A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gillen, Charles

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,119
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 460
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.433
Tagged as CUL (Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, i, an, a, for, tae, an', t, but, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Fifty Nine
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (77 words)

Whun A’ The Kye Had Names
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (637 words)

Oot Here Mae Lane
Words without Borders Magazine (01-06-2004) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as prose (405 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
an'18 16,085.79107.722
oul12 10,723.8683.689
i41 36,639.8681.725
t18 16,085.7977.332
mae9 8,042.9062.836
wus9 8,042.9057.699
al7 6,255.5956.295
lake6 5,361.9355.130
kye6 5,361.9349.350
wains4 3,574.6243.634
joost5 4,468.2837.816
mine6 5,361.9334.386
whut5 4,468.2833.272
whun4 3,574.6232.438
jamie4 3,574.6229.214
bak4 3,574.6225.443
stud2 1,787.3123.537
naw6 5,361.9323.475
lane4 3,574.6222.443
ouler2 1,787.3121.813
polly2 1,787.3121.813
straps2 1,787.3121.813
gyely2 1,787.3121.813
names4 3,574.6220.648
crocus2 1,787.3120.630
wud4 3,574.6220.021
for20 17,873.1019.119
knowed2 1,787.3118.370
rodden2 1,787.3117.834
min3 2,680.9717.644
och4 3,574.6217.639
lent2 1,787.3116.562
shane2 1,787.3116.562
but15 13,404.8315.811
heaven2 1,787.3115.327
mane2 1,787.3115.071
nice3 2,680.9714.914
mere2 1,787.3114.604
noo9 8,042.9014.588
dane2 1,787.3114.389
gentle2 1,787.3114.389
sich2 1,787.3114.389
spring3 2,680.9714.235
ploo2 1,787.3114.186
whur2 1,787.3113.809
man7 6,255.5913.771
fermin2 1,787.3113.633
o'4 3,574.6213.322
only5 4,468.2813.295
think6 5,361.9313.136
wae6 5,361.9313.059
shud2 1,787.3112.718
stan2 1,787.3112.718
wile2 1,787.3112.585
know4 3,574.6211.584
luk2 1,787.3111.358
han2 1,787.3111.358
i'm3 2,680.9711.323
fifty2 1,787.3110.909
lan2 1,787.3110.909
had7 6,255.5910.698
pipe2 1,787.3110.663
echt2 1,787.3110.584
blue3 2,680.9710.359
here6 5,361.939.515
nine2 1,787.319.507
o10 8,936.559.488
ye15 13,404.839.472
sure3 2,680.979.403
it's5 4,468.289.244
all3 2,680.978.996
be's3 2,680.97nan
boys2 1,787.319.015
quate2 1,787.318.914
grew2 1,787.318.673
meg2 1,787.318.536
hir3 2,680.978.233
milk2 1,787.317.918
earth2 1,787.317.881
yit2 1,787.317.263
iver2 1,787.317.232
ago2 1,787.317.079
gate2 1,787.316.933
maybe2 1,787.316.904
i'll2 1,787.316.685
rid2 1,787.316.658
seem2 1,787.316.580
years3 2,680.976.372
since2 1,787.316.077
clear2 1,787.315.779
grun2 1,787.315.450
wur3 2,680.974.954
somethin2 1,787.314.533
lang4 3,574.624.396
life3 2,680.974.323
if5 4,468.284.171
fae7 6,255.593.590
coorse2 1,787.313.586
niver2 1,787.313.461
men2 1,787.313.307
yer5 4,468.283.165
m4 3,574.623.147
richt4 3,574.623.108
dinnae2 1,787.313.096
cud2 1,787.312.812
best2 1,787.312.784
a24 21,447.722.667
go2 1,787.312.632
wye2 1,787.312.605
an37 33,065.242.464
roan2 1,787.31nan
things2 1,787.312.415
wee5 4,468.282.276
far2 1,787.312.274
better2 1,787.312.240
three2 1,787.312.218
e2 1,787.312.147
same2 1,787.311.983
thing2 1,787.311.973
in12 10,723.861.927
hae5 4,468.281.729
at4 3,574.621.680
he6 5,361.931.660
weel3 2,680.971.654
she3 2,680.971.639
bridgit2 1,787.31nan
time4 3,574.621.546
dae3 2,680.971.526
they7 6,255.591.395
as10 8,936.551.305
that15 13,404.831.291
on10 8,936.551.265
still2 1,787.311.217
him5 4,468.281.158
ony2 1,787.311.147
nae5 4,468.280.889
it10 8,936.550.880
s6 5,361.930.805
can3 2,680.970.796
warts2 1,787.31nan
tak2 1,787.310.997
first2 1,787.310.748
dake2 1,787.31nan
got2 1,787.310.709
tae20 17,873.100.699
d3 2,680.970.554
we3 2,680.970.520
me5 4,468.280.430
ll2 1,787.310.360
oot6 5,361.930.327
its2 1,787.310.320
the61 54,512.960.288
be5 4,468.280.075
by2 1,787.310.041
or4 3,574.620.038
mair2 1,787.310.037
oul'2 1,787.31nan
them2 1,787.310.029
his6 5,361.930.022
up4 3,574.620.020
day2 1,787.310.015
is7 6,255.590.002