A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Coyne, Hilary

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 738
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.139
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, it, to, i, s, that, she,

List of texts in corpus

The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked
hilarycoyne.com/ (2021-08-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (738 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
finn7 9,485.0985.327
to13 17,615.1844.813
all7 9,485.0937.936
causeway2 2,710.0325.203
ll8 10,840.1121.919
well5 6,775.0721.596
alright2 2,710.0320.032
about4 5,420.0518.442
ben4 5,420.0517.290
tae3 4,065.0415.837
was6 8,130.0815.318
he18 24,390.2414.203
put3 4,065.0413.635
already2 2,710.0313.193
needed2 2,710.0312.458
broken2 2,710.0312.458
two3 4,065.0412.407
mention2 2,710.0312.294
although2 2,710.0311.913
lucky2 2,710.0311.371
of6 8,130.0811.257
finger2 2,710.0311.247
she12 16,260.1611.234
and14 18,970.1911.203
i13 17,615.1811.138
pride2 2,710.0311.127
wife3 4,065.0411.010
over2 2,710.0310.897
but10 13,550.1410.689
him8 10,840.1110.507
turnin2 2,710.0310.475
if6 8,130.0810.368
then5 6,775.0710.308
when5 6,775.079.912
o5 6,775.079.375
teeth2 2,710.039.325
heard3 4,065.048.829
maybe2 2,710.038.476
wind2 2,710.038.447
ask2 2,710.037.911
no7 9,485.097.865
now2 2,710.037.741
leave2 2,710.037.741
oonagh3 4,065.04nan
not2 2,710.037.647
from2 2,710.037.624
hill2 2,710.037.337
doot2 2,710.037.254
too2 2,710.037.213
with2 2,710.036.511
tell3 4,065.046.295
the28 37,940.386.282
enough2 2,710.036.163
benandonner3 4,065.04nan
something2 2,710.036.333
re3 4,065.046.060
few2 2,710.036.059
me7 9,485.095.728
out2 2,710.035.687
s12 16,260.165.595
sun2 2,710.035.522
think3 4,065.045.167
these2 2,710.035.105
came2 2,710.034.988
say3 4,065.044.469
right2 2,710.034.443
his9 12,195.124.151
gied2 2,710.033.902
d4 5,420.053.835
be8 10,840.113.729
her8 10,840.113.580
ahve2 2,710.03nan
bit5 6,775.073.511
fir2 2,710.032.874
big2 2,710.032.788
they6 8,130.082.639
that12 16,260.162.585
doon4 5,420.052.555
aye3 4,065.042.426
still2 2,710.032.328
did2 2,710.032.109
by3 4,065.042.096
aw4 5,420.052.041
my2 2,710.031.856
it13 17,615.181.833
their3 4,065.041.755
first2 2,710.031.725
ah2 2,710.031.679
man2 2,710.031.425
a27 36,585.371.283
in8 10,840.111.207
efter2 2,710.031.194
wee3 4,065.041.075
or4 5,420.050.904
said2 2,710.030.745
for6 8,130.080.739
is3 4,065.040.604
see2 2,710.030.469
mccool2 2,710.03nan
get2 2,710.030.837
oot2 2,710.030.453
wis6 8,130.080.318
at6 8,130.080.318
you2 2,710.030.252
mair2 2,710.030.147
back2 2,710.030.140
on4 5,420.050.064
as4 5,420.050.058
there2 2,710.030.005
nae2 2,710.030.005
like2 2,710.030.001