A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wallace, Lorna

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,849
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 758
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.439
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, a, the, tae, his, s, he, yir, jock, ma,

List of texts in corpus

An Ode Tae Tinder
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2020-02-14) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 words)

Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2019-05-16) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (844 words)

A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper).
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2016-11-11) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (343 words)

Tae A Selfie
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2014-01-19) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 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
yir26 14,061.65178.690
jock21 11,357.49139.464
o4 2,163.3350.647
yi10 5,408.3347.442
am11 5,949.1647.391
huv10 5,408.3341.090
trump4 2,163.3335.444
the56 30,286.6431.685
his33 17,847.4930.828
jist15 8,112.4926.967
ll13 7,030.8325.816
yiv3 1,622.5024.553
felt7 3,785.8324.033
when12 6,489.9922.975
wait5 2,704.1620.914
through8 4,326.6620.654
feel7 3,785.8319.757
ti13 7,030.8319.432
dain4 2,163.3319.199
s33 17,847.4918.878
hawd2 1,081.6718.624
durty2 1,081.6718.624
you14 7,571.6618.308
oan12 6,489.9917.962
aw16 8,653.3317.899
bevvy2 1,081.6717.720
pished2 1,081.6717.720
hawf2 1,081.6717.720
mare4 2,163.3317.288
swipe2 1,081.6716.986
worthy2 1,081.6716.368
naeb2 1,081.6715.834
don5 2,704.1615.402
depression2 1,081.6715.364
boab2 1,081.6715.364
flap2 1,081.6715.364
sadness2 1,081.6715.364
ashamed2 1,081.6714.945
gid3 1,622.5014.497
disgrace2 1,081.6714.220
alone2 1,081.6714.220
who5 2,704.1614.080
fur15 8,112.4913.895
this19 10,275.8213.855
and2 1,081.6713.501
eh5 2,704.1613.403
smashin2 1,081.6712.843
doac2 1,081.6712.843
too4 2,163.3312.788
shite3 1,622.5012.777
git5 2,704.1612.724
at2 1,081.6712.642
cheeks2 1,081.6712.404
free4 2,163.3311.882
usa2 1,081.6711.487
darkness2 1,081.6711.487
those3 1,622.5011.355
wae7 3,785.8311.190
in13 7,030.8311.065
wee12 6,489.9910.962
how5 2,704.1610.858
soul2 1,081.6710.747
quite3 1,622.5010.715
ma19 10,275.8210.617
despite2 1,081.6710.615
pal3 1,622.5010.517
herts2 1,081.6710.364
break2 1,081.6710.244
thoat2 1,081.6710.244
hert4 2,163.3310.129
dreams2 1,081.6710.129
fear3 1,622.509.967
he30 16,224.999.756
feelin3 1,622.509.470
fin6 3,245.009.304
ask3 1,622.509.017
must3 1,622.509.017
blame2 1,081.678.879
phone3 1,622.508.875
tinder4 2,163.33nan
fun3 1,622.508.981
human3 1,622.508.805
pair3 1,622.508.635
t6 3,245.008.563
freens2 1,081.678.492
keen2 1,081.678.210
doactir4 2,163.33nan
but17 9,194.169.577
roon5 2,704.168.177
dy2 1,081.677.948
erse2 1,081.677.886
wunner2 1,081.677.886
change2 1,081.677.476
of8 4,326.667.300
ever3 1,622.507.154
fine5 2,704.167.038
lassies2 1,081.677.011
dance2 1,081.676.963
goin2 1,081.676.868
maw2 1,081.676.868
cast2 1,081.676.732
meet2 1,081.676.433
heavy2 1,081.676.392
need4 2,163.336.299
whit10 5,408.336.275
feed2 1,081.676.234
fast2 1,081.676.158
heid6 3,245.006.030
hink2 1,081.675.975
problem2 1,081.675.939
space2 1,081.675.801
an64 34,613.305.781
gless2 1,081.675.767
noo8 4,326.665.767
like11 5,949.165.658
face4 2,163.335.504
light2 1,081.675.388
d8 4,326.665.323
mooth2 1,081.675.186
watch2 1,081.675.186
wid6 3,245.005.181
true2 1,081.675.104
rid2 1,081.674.843
soon2 1,081.674.843
help3 1,622.504.689
love2 1,081.674.672
lly2 1,081.67nan
hope2 1,081.674.793
jenny2 1,081.674.556
warm2 1,081.674.511
there10 5,408.334.375
not2 1,081.674.316
stert2 1,081.674.274
sit2 1,081.674.274
isnae2 1,081.674.253
hing2 1,081.674.213
fact2 1,081.674.093
wi7 3,785.834.092
clear2 1,081.674.017
until2 1,081.673.942
hissel2 1,081.673.924
let3 1,622.503.921
folk3 1,622.503.910
toon2 1,081.673.763
me2 1,081.673.718
couldnae2 1,081.673.695
hud3 1,622.503.647
with2 1,081.673.304
looked2 1,081.673.190
ye5 2,704.163.058
enough2 1,081.673.002
went3 1,622.502.943
lookin2 1,081.672.852
him9 4,867.502.755
yet2 1,081.672.665
will4 2,163.332.631
words2 1,081.672.555
sayin2 1,081.672.482
wan3 1,622.502.470
great2 1,081.672.451
goat2 1,081.672.247
really2 1,081.672.219
aff5 2,704.162.080
bit2 1,081.672.043
telt3 1,622.502.031
came2 1,081.672.027
r2 1,081.671.986
is7 3,785.831.983
re3 1,622.501.959
as7 3,785.831.885
know2 1,081.671.875
or3 1,622.501.838
time6 3,245.001.767
ah7 3,785.831.741
no8 4,326.661.687
oor5 2,704.161.675
cannae2 1,081.671.624
kent3 1,622.501.621
we11 5,949.161.620
so4 2,163.331.614
never2 1,081.671.527
years2 1,081.671.483
even3 1,622.501.439
think3 1,622.501.345
day6 3,245.001.336
awch2 1,081.67nan
look2 1,081.671.326
has2 1,081.671.276
go2 1,081.671.255
see5 2,704.161.165
hit2 1,081.671.148
lik2 1,081.671.129
come3 1,622.501.051
back2 1,081.671.038
are4 2,163.330.943
they5 2,704.160.728
said4 2,163.330.712
that15 8,112.490.621
tell2 1,081.670.547
aloang2 1,081.67nan
yer2 1,081.670.607
gaun2 1,081.670.528
then3 1,622.500.514
big2 1,081.670.502
oot6 3,245.000.446
wis16 8,653.330.427
awryt2 1,081.67nan
if4 2,163.330.435
it19 10,275.820.404
seen2 1,081.670.388
them4 2,163.330.357
tae36 19,469.980.335
a58 31,368.310.275
still2 1,081.670.272
dae3 1,622.500.254
doon5 2,704.160.234
be8 4,326.660.195
ken3 1,622.500.180
up6 3,245.000.175
hame2 1,081.670.155
could2 1,081.670.139
fae6 3,245.000.136
had3 1,622.500.111
nae6 3,245.000.101
pit2 1,081.670.087
some3 1,622.500.070
aboot6 3,245.000.048
she9 4,867.500.034
her10 5,408.330.029
its2 1,081.670.011
intae3 1,622.500.009
weel2 1,081.670.008
man2 1,081.670.007
by3 1,622.500.007
sae3 1,622.500.005
efter2 1,081.670.002