Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKenzie, Roddy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 589
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.931
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - thi, yi, a, tae, in, it, that, and, jist, like,

List of texts in corpus

Cataracts
northwordsnow.co.uk (2018-10-01) in Central (Dundee) dialect (DUN), categorised as prose (589 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
thi	39	66,213.92	438.807
yi	29	49,235.99	268.021
ther	5	8,488.96	43.255
yir	6	10,186.76	36.748
thim	3	5,093.38	34.312
work	4	6,791.17	21.066
lenses	2	3,395.59	20.398
bar	3	5,093.38	17.429
jist	7	11,884.55	17.133
dinnae	4	6,791.17	15.678
een	5	8,488.96	15.610
crowd	2	3,395.59	14.514
them	6	10,186.76	12.280
eh	3	5,093.38	11.530
being	2	3,395.59	10.629
like	7	11,884.55	10.222
wiz	4	6,791.17	9.943
before	2	3,395.59	9.493
see	5	8,488.96	8.601
bairns	3	5,093.38	8.580
wha	3	5,093.38	7.960
when	4	6,791.17	7.943
ur	2	3,395.59	7.843
an	6	10,186.76	7.066
ken	4	6,791.17	6.999
mean	2	3,395.59	6.218
o	5	8,488.96	5.451
thit	2	3,395.59	5.354
gang	2	3,395.59	5.298
kin	2	3,395.59	5.145
road	2	3,395.59	5.016
fur	5	8,488.96	4.937
yer	4	6,791.17	4.793
thae	2	3,395.59	4.789
so	3	5,093.38	4.659
keep	2	3,395.59	4.512
dae	3	5,093.38	4.118
but	6	10,186.76	4.112
roon	2	3,395.59	4.015
get	3	5,093.38	3.688
auld	3	5,093.38	3.637
and	8	13,582.34	3.251
gie	2	3,395.59	2.941
tae	19	32,258.06	2.885
noo	3	5,093.38	2.803
hame	2	3,395.59	2.701
they	5	8,488.96	2.431
heid	2	3,395.59	2.134
day	3	5,093.38	2.071
guid	2	3,395.59	1.973
mair	3	5,093.38	1.899
back	3	5,093.38	1.872
here	2	3,395.59	1.810
wee	3	5,093.38	1.807
were	2	3,395.59	1.692
whit	3	5,093.38	1.668
awa	2	3,395.59	1.601
that	9	15,280.14	1.514
oan	2	3,395.59	1.180
it	10	16,977.93	1.174
fowk	2	3,395.59	1.061
on	2	3,395.59	0.865
wi	3	5,093.38	0.496
a	20	33,955.86	0.429
her	2	3,395.59	0.392
in	11	18,675.72	0.348
she	4	6,791.17	0.274
this	3	5,093.38	0.228
up	3	5,093.38	0.223
ye	4	6,791.17	0.198
bit	2	3,395.59	0.143
megic	2	3,395.59	nan
as	3	5,093.38	0.103
oot	3	5,093.38	0.103
aboot	2	3,395.59	0.035