A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Smyth, Anne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 333
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 155
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as GUL (General Ulster) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, an, the, o, luive, aa, disnae, bot, mair, s,

List of texts in corpus

I Corinthians 13
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster dialect (GUL), categorised as prose (333 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
disnae7 21,021.0255.440
whanivver3 9,009.0143.827
haenae3 9,009.0141.596
bot6 18,018.0239.325
feck4 12,012.0134.060
luive9 27,027.03nan
tholes3 9,009.0141.596
wean4 12,012.0131.863
a31 93,093.0930.643
aa8 24,024.0226.463
gear3 9,009.0122.074
thar3 9,009.0121.941
daeins2 6,006.0120.735
throch2 6,006.0119.014
mair6 18,018.0215.594
gin4 12,012.0114.648
ill2 6,006.0112.180
ll4 12,012.0111.693
gate2 6,006.0111.595
fu2 6,006.0111.565
wus2 6,006.0111.565
hae5 15,015.0210.237
itsel2 6,006.0110.095
syne3 9,009.0110.049
t3 9,009.019.550
hert2 6,006.018.846
leck3 9,009.01nan
ken3 9,009.016.677
m3 9,009.016.641
jist3 9,009.015.901
nor2 6,006.015.228
thaim2 6,006.014.010
guid2 6,006.013.730
we4 12,012.013.546
s6 18,018.023.492
its2 6,006.013.347
an14 42,042.043.143
tae3 9,009.013.109
us2 6,006.013.077
noo2 6,006.012.337
o11 33,033.032.186
the14 42,042.041.753
whit2 6,006.011.513
ma3 9,009.011.241
it2 6,006.011.181
fur2 6,006.011.090
like2 6,006.011.048
nae2 6,006.010.889
be3 9,009.010.850
up2 6,006.010.352
at3 9,009.010.315
in4 12,012.010.299
oot2 6,006.010.226
wi2 6,006.010.100
is2 6,006.010.001
as2 6,006.010.000