A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McCrory, Pat

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,193
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 485
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.46
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, it, in, he, said, that, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (601 words)
Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (163 words)
Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (429 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
worm8 6,705.7882.611
jaickit6 5,029.3472.334
soup6 5,029.3447.588
class6 5,029.3437.987
school7 5,867.5637.912
maw6 5,029.3437.845
andy5 4,191.1136.701
said14 11,735.1235.329
embdy3 2,514.6733.930
oan13 10,896.9030.551
a'll5 4,191.1127.698
roun4 3,352.8926.276
wae9 7,544.0124.875
boy5 4,191.1123.933
o5 4,191.1123.424
wi'oot2 1,676.4523.285
wa's2 1,676.4523.285
ae12 10,058.6823.074
heidmaister2 1,676.4521.562
vindication2 1,676.4521.562
maw's2 1,676.4520.379
hour3 2,514.6719.430
teacher4 3,352.8919.271
heidie2 1,676.4518.119
flour2 1,676.4517.584
lost4 3,352.8917.453
newspapers2 1,676.4515.965
meals2 1,676.4515.965
studied2 1,676.4515.965
wan6 5,029.3415.675
experiment2 1,676.4515.646
sums2 1,676.4515.078
cawed3 2,514.6715.027
right5 4,191.1114.910
how5 4,191.1114.640
get8 6,705.7813.216
jimsie's7 5,867.56nan
nou6 5,029.3419.973
a58 48,616.9313.108
wheels2 1,676.4512.609
it's6 5,029.3412.225
that's4 3,352.8912.017
bowl2 1,676.4511.962
don't2 1,676.4510.749
aw10 8,382.2310.675
sell2 1,676.4510.498
wrote2 1,676.4510.417
professor2 1,676.4510.417
a've2 1,676.4510.339
caw2 1,676.4510.040
daen2 1,676.459.969
health2 1,676.459.697
take3 2,514.679.575
queen2 1,676.459.568
secret2 1,676.459.207
try3 2,514.679.034
hall2 1,676.458.930
thin2 1,676.458.723
if7 5,867.568.495
service2 1,676.458.208
see7 5,867.568.005
he's2 1,676.457.955
tale2 1,676.457.569
well3 2,514.677.389
got5 4,191.117.321
tell4 3,352.897.074
came3 2,514.677.054
big4 3,352.896.903
it25 20,955.576.892
know3 2,514.676.770
he'd2 1,676.456.615
doctor2 1,676.456.532
stood2 1,676.456.297
so5 4,191.116.240
near3 2,514.676.189
can6 5,029.345.946
even4 3,352.895.824
best3 2,514.675.801
done2 1,676.455.782
put2 1,676.455.717
other2 1,676.455.654
each2 1,676.455.532
stertit2 1,676.455.512
gied3 2,514.675.458
night2 1,676.455.394
word2 1,676.455.244
less2 1,676.454.930
went3 2,514.674.903
ten2 1,676.454.848
say4 3,352.894.767
last3 2,514.674.749
yer6 5,029.344.670
tryin2 1,676.454.556
hard2 1,676.453.985
feet2 1,676.453.985
ye12 10,058.683.848
she2 1,676.453.843
then4 3,352.893.840
oot10 8,382.233.835
her2 1,676.453.767
oh2 1,676.453.655
when4 3,352.893.585
wee6 5,029.343.517
be11 9,220.453.339
made3 2,514.673.266
whaur3 2,514.673.266
dae4 3,352.893.103
gie3 2,514.673.059
end2 1,676.453.038
hiv2 1,676.452.789
never2 1,676.452.759
let2 1,676.452.699
could3 2,514.672.671
for3 2,514.672.577
look2 1,676.452.516
my3 2,514.672.476
some4 3,352.892.368
aye4 3,352.892.276
lik2 1,676.452.273
fur6 5,029.342.139
this8 6,705.782.129
jist4 3,352.892.124
at4 3,352.892.115
through2 1,676.452.061
tae33 27,661.362.054
we2 1,676.452.007
his10 8,382.231.328
he14 11,735.121.163
up7 5,867.561.115
or2 1,676.451.096
had3 2,514.670.994
him5 4,191.110.907
tak2 1,676.450.857
oor3 2,514.670.804
fae5 4,191.110.737
nae2 1,676.450.671
they3 2,514.670.647
ower4 3,352.890.587
them3 2,514.670.557
was2 1,676.450.553
their3 2,514.670.410
wis10 8,382.230.389
is9 7,544.010.346
wid2 1,676.450.329
jannie2 1,676.45nan
than2 1,676.450.376
here2 1,676.450.311
you3 2,514.670.248
me3 2,514.670.235
whit2 1,676.450.150
us2 1,676.450.143
are2 1,676.450.136
that13 10,896.900.125
back3 2,514.670.114
aff2 1,676.450.109
ma6 5,029.340.105
as8 6,705.780.071
day2 1,676.450.047
the68 56,999.160.033
but5 4,191.110.023
like3 2,514.670.008
no3 2,514.670.007
there3 2,514.670.002
intae2 1,676.450.001
andy's2 1,676.45nan
in20 16,764.460.108
jimsie2 1,676.45nan
an35 29,337.800.729