A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matthews, Lily

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 904
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 407
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.221
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, an, tae, a, th, wis, in, me, fur,

List of texts in corpus

A SPARK O INSPIRATION
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (DUN), categorised as weans (904 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
th18 19,911.50162.937
ah31 34,292.0457.841
howff6 6,637.1755.122
mah7 7,743.3653.157
lecky4 4,424.7851.423
baxter4 4,424.7840.393
guest4 4,424.7837.380
lassie7 7,743.3635.000
lightning3 3,318.5834.003
floor4 4,424.7833.813
eh7 7,743.3632.601
donaldson3 3,318.5831.740
cook4 4,424.7830.911
cakes3 3,318.5830.111
fisher3 3,318.5827.325
carriage2 2,212.3924.391
meh2 2,212.3924.391
laurence2 2,212.3921.483
bessie2 2,212.3921.483
fur12 13,274.3420.012
study3 3,318.5819.824
searchin2 2,212.3919.221
me13 14,380.5318.470
thunder2 2,212.3917.412
reform2 2,212.3917.065
lamps2 2,212.3916.746
twas2 2,212.3916.746
hud5 5,530.9716.550
spark2 2,212.3915.451
cuid4 4,424.7814.400
hoose6 6,637.1714.246
drookit2 2,212.3913.700
brought2 2,212.3913.427
explained2 2,212.3913.051
toun3 3,318.5812.931
struck2 2,212.3912.293
gates2 2,212.3912.293
how4 4,424.7812.181
ran3 3,318.5811.766
ainlie2 2,212.3911.660
quickly2 2,212.3911.264
mrs3 3,318.5811.066
picked2 2,212.3910.578
dug3 3,318.5810.566
hur2 2,212.3910.162
mr3 3,318.5810.131
future2 2,212.399.010
by6 6,637.178.332
o8 8,849.567.798
heard3 3,318.587.735
kin3 3,318.587.601
mary2 2,212.397.564
wait2 2,212.397.564
tellt2 2,212.397.297
shuid2 2,212.397.171
fun2 2,212.397.122
time6 6,637.176.995
happened2 2,212.396.909
night2 2,212.396.438
puir2 2,212.396.438
said5 5,530.976.428
she11 12,168.146.229
couldnae2 2,212.396.206
back6 6,637.175.807
run2 2,212.395.594
street2 2,212.395.214
neist2 2,212.395.200
her10 11,061.954.694
wisnae2 2,212.394.503
body2 2,212.394.438
masel2 2,212.394.343
wis16 17,699.124.219
though2 2,212.394.202
the39 43,141.594.107
cannae2 2,212.393.781
oor4 4,424.783.645
doon5 5,530.973.318
win2 2,212.393.285
see4 4,424.783.036
as10 11,061.952.967
went2 2,212.392.876
then3 3,318.582.847
face2 2,212.392.817
wur2 2,212.392.697
wi3 3,318.582.628
wha2 2,212.392.531
afore3 3,318.582.405
life2 2,212.392.301
tae26 28,761.062.125
to3 3,318.582.105
get3 3,318.581.940
and3 3,318.581.894
kent2 2,212.391.859
made2 2,212.391.826
even2 2,212.391.712
oan3 3,318.581.690
tak2 2,212.391.506
s10 11,061.951.291
ma2 2,212.391.206
got2 2,212.391.166
wey2 2,212.391.149
an28 30,973.451.082
his3 3,318.581.061
there4 4,424.780.986
ye3 3,318.580.842
a22 24,336.280.828
wid2 2,212.390.814
when2 2,212.390.803
but2 2,212.390.799
efter2 2,212.390.752
fae4 4,424.780.746
day3 3,318.580.722
aboot4 4,424.780.566
he6 6,637.170.478
whit3 3,318.580.465
twa2 2,212.390.441
had2 2,212.390.441
hae3 3,318.580.334
if2 2,212.390.245
mcquarry2 2,212.39nan
sae2 2,212.390.219
oot3 3,318.580.185
intae2 2,212.390.121
at5 5,530.970.114
that8 8,849.560.099
be4 4,424.780.070
him2 2,212.390.070
they4 4,424.780.070
nae3 3,318.580.069
like2 2,212.390.067
up3 3,318.580.065
you2 2,212.390.057
we4 4,424.780.049
it10 11,061.950.048
bit2 2,212.390.047
in14 15,486.730.000
ower2 2,212.390.000