A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hodgart, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,735
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 903
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.029
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, in, a, an, tae, that, scottish, it, scots,

List of texts in corpus

Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit
The National (2021-March-15) in Central (North Ayrshire) dialect (WCE), categorised as newspaper (1,274 words)

A Catalogue o Sair Neglect
Bella Calledonia (2016-08-18) in Central (North Ayrshire) dialect (WCE), categorised as blog (1,461 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
scottish43 15,722.12201.710
language30 10,968.9299.054
asls8 2,925.0576.036
curriculum10 3,656.3174.085
literature10 3,656.3164.404
culture13 4,753.2058.993
teachers9 3,290.6849.989
cultural10 3,656.3147.404
oor24 8,775.1447.403
buin4 1,462.5242.559
macgillivray4 1,462.5242.559
alan6 2,193.7839.422
ignorance5 1,828.1537.621
by22 8,043.8837.399
volumes4 1,462.5235.218
material5 1,828.1532.193
scots31 11,334.5531.422
support8 2,925.0531.184
jordanhill3 1,096.8931.173
suirly3 1,096.8931.173
sccc3 1,096.8931.173
deficit3 1,096.8931.173
linguistic7 2,559.4131.168
often5 1,828.1530.599
resources5 1,828.1530.029
owre8 2,925.0529.499
teachin6 2,193.7829.412
gey11 4,021.9426.802
in79 28,884.8325.371
mibbie5 1,828.1525.316
implementit3 1,096.8925.108
group7 2,559.4124.519
lit5 1,828.1524.355
or27 9,872.0324.116
act6 2,193.7823.911
especially5 1,828.1523.764
text5 1,828.1523.623
essay3 1,096.8923.486
but30 10,968.9223.451
still12 4,387.5723.194
studies4 1,462.5223.084
committee3 1,096.8922.218
report6 2,193.7821.788
texts4 1,462.5221.537
generation4 1,462.5221.339
print3 1,096.8921.176
has9 3,290.6821.093
members3 1,096.8920.293
progress4 1,462.5220.252
iona2 731.2619.963
wrasslin2 731.2619.963
gifford2 731.2619.963
uni3 1,096.8919.896
responsible3 1,096.8919.896
produced3 1,096.8919.525
cringe3 1,096.8919.525
ain13 4,753.2019.218
should7 2,559.4119.015
mony9 3,290.6818.656
weans5 1,828.1518.643
hae20 7,312.6118.613
years8 2,925.0518.265
reduce2 731.2618.242
snobbery2 731.2618.242
corbett2 731.2618.242
land5 1,828.1517.717
robertson3 1,096.8917.692
supportit3 1,096.8917.436
documents3 1,096.8917.191
prejudice2 731.2617.063
supplied2 731.2617.063
removal2 731.2617.063
neglect2 731.2617.063
alison2 731.2617.063
ruitit2 731.2617.063
shamefu2 731.2617.063
conferences2 731.2617.063
key4 1,462.5216.802
educational3 1,096.8916.730
spite3 1,096.8916.730
o89 32,541.1316.705
probably4 1,462.5216.697
ironically2 731.2616.160
measures2 731.2616.160
compulsory2 731.2616.160
teaching2 731.2616.160
of14 5,118.8316.131
few6 2,193.7815.964
project3 1,096.8915.907
higher3 1,096.8915.718
late5 1,828.1515.475
mysterious2 731.2615.428
apologetic2 731.2615.428
politeecians2 731.2615.428
education6 2,193.7815.298
positive3 1,096.8915.188
helpin3 1,096.8915.021
includit3 1,096.8915.021
notes3 1,096.8915.021
northern3 1,096.8914.860
measure2 731.2614.811
robbie2 731.2614.811
respectit2 731.2614.811
literary3 1,096.8914.703
doot5 1,828.1514.569
hasnae2 731.2614.279
classroom2 731.2614.279
crucial2 731.2614.279
heritage3 1,096.8914.257
review3 1,096.8914.115
provide3 1,096.8914.115
available3 1,096.8913.978
discrimination2 731.2613.811
recognises2 731.2613.811
kist3 1,096.8913.584
dominies2 731.2613.393
study3 1,096.8913.336
causes2 731.2613.016
intendit2 731.2613.016
ignorant2 731.2612.672
uissfu2 731.2612.672
units2 731.2612.672
furrit2 731.2612.357
ane10 3,656.3112.078
werenae2 731.2611.541
herald2 731.2611.541
coursework3 1,096.89nan
however2 731.2612.357
purposes2 731.2611.541
sadly2 731.2611.303
apparently2 731.2611.303
mixture2 731.2611.303
countries2 731.2611.080
workin3 1,096.8910.930
such3 1,096.8910.853
career2 731.2610.668
create2 731.2610.668
aboot19 6,946.9810.656
scotland10 3,656.3110.650
build2 731.2610.478
secondary2 731.2610.478
past5 1,828.1510.395
that45 16,453.3810.146
places3 1,096.8910.074
even8 2,925.0510.051
maist8 2,925.059.821
chaired3 1,096.89nan
languages4 1,462.529.694
member2 731.269.650
published2 731.269.650
sort3 1,096.899.397
yaise3 1,096.899.340
produce2 731.269.228
ayrshire2 731.269.098
hmi3 1,096.89nan
national4 1,462.529.128
dictionaries2 731.269.098
some11 4,021.949.053
every4 1,462.529.028
needs3 1,096.899.009
legal2 731.268.850
publication2 731.268.850
fundin2 731.268.850
ye5 1,828.158.733
independent2 731.268.732
depairtment2 731.268.618
country3 1,096.898.552
forgotten2 731.268.400
huge2 731.268.194
central2 731.268.095
recent2 731.267.999
success2 731.267.815
jack2 731.267.815
appeared2 731.267.472
etc2 731.267.472
twa-three2 731.267.391
level2 731.267.312
yet4 1,462.527.266
government4 1,462.527.266
development2 731.267.235
confidence2 731.267.235
younger2 731.267.013
school3 1,096.896.991
range2 731.266.872
case3 1,096.896.786
keen2 731.266.737
college2 731.266.737
rich2 731.266.544
real3 1,096.896.527
st2 731.266.303
fact3 1,096.896.224
for26 9,506.406.183
history3 1,096.896.108
eichties2 731.26nan
status2 731.266.132
hauds2 731.266.077
original2 731.266.023
scotlit2 731.26nan
ireland2 731.266.303
gaelic5 1,828.155.881
schuils2 731.265.816
plan2 731.265.766
system2 731.265.668
young4 1,462.525.644
ed2 731.265.436
sometimes2 731.265.392
book2 731.265.305
noo10 3,656.315.205
bit2 731.265.038
wha5 1,828.154.958
james2 731.264.940
aw13 4,753.204.848
learn2 731.264.614
and10 3,656.314.527
glesca2 731.264.415
anes2 731.264.320
opened2 731.264.168
mair11 4,021.944.113
teacher2 731.264.110
withoot2 731.264.081
wi12 4,387.574.065
fecht2 731.264.052
at10 3,656.313.855
been10 3,656.313.813
form2 731.263.808
douglas2 731.263.656
as25 9,140.773.641
our2 731.263.632
licht3 1,096.893.609
hunner2 731.263.466
seem2 731.263.443
world2 731.263.421
tung3 1,096.893.353
their9 3,290.683.227
oot6 2,193.783.222
like3 1,096.893.193
bring2 731.263.143
john3 1,096.893.142
ony5 1,828.153.007
stert2 731.262.987
i10 3,656.312.812
did5 1,828.152.739
are7 2,559.412.734
revised2 731.26nan
across2 731.262.683
would2 731.262.650
least2 731.262.601
ma7 2,559.412.486
they6 2,193.782.365
never3 1,096.892.347
ither6 2,193.782.232
yer2 731.262.220
very2 731.262.164
later2 731.262.150
were6 2,193.782.054
play2 731.262.023
first5 1,828.151.986
its6 2,193.781.978
naethin2 731.261.963
tho3 1,096.891.920
jist7 2,559.411.839
somethin2 731.261.738
set3 1,096.891.701
wee3 1,096.891.580
them2 731.261.568
faur2 731.261.549
english4 1,462.521.515
read2 731.261.484
back3 1,096.891.483
if2 731.261.412
guid5 1,828.151.351
folios2 731.26nan
great2 731.261.378
mither3 1,096.891.285
same3 1,096.891.191
really2 731.261.187
wisnae2 731.261.180
year4 1,462.521.125
fae5 1,828.151.023
tae66 24,131.630.948
help2 731.260.943
mcconnell2 731.26nan
twa2 731.260.887
auld2 731.260.884
whit4 1,462.520.732
cannae2 731.260.721
gien2 731.260.678
there5 1,828.150.669
it37 13,528.340.641
up8 2,925.050.640
folk2 731.260.609
us5 1,828.150.599
bein3 1,096.890.579
wis24 8,775.140.531
which2 731.260.526
afore2 731.260.505
see3 1,096.890.492
while2 731.260.469
workload2 731.26nan
had5 1,828.150.457
nae6 2,193.780.442
efter2 731.260.420
we13 4,753.200.418
need2 731.260.417
alang2 731.260.400
s18 6,581.350.368
day4 1,462.520.362
things2 731.260.347
a75 27,422.300.344
mak3 1,096.890.337
wid4 1,462.520.325
than2 731.260.298
only2 731.260.288
on19 6,946.980.286
ve3 1,096.890.282
three2 731.260.256
lang2 731.260.231
no6 2,193.780.216
time4 1,462.520.175
said3 1,096.890.167
awa4 1,462.520.160
the164 59,963.440.149
pit3 1,096.890.148
an72 26,325.410.104
baith2 731.260.096
to4 1,462.520.088
richt3 1,096.890.072
gaun2 731.260.054
will2 731.260.047
this11 4,021.940.029
be14 5,118.830.004
new2 731.260.003
whaur2 731.260.001
is17 6,215.720.001
war2 731.260.001
when3 1,096.890.000