Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curt_Kenobi

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 525
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 283
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, tae, a, the, me, it, ehs, fir, ay, sae,

List of texts in corpus

Mates
archiveofourown.org (2016-09-27) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (525 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
ehs	8	15,238.10	115.355
ah'm	6	11,428.57	41.711
ah	20	38,095.24	40.879
sick	4	7,619.05	32.473
n	6	11,428.57	30.044
fir	7	13,333.33	29.988
all	5	9,523.81	27.099
natural	3	5,714.29	23.314
compliment	2	3,809.52	22.015
blond	2	3,809.52	20.858
shite	3	5,714.29	20.150
fucker	2	3,809.52	19.234
eh's	6	11,428.57	nan
ay	7	13,333.33	18.493
eh	4	7,619.05	18.467
theory	2	3,809.52	18.085
kissed	2	3,809.52	17.616
long	3	5,714.29	16.164
fuckin	4	7,619.05	16.008
it's	5	9,523.81	15.916
me	9	17,142.86	15.306
chest	2	3,809.52	14.859
wonder	2	3,809.52	14.751
oan	6	11,428.57	14.662
almost	2	3,809.52	14.645
jist	6	11,428.57	14.269
makes	2	3,809.52	14.065
sae	6	11,428.57	13.606
ihm	5	9,523.81	nan
forward	2	3,809.52	15.327
ah've	2	3,809.52	12.906
when	5	9,523.81	12.868
birds	2	3,809.52	12.465
that's	3	5,714.29	12.056
the	14	26,666.67	11.828
colour	2	3,809.52	10.837
dinnae	3	5,714.29	10.775
go	3	5,714.29	9.938
mooth	2	3,809.52	9.908
fuck	2	3,809.52	9.317
boy	2	3,809.52	9.291
an	4	7,619.05	9.175
now	2	3,809.52	9.041
since	2	3,809.52	8.922
across	2	3,809.52	8.523
eyes	2	3,809.52	8.420
about	2	3,809.52	7.855
do	2	3,809.52	7.838
cunt	2	3,809.52	7.752
hair	2	3,809.52	7.277
am	2	3,809.52	6.872
in	2	3,809.52	6.795
git	2	3,809.52	6.314
masel	2	3,809.52	6.280
boy's	2	3,809.52	nan
though	2	3,809.52	6.129
face	2	3,809.52	4.610
ken	3	5,714.29	4.418
are	3	5,714.29	4.347
life	2	3,809.52	4.022
still	2	3,809.52	3.382
gie	2	3,809.52	3.306
think	2	3,809.52	3.233
but	5	9,523.81	3.018
aboot	4	7,619.05	2.677
us	2	3,809.52	1.738
had	2	3,809.52	1.609
no	3	5,714.29	1.417
outta	2	3,809.52	nan
like	3	5,714.29	1.408
tae	15	28,571.43	1.174
wi	2	3,809.52	1.144
his	5	9,523.81	1.132
it	9	17,142.86	1.111
ma	4	7,619.05	1.022
or	3	5,714.29	0.811
and	2	3,809.52	0.773
mair	2	3,809.52	0.642
back	2	3,809.52	0.628
wis	4	7,619.05	0.363
we	3	5,714.29	0.363
him	2	3,809.52	0.234
a	14	26,666.67	0.131
be	3	5,714.29	0.046
that	5	9,523.81	0.006