Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Geddes, Jenny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 845
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 393
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.15
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, the, a, an, we, s, ah, o, in, it,

List of texts in corpus

Fling the creepie in January
McRenegade.Scots (2018-01-18) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (845 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
social	8	9,467.46	52.173
identity	5	5,917.16	36.544
fer	7	8,284.02	34.786
identities	3	3,550.30	30.516
friendship	3	3,550.30	30.516
media	5	5,917.16	30.434
we	16	18,934.91	25.033
wha	7	8,284.02	24.861
those	4	4,733.73	23.453
cry	4	4,733.73	22.992
ta'en	2	2,366.86	21.753
git	5	5,917.16	19.947
ahm	2	2,366.86	17.681
which	5	5,917.16	17.284
facebook	2	2,366.86	16.188
sich	2	2,366.86	15.504
virtual	2	2,366.86	15.107
prose	2	2,366.86	14.922
january	2	2,366.86	14.746
an'	4	4,733.73	14.308
oan	7	8,284.02	13.236
positive	2	2,366.86	13.085
personal	2	2,366.86	12.367
surely	2	2,366.86	12.184
pan	2	2,366.86	11.843
culture	3	3,550.30	11.802
ithers	3	3,550.30	11.690
dae	6	7,100.59	11.451
tae	34	40,236.69	11.441
simply	2	2,366.86	11.381
ah've	2	2,366.86	11.035
try	3	3,550.30	11.017
tryin	3	3,550.30	10.969
some	6	7,100.59	9.977
intil	3	3,550.30	9.675
view	2	2,366.86	9.311
being	2	2,366.86	9.229
s	15	17,751.48	8.475
seem	2	2,366.86	7.630
best	3	3,550.30	7.616
us	5	5,917.16	7.582
are	5	5,917.16	7.522
boy	2	2,366.86	7.475
poem	2	2,366.86	7.302
want	3	3,550.30	6.846
until	2	2,366.86	6.728
sense	2	2,366.86	6.549
word	2	2,366.86	6.530
place	3	3,550.30	6.382
fowk	5	5,917.16	6.361
emoticon	3	3,550.30	nan
so	4	4,733.73	5.754
be	10	11,834.32	5.646
way	2	2,366.86	5.582
the	34	40,236.69	5.567
all	2	2,366.86	5.539
their	5	5,917.16	5.386
re	3	3,550.30	5.383
ah	11	13,017.75	5.246
o'	2	2,366.86	5.151
who	2	2,366.86	5.138
wis	3	3,550.30	4.876
ve	3	3,550.30	4.337
will	3	3,550.30	4.030
oor	4	4,733.73	4.018
while	2	2,366.86	3.540
abused	2	2,366.86	nan
me	7	8,284.02	4.527
is	10	11,834.32	3.494
see	4	4,733.73	3.388
dinna	2	2,366.86	3.358
lik	2	2,366.86	3.344
fb	3	3,550.30	nan
aye	4	4,733.73	4.063
things	2	2,366.86	3.284
hae	5	5,917.16	3.267
ither	3	3,550.30	2.843
o	11	13,017.75	2.731
no	5	5,917.16	2.555
as	9	10,650.89	2.368
m	3	3,550.30	2.333
fin	2	2,366.86	2.141
wee	4	4,733.73	2.073
for	2	2,366.86	2.037
mak	2	2,366.86	1.798
if	3	3,550.30	1.648
by	3	3,550.30	1.612
or	5	5,917.16	1.507
heid	2	2,366.86	1.189
ye	7	8,284.02	1.132
on	3	3,550.30	1.091
fae	4	4,733.73	0.958
nae	4	4,733.73	0.888
oot	2	2,366.86	0.814
they	5	5,917.16	0.793
awa	2	2,366.86	0.764
i	7	8,284.02	0.699
to	2	2,366.86	0.658
richt	2	2,366.86	0.630
an	18	21,301.78	0.593
get	2	2,366.86	0.576
of	2	2,366.86	0.473
in	11	13,017.75	0.381
can	2	2,366.86	0.334
sae	2	2,366.86	0.305
a	27	31,952.66	0.205
d	2	2,366.86	0.205
this	4	4,733.73	0.173
ma	3	3,550.30	0.148
time	2	2,366.86	0.143
yer	2	2,366.86	0.143
wi	7	8,284.02	0.078
that	9	10,650.89	0.052
mair	2	2,366.86	0.042
like	2	2,366.86	0.025
and	6	7,100.59	0.022
there	2	2,366.86	0.015
bit	2	2,366.86	0.014
whit	2	2,366.86	0.013
scots	3	3,550.30	0.005
it	10	11,834.32	0.000