A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Davidson, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,205
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 562
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.144
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, tae, an, a, is, i, it, for, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Mitterand Plan
The Sair Fecht (11-06-2016) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as blog (1,205 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
democracy8 6,639.0066.629
govrenments6 4,979.2561.023
socialism6 4,979.2556.791
social9 7,468.8854.538
state9 7,468.8852.423
european8 6,639.0050.018
callaghan4 3,319.5049.120
walth4 3,319.5041.768
austerity4 3,319.5041.768
eu5 4,149.3834.075
flicht4 3,319.5032.541
thatcher3 2,489.6332.278
denial3 2,489.6332.278
capital4 3,319.5030.911
pooerful3 2,489.6330.015
unemployment3 2,489.6327.114
voters4 3,319.5026.861
threit3 2,489.6326.567
financial3 2,489.6326.066
capitalists7 5,809.13nan
kintra5 4,149.3825.947
programme3 2,489.6323.406
seistem3 2,489.6323.406
corbyn2 1,659.7523.241
vailye2 1,659.7521.517
richt-wing2 1,659.7521.517
global3 2,489.6320.744
forced3 2,489.6320.744
economics2 1,659.7520.334
profits2 1,659.7520.334
finance2 1,659.7520.334
europe4 3,319.5020.072
govrenment3 2,489.6319.519
capitalist2 1,659.7519.429
radical3 2,489.6319.364
pooer3 2,489.6318.920
mercat3 2,489.6318.642
prime2 1,659.7517.539
muivin2 1,659.7517.539
capable2 1,659.7517.068
mercats2 1,659.7517.068
income2 1,659.7517.068
price3 2,489.6316.799
blair2 1,659.7516.647
collapse2 1,659.7516.647
spendin2 1,659.7516.267
mitterand4 3,319.50nan
lairge2 1,659.7516.267
across4 3,319.5016.037
currency2 1,659.7515.921
fend2 1,659.7515.033
naitional2 1,659.7514.777
meinister2 1,659.7514.537
failed2 1,659.7514.310
tax2 1,659.7514.310
jouk2 1,659.7514.096
individual2 1,659.7513.893
create2 1,659.7513.893
policy3 2,489.6313.864
foot2 1,659.7512.857
muivement2 1,659.7512.857
kintras2 1,659.7512.708
memmer2 1,659.7512.426
economic2 1,659.7512.164
left5 4,149.3811.968
bigg2 1,659.7511.688
were7 5,809.1311.506
wha5 4,149.3811.473
michael2 1,659.7511.470
majority2 1,659.7511.069
is18 14,937.7610.834
becam2 1,659.7510.620
ainlie2 1,659.7510.536
blame2 1,659.7510.536
control2 1,659.7510.219
itsel3 2,489.6310.119
i17 14,107.889.816
rich2 1,659.759.654
britain2 1,659.759.525
wioot2 1,659.759.281
experience2 1,659.758.888
gin5 4,149.388.839
frae8 6,639.008.629
apairt2 1,659.758.485
by7 5,809.138.315
british2 1,659.758.254
haed5 4,149.388.208
common2 1,659.757.563
eneuch3 2,489.637.498
leukin2 1,659.757.454
first5 4,149.387.430
political2 1,659.757.419
o39 32,365.157.148
canna3 2,489.637.088
haes5 4,149.387.029
winna2 1,659.756.833
warld3 2,489.636.655
til4 3,319.506.551
yaised2 1,659.756.464
cooncil2 1,659.756.384
françois2 1,659.75nan
acause2 1,659.756.491
we11 9,128.635.978
demaundit2 1,659.75nan
can6 4,979.255.884
puir2 1,659.755.393
tae38 31,535.275.190
unner2 1,659.755.150
kind2 1,659.755.079
want3 2,489.635.057
his2 1,659.754.814
weill2 1,659.754.388
ye2 1,659.754.304
in11 9,128.633.835
hoo2 1,659.753.772
s4 3,319.503.665
onie2 1,659.753.576
the86 71,369.293.557
wi4 3,319.503.502
for12 9,958.513.325
ilka2 1,659.753.062
even3 2,489.633.056
wis7 5,809.132.661
thir2 1,659.752.397
win2 1,659.752.397
need2 1,659.752.333
at4 3,319.502.193
maun2 1,659.752.129
thaim3 2,489.632.065
ane3 2,489.632.039
they2 1,659.751.945
be3 2,489.631.919
an38 31,535.271.734
scotland3 2,489.631.689
ae4 3,319.501.520
scots2 1,659.751.344
nor2 1,659.751.243
syne2 1,659.751.236
been4 3,319.501.156
are3 2,489.631.087
micht2 1,659.751.034
cam2 1,659.750.886
on5 4,149.380.879
sae3 2,489.630.567
hae4 3,319.500.446
aw2 1,659.750.321
or5 4,149.380.284
efter2 1,659.750.275
there4 3,319.500.236
it13 10,788.380.117
twa2 1,659.750.091
up4 3,319.500.086
a37 30,705.390.084
this4 3,319.500.082
that11 9,128.630.069
as8 6,639.000.057
of2 1,659.750.057
nae3 2,489.630.055
whit3 2,489.630.051
aye2 1,659.750.048
oor2 1,659.750.043
fowk2 1,659.750.024
their2 1,659.750.001
redistribute2 1,659.75nan
but5 4,149.380.017