.6016.439
stance2 1,731.6016.093
the101 87,445.8915.687
wark5 4,329.0015.578
eikin2 1,731.6015.479
stanes3 2,597.4015.432
smells2 1,731.6014.949
janet2 1,731.6014.481
apen2 1,731.6014.481
sichts2 1,731.6014.267
throu5 4,329.0014.068
unco3 2,597.4013.998
bein6 5,194.8113.929
tho5 4,329.0013.929
wirkit2 1,731.6013.871
existence2 1,731.6013.687
his18 15,584.4213.493
whar3 2,597.4013.246
uised3 2,597.4012.720
hail3 2,597.4012.630
we14 12,121.2112.614
our3 2,597.4012.325
haed6 5,194.8112.054
edinburgh3 2,597.4011.956
its7 6,060.6111.789
fremmit2 1,731.6011.640
bible2 1,731.6010.962
ainlie2 1,731.6010.542
hairst2 1,731.6010.237
wirkin2 1,731.609.447
lik4 3,463.209.209
growin2 1,731.609.107
hame5 4,329.008.672
mukkil2 1,731.608.602
field2 1,731.608.509
for15 12,987.018.194
hir3 2,597.408.012
a19 16,450.227.926
ferm-toun3 2,597.40nan
faimlie2 1,731.608.076
he20 17,316.027.744
thaim5 4,329.007.333
toun-bred3 2,597.40nan
kintra2 1,731.606.934
screin3 2,597.40nan
wis22 19,047.627.248
bade2 1,731.606.905
warld3 2,597.406.851
land2 1,731.606.847
mynd2 1,731.606.790
stane2 1,731.606.734
syne4 3,463.206.681
ain5 4,329.006.618
een4 3,463.206.240
bodie2 1,731.605.749
in9 7,792.215.578
close2 1,731.605.528
kintra-side3 2,597.40nan
him8 6,926.415.498
year4 3,463.205.425
sense2 1,731.605.377
is2 1,731.605.180
place3 2,597.404.805
forby2 1,731.604.757
hert2 1,731.604.255
mair6 5,194.813.929
til3 2,597.403.750
eneuch2 1,731.603.729
wad4 3,463.203.698
it21 18,181.823.415
thon3 2,597.403.359
en2 1,731.603.199
maist3 2,597.403.147
nou2 1,731.602.982
saw2 1,731.602.865
aw6 5,194.812.789
auld4 3,463.202.733
cud2 1,731.602.703
wey3 2,597.402.306
watcht2 1,731.60nan
faither2 1,731.602.813
sic2 1,731.602.081
wir2 1,731.601.753
this2 1,731.601.659
ither3 2,597.401.652
tell2 1,731.601.582
afore3 2,597.401.510
on10 8,658.011.075
cam2 1,731.600.974
at10 8,658.010.828
thocht2 1,731.600.772
aboot2 1,731.600.700
first2 1,731.600.684
got2 1,731.600.648
i5 4,329.000.563
hae4 3,463.200.555
as9 7,792.210.504
but6 5,194.810.439
no2 1,731.600.409
s7 6,060.610.370
whan2 1,731.600.342
bi2 1,731.600.287
that13 11,255.410.218
us2 1,731.600.178
whit3 2,597.400.088
aye2 1,731.600.076
day2 1,731.600.028
frae2 1,731.600.018
or4 3,463.200.018
factorie2 1,731.60nan
o32 27,705.632.656
fae3 2,597.400.015