A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Douglas, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,296
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,216
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.888
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, yer, and, tae, of, ye, an,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (01-01-2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,296 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
wuz6 2,613.2455.555
yer26 11,324.0452.084
sons6 2,613.2441.526
an17 7,404.1841.262
of19 8,275.2635.983
frogs4 1,742.1634.586
fleet4 1,742.1631.627
fer9 3,919.8631.397
thirs3 1,306.6230.009
woman5 2,177.7030.002
to16 6,968.6428.529
when14 6,097.5625.137
giraffe3 1,306.6224.544
th'5 2,177.7022.757
all7 3,048.7822.409
n'4 1,742.1621.465
o'7 3,048.7821.037
einstein2 871.0820.671
blush2 871.0820.671
graces2 871.0820.671
tremble2 871.0820.671
friars2 871.0820.671
seventh2 871.0820.671
sinners2 871.0818.950
informs2 871.0818.950
it8 3,484.3218.921
lake3 1,306.6217.999
tae23 10,017.4217.590
without3 1,306.6216.946
cludgie2 871.0816.866
rust2 871.0816.866
messenger2 871.0816.866
lover2 871.0816.132
one5 2,177.7015.502
sense5 2,177.7015.455
ainly3 1,306.6215.433
even9 3,919.8615.305
puffin2 871.0814.982
waas3 1,306.6214.610
lik7 3,048.7814.554
soun3 1,306.6214.484
about5 2,177.7014.314
with5 2,177.7014.152
oan12 5,226.4813.899
man10 4,355.4013.731
ripe2 871.0813.717
flats2 871.0813.372
frae14 6,097.5613.349
yin8 3,484.3213.143
limbs2 871.0813.056
dogs2 871.0812.763
i3 1,306.6212.230
clappit2 871.0811.998
upun5 2,177.70nan
heaven2 871.0811.998
mistake2 871.0811.774
wide3 1,306.6211.703
have5 2,177.7011.657
gentle2 871.0811.170
field3 1,306.6211.133
well5 2,177.7011.040
body5 2,177.7010.880
monster2 871.0810.815
yince3 1,306.6210.681
faithers2 871.0810.649
award2 871.0810.649
lord3 1,306.6210.559
bull2 871.0810.490
spain2 871.0810.337
more3 1,306.6210.208
young5 2,177.7010.202
sail2 871.0810.190
three6 2,613.2410.099
livin3 1,306.6210.041
taken2 871.089.655
senga2 871.089.299
its9 3,919.869.178
oot2 871.089.039
how5 2,177.708.953
ye'd2 871.088.675
already2 871.088.581
best5 2,177.708.470
odd2 871.088.226
summer2 871.088.142
who4 1,742.168.089
roun2 871.087.981
wurds2 871.087.903
abune2 871.087.751
down2 871.087.678
strong2 871.087.536
from3 1,306.627.357
winter3 1,306.627.325
son3 1,306.627.171
simple2 871.087.141
chad3 1,306.62nan
each3 1,306.626.963
bigger2 871.086.900
was7 3,048.786.752
yir3 1,306.626.627
moon2 871.086.621
owre3 1,306.626.547
person2 871.086.516
blue3 1,306.626.417
thin2 871.086.265
such2 871.086.265
boys2 871.086.217
sweet2 871.086.217
away3 1,306.626.192
gave2 871.086.124
that12 5,226.486.096
wun2 871.086.032
surprise2 871.085.988
cannae4 1,742.165.976
on6 2,613.245.944
river2 871.085.815
then7 3,048.785.814
ah6 2,613.245.572
may2 871.085.494
bodies2 871.085.456
danse3 1,306.62nan
getting2 871.085.419
they3 1,306.625.256
earth2 871.085.168
has4 1,742.165.132
and25 10,888.505.125
she5 2,177.705.108
space2 871.084.968
he11 4,790.944.812
short2 871.084.750
chiel2 871.084.750
listen2 871.084.750
out3 1,306.624.745
should3 1,306.624.644
for6 2,613.244.600
born2 871.084.574
gan2 871.084.490
fear2 871.084.355
true2 871.084.303
maybe2 871.084.277
fu2 871.084.277
billy2 871.084.226
our2 871.084.176
talk2 871.084.152
lang6 2,613.244.050
much3 1,306.623.963
just4 1,742.163.853
joes3 1,306.62nan
buik2 871.083.657
paper2 871.083.657
now2 871.083.636
burn2 871.083.555
real2 871.083.536
men3 1,306.623.489
put2 871.083.458
hear3 1,306.623.454
be6 2,613.243.259
life4 1,742.163.258
chance2 871.083.256
eyes2 871.083.118
tree2 871.083.068
word2 871.083.035
turned2 871.082.909
rackit2 871.08nan
road3 1,306.622.904
kind2 871.082.893
a54 23,519.162.875
your3 1,306.622.875
green2 871.082.688
can7 3,048.782.685
at9 3,919.862.585
sae7 3,048.782.544
run2 871.082.461
sure2 871.082.436
whaur4 1,742.162.421
or12 5,226.482.360
yon3 1,306.622.337
hideyoshi2 871.08nan
barque2 871.08nan
to'oer2 871.08nan
set3 1,306.622.329
ahint2 871.082.326
way2 871.082.255
ye18 7,839.722.241
what3 1,306.622.198
street2 871.082.154
saif2 871.08nan
maist4 1,742.162.138
far3 1,306.622.123
their7 3,048.781.998
feet2 871.081.955
last3 1,306.621.955
o38 16,550.521.942
huv2 871.081.887
sun2 871.081.830
great2 871.081.821
thing3 1,306.621.742
cuid2 871.081.731
naw2 871.081.653
bi5 2,177.701.643
but13 5,662.021.572
watter2 871.081.326
ken5 2,177.701.264
warld2 871.081.258
are5 2,177.701.201
n2 871.081.188
wi13 5,662.021.073
ower3 1,306.621.029
haun2 871.081.013
folk2 871.080.954
doon3 1,306.620.906
eifter2 871.08nan
depart2 871.08nan
thon3 1,306.620.877
nae9 3,919.860.839
so4 1,742.160.827
like4 1,742.160.802
thir2 871.080.764
the124 54,006.970.762
here4 1,742.160.730
think3 1,306.620.724
mak3 1,306.620.708
could3 1,306.620.556
him8 3,484.320.546
went2 871.080.524
some2 871.080.510
mony2 871.080.501
face2 871.080.492
will3 1,306.620.484
ma8 3,484.320.468
noo5 2,177.700.405
say3 1,306.620.401
get2 871.080.390
wir2 871.080.310
as12 5,226.480.300
her10 4,355.400.280
auld4 1,742.160.267
tell2 871.080.225
dae2 871.080.223
big2 871.080.194
no5 2,177.700.194
afore2 871.080.183
time5 2,177.700.180
weel2 871.080.171
were2 871.080.169
this10 4,355.400.166
up10 4,355.400.159
guid3 1,306.620.149
than3 1,306.620.133
aa5 2,177.700.128
you5 2,177.700.118
mair4 1,742.160.106
waunnert2 871.08nan
oor4 1,742.160.149
door2 871.080.100
is13 5,662.020.097
if3 1,306.620.077
donkeys2 871.08nan
his10 4,355.400.788
day4 1,742.160.051
jist3 1,306.620.040
them4 1,742.160.037
heid2 871.080.028
see4 1,742.160.027
tak2 871.080.012
year2 871.080.008
us3 1,306.620.003
in36 15,679.440.002
intae4 1,742.160.001
had3 1,306.620.001
my2 871.080.000