Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Jamie, Kathleen

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 381
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 247
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.543
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, they, tae, aw, their, ye, will, a, whaur,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (53 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (62 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (266 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
aix	2	5,249.34	27.854
wind	3	7,874.02	18.795
nane	3	7,874.02	17.295
journey	2	5,249.34	16.605
risin	2	5,249.34	15.250
abune	2	5,249.34	14.754
whaur	4	10,498.69	14.086
thegither	3	7,874.02	13.320
will	4	10,498.69	12.784
mibbe	2	5,249.34	12.057
their	5	13,123.36	11.794
grey	2	5,249.34	11.098
thochts	2	5,249.34	11.038
haudin	2	5,249.34	10.642
aye	4	10,498.69	9.131
aw	5	13,123.36	8.806
hame	3	7,874.02	8.286
come	3	7,874.02	8.062
they	6	15,748.03	7.845
masel	2	5,249.34	7.453
day	4	10,498.69	6.987
folk	2	5,249.34	6.615
a	4	10,498.69	6.248
alang	2	5,249.34	6.159
left	2	5,249.34	5.604
the	33	86,614.17	4.905
ye	5	13,123.36	3.024
were	2	5,249.34	2.956
we	4	10,498.69	2.840
are	2	5,249.34	2.632
if	2	5,249.34	2.107
in	3	7,874.02	1.797
doon	2	5,249.34	1.199
ower	2	5,249.34	1.129
hae	2	5,249.34	1.025
like	2	5,249.34	0.761
and	4	10,498.69	0.712
tae	6	15,748.03	0.636
it	3	7,874.02	0.580
wi	4	10,498.69	0.427
or	2	5,249.34	0.401
i	3	7,874.02	0.218
is	3	7,874.02	0.167
that	3	7,874.02	0.166
but	2	5,249.34	0.157
at	2	5,249.34	0.085
on	2	5,249.34	0.051
as	2	5,249.34	0.047
his	2	5,249.34	0.014
an	10	26,246.72	0.012
for	2	5,249.34	0.009
be	2	5,249.34	0.003