Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Logan, Kirsty

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 947
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.473
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, it, we, i, ma, her, tae, an, she,

List of texts in corpus

Lego
Scots Hoose (01-01-2017) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as weans (947 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
we	27	28,511.09	60.878
sister	8	8,447.73	47.818
mammy	5	5,279.83	36.465
ma	21	22,175.29	34.666
boxes	4	4,223.86	34.108
cos	6	6,335.80	33.654
i	24	25,343.19	33.291
looked	6	6,335.80	28.899
anyhin	3	3,167.90	27.508
her	19	20,063.36	23.827
didna	7	7,391.76	21.896
ahin	4	4,223.86	21.807
lego	2	2,111.93	20.391
it	29	30,623.02	19.915
cell	2	2,111.93	19.656
kane	2	2,111.93	18.500
prison	2	2,111.93	18.029
moved	3	3,167.90	18.023
menu	2	2,111.93	17.608
away	4	4,223.86	16.927
ordered	2	2,111.93	15.734
sat	4	4,223.86	15.635
summin	2	2,111.93	15.493
pointed	2	2,111.93	15.493
waiter	2	2,111.93	15.266
when	7	7,391.76	14.923
order	3	3,167.90	14.755
were	7	7,391.76	14.300
drove	2	2,111.93	14.294
shop	3	3,167.90	14.094
off	3	3,167.90	13.905
couldna	3	3,167.90	13.417
picture	2	2,111.93	12.210
then	6	6,335.80	11.694
would	3	3,167.90	11.685
one	3	3,167.90	11.502
loved	2	2,111.93	11.315
look	4	4,223.86	11.258
tried	3	3,167.90	11.128
glasgow	2	2,111.93	10.935
didnae	4	4,223.86	10.891
o	7	7,391.76	10.771
fleer	2	2,111.93	10.657
worse	2	2,111.93	10.525
silence	2	2,111.93	10.460
wee	8	8,447.73	10.341
could	5	5,279.83	10.201
went	4	4,223.86	10.091
change	2	2,111.93	10.038
laugh	2	2,111.93	9.982
few	3	3,167.90	9.961
lookin	3	3,167.90	9.851
busy	2	2,111.93	9.764
university	2	2,111.93	9.558
tears	2	2,111.93	9.362
she	13	13,727.56	9.262
past	3	3,167.90	9.141
wanted	2	2,111.93	8.710
really	3	3,167.90	8.689
fan	3	3,167.90	8.503
dad	2	2,111.93	8.296
gonnae	2	2,111.93	8.296
playin	2	2,111.93	7.861
like	8	8,447.73	7.642
made	4	4,223.86	7.617
seein	2	2,111.93	7.389
even	4	4,223.86	7.336
but	10	10,559.66	7.309
room	3	3,167.90	7.303
passed	2	2,111.93	7.280
kept	2	2,111.93	6.949
he	2	2,111.93	6.833
car	2	2,111.93	6.714
high	2	2,111.93	6.668
other	2	2,111.93	6.536
aside	2	2,111.93	6.430
seemed	2	2,111.93	6.409
each	2	2,111.93	6.409
across	2	2,111.93	6.307
through	3	3,167.90	6.098
table	2	2,111.93	6.092
turned	2	2,111.93	5.962
take	2	2,111.93	5.785
wur	3	3,167.90	5.776
jist	5	5,279.83	5.624
sittin	2	2,111.93	5.553
big	3	3,167.90	4.923
git	2	2,111.93	4.216
came	2	2,111.93	4.124
us	4	4,223.86	4.046
though	2	2,111.93	4.044
ah	11	11,615.63	3.948
did	3	3,167.90	3.852
there	6	6,335.80	3.690
cannae	2	2,111.93	3.627
hid	4	4,223.86	3.624
how	2	2,111.93	3.504
say	3	3,167.90	3.339
while	2	2,111.93	3.172
fae	6	6,335.80	3.162
got	3	3,167.90	3.152
an	16	16,895.46	3.103
doon	5	5,279.83	3.038
things	2	2,111.93	2.923
what	2	2,111.93	2.835
face	2	2,111.93	2.674
the	44	46,462.51	2.562
afore	3	3,167.90	2.226
you	4	4,223.86	2.093
be	2	2,111.93	2.071
telt	2	2,111.93	2.051
in	10	10,559.66	1.751
s	4	4,223.86	1.676
back	4	4,223.86	1.660
still	2	2,111.93	1.634
said	3	3,167.90	1.616
of	3	3,167.90	1.566
think	2	2,111.93	1.515
hame	2	2,111.93	1.377
if	3	3,167.90	1.275
hoose	2	2,111.93	1.250
pit	2	2,111.93	1.195
was	2	2,111.93	1.015
and	9	9,503.70	1.005
d	3	3,167.90	0.976
fit	2	2,111.93	0.824
so	2	2,111.93	0.758
at	8	8,447.73	0.564
wis	12	12,671.59	0.562
to	2	2,111.93	0.458
for	4	4,223.86	0.356
some	2	2,111.93	0.309
that	11	11,615.63	0.281
oot	3	3,167.90	0.268
tae	18	19,007.39	0.266
aboot	2	2,111.93	0.259
me	4	4,223.86	0.234
a	30	31,678.99	0.185
them	2	2,111.93	0.153
they	3	3,167.90	0.129
on	5	5,279.83	0.119
as	5	5,279.83	0.109
their	2	2,111.93	0.090
intae	2	2,111.93	0.082
aw	2	2,111.93	0.038
up	4	4,223.86	0.037
been	2	2,111.93	0.036
day	2	2,111.93	0.013