A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Liam

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 435
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 184
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wiz, n, ma, tae, it, thit, aw, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Tam
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Bellshill) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (435 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
n17 39,080.46127.160
wiz18 41,379.31107.114
oure5 11,494.2572.476
thit7 16,091.9539.512
a40 91,954.0238.827
horse5 11,494.2537.859
jamp3 6,896.5536.135
ma15 34,482.7636.060
wiy3 6,896.5533.831
git5 11,494.2526.360
rapid2 4,597.7025.596
looked4 9,195.4022.139
mi3 6,896.5521.747
witches2 4,597.7021.138
goin3 6,896.5521.118
ir4 9,195.4020.539
hinkin2 4,597.7019.666
thi3 6,896.5519.009
saw4 9,195.4017.689
go4 9,195.4016.850
oan6 13,793.1016.680
witch2 4,597.7016.606
went4 9,195.4015.828
so5 11,494.2514.782
aw7 16,091.9514.752
shouted2 4,597.7014.550
wife3 6,896.5514.036
pub2 4,597.7014.000
goat3 6,896.5513.116
runnin2 4,597.7012.549
young3 6,896.5512.473
brig2 4,597.7011.458
an2 4,597.7011.422
short2 4,597.7011.061
ae5 11,494.2510.782
clean2 4,597.7010.519
hing2 4,597.709.555
because2 4,597.708.846
auld4 9,195.408.663
story2 4,597.708.643
hame3 6,896.557.592
took2 4,597.707.246
watter2 4,597.706.738
back4 9,195.405.799
yeez2 4,597.70nan
through2 4,597.705.362
aff3 6,896.555.104
roon2 4,597.705.064
wan2 4,597.704.928
fir2 4,597.704.624
bit4 9,195.404.463
if3 6,896.554.391
wae2 4,597.703.824
it10 22,988.513.630
when2 4,597.702.711
hid2 4,597.702.045
said2 4,597.702.029
jist2 4,597.701.857
in4 9,195.401.352
i4 9,195.400.668
is4 9,195.400.567
like2 4,597.700.516
the22 50,574.710.485
me2 4,597.700.204
they2 4,597.700.057
tae10 22,988.510.052
but2 4,597.700.049
as3 6,896.550.044
she2 4,597.700.029
oot2 4,597.700.015