A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sands, Finn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 508
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 259
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.961
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - he, the, wis, his, tam, a, tae, an, as, him,

List of texts in corpus

THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (508 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
tam13 25,590.55106.349
he35 68,897.6485.826
fitbaw5 9,842.5256.459
et7 13,779.5355.538
stadium4 7,874.0249.964
ghaistly3 5,905.5135.202
his16 31,496.0628.896
heidless2 3,937.0124.974
wis19 37,401.5722.313
guisin2 3,937.0120.989
spied2 3,937.0117.133
speed2 3,937.0115.584
him8 15,748.0315.304
ran3 5,905.5115.089
oan6 11,811.0215.012
through4 7,874.0214.698
decidit2 3,937.0113.172
reached2 3,937.0112.594
hall2 3,937.0112.363
baw2 3,937.0112.198
git3 5,905.5111.940
wae4 7,874.0211.417
heard3 5,905.5110.903
game2 3,937.0110.455
rinnin2 3,937.0110.160
shoack2 3,937.01nan
aw6 11,811.029.557
rin2 3,937.018.778
fell2 3,937.017.568
heid3 5,905.515.797
ghouls2 3,937.01nan
saw2 3,937.015.657
as8 15,748.035.433
alang2 3,937.015.134
oot6 11,811.024.691
gaun2 3,937.014.048
kent2 3,937.013.612
whaur2 3,937.013.572
up5 9,842.523.351
was2 3,937.012.684
ain2 3,937.012.371
that2 3,937.012.368
whit3 5,905.512.205
efter2 3,937.012.176
afore2 3,937.012.068
awa2 3,937.012.001
richt2 3,937.011.808
in5 9,842.521.251
s2 3,937.011.080
mair2 3,937.010.704
o8 15,748.030.631
tae13 25,590.550.404
a13 25,590.550.255
an12 23,622.050.063
and3 5,905.510.048
they2 3,937.010.001
horrur2 3,937.01nan
the29 57,086.610.012