A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Duncan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,332
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 492
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.707
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, tae, that, cornish, we, language, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish
Lallans Magazine (2013 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,332 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
cornish26 19,519.52285.830
language19 14,264.2671.188
spikkers9 6,756.7671.120
staundart6 4,504.5056.337
dialecks6 4,504.5048.007
deifferent4 3,003.0045.696
ideological4 3,003.0045.696
medieval5 3,753.7544.800
staundarts4 3,003.0043.776
leivin5 3,753.7543.653
revival4 3,003.0036.603
activists4 3,003.0033.811
tung8 6,006.0132.321
debates3 2,252.2529.422
offeicial3 2,252.2529.422
fechts3 2,252.2527.795
attempts3 2,252.2527.124
we21 15,765.7726.750
minority5 3,753.7525.144
faction2 1,501.5022.845
schuills2 1,501.5022.845
scots18 13,513.5122.737
community5 3,753.7522.621
irish4 3,003.0022.495
nummer5 3,753.7522.319
o55 41,291.2922.076
rls2 1,501.5021.122
thrie3 2,252.2520.354
spik4 3,003.0020.064
ane9 6,756.7619.675
wir7 5,255.2618.553
hae13 9,759.7617.464
haes8 6,006.0115.971
brigs2 1,501.5015.874
stairt3 2,252.2515.839
ruits2 1,501.5015.527
soorces2 1,501.5015.209
classical2 1,501.5014.641
agin4 3,003.0014.352
threip2 1,501.5014.144
unlike2 1,501.5014.144
religious2 1,501.5013.125
spellin3 2,252.2512.899
sum3 2,252.2512.845
wurld2 1,501.5012.621
respeck2 1,501.5012.467
modren3 2,252.2512.332
unity2 1,501.5012.318
allooed2 1,501.5011.904
clesses2 1,501.5011.775
hie2 1,501.5011.651
that27 20,270.2711.292
i19 14,264.2611.179
bigg2 1,501.5011.083
dialeck2 1,501.5011.083
degree2 1,501.5011.083
forms2 1,501.5010.778
this14 10,510.5110.565
whit10 7,507.5110.562
fowk8 6,006.0110.319
major2 1,501.5010.235
languages3 2,252.259.512
warkin2 1,501.509.473
thaim6 4,504.509.174
mibbie2 1,501.509.144
as18 13,513.518.961
terms2 1,501.508.959
is18 13,513.518.738
in9 6,756.768.553
grammar2 1,501.508.353
dinna4 3,003.008.260
deid3 2,252.258.210
mak5 3,753.757.887
richts2 1,501.507.878
lest2 1,501.507.342
yaise2 1,501.507.304
example2 1,501.507.266
or11 8,258.267.240
common2 1,501.507.119
dae6 4,504.507.103
problem2 1,501.507.083
taewards2 1,501.507.048
biggin2 1,501.506.810
wull3 2,252.256.683
weys2 1,501.506.074
either2 1,501.505.820
nor4 3,003.005.770
written2 1,501.505.747
bring2 1,501.505.561
disna2 1,501.505.450
ye2 1,501.505.268
micht4 3,003.005.219
whan5 3,753.755.139
until2 1,501.505.041
kind2 1,501.504.696
culture2 1,501.504.679
monie2 1,501.504.628
for14 10,510.514.555
sic3 2,252.254.291
amang2 1,501.504.280
their6 4,504.504.244
tae40 30,030.034.224
are5 3,753.754.185
haein2 1,501.504.065
weill2 1,501.504.024
hauf2 1,501.503.890
turn2 1,501.503.864
brocht2 1,501.503.813
a51 38,288.293.460
lang4 3,003.003.415
eneuch2 1,501.503.265
at4 3,003.003.017
coorse2 1,501.503.010
mair6 4,504.502.941
though2 1,501.502.919
an44 33,033.032.903
the92 69,069.072.698
up2 1,501.502.462
it's3 2,252.252.442
pairt2 1,501.502.307
time5 3,753.752.176
thir2 1,501.502.098
muckle3 2,252.252.038
frae5 3,753.751.867
want2 1,501.501.842
wey3 2,252.251.781
gey2 1,501.501.726
wis9 6,756.761.717
it11 8,258.261.629
can4 3,003.001.476
by4 3,003.001.437
they3 2,252.251.062
intae4 3,003.001.055
aboot6 4,504.500.919
een2 1,501.500.863
aw5 3,753.750.846
no2 1,501.500.771
maist2 1,501.500.755
gin2 1,501.500.747
be9 6,756.760.710
could2 1,501.500.600
aye3 2,252.250.557
like5 3,753.750.550
hoose2 1,501.500.538
jist3 2,252.250.485
doon2 1,501.500.301
guid2 1,501.500.244
back2 1,501.500.220
been3 2,252.250.114
but6 4,504.500.113
wi9 6,756.760.088
on9 6,756.760.082
oot5 3,753.750.068
ken2 1,501.500.059
there3 2,252.250.058
twa2 1,501.500.028
nae4 3,003.000.012
ower3 2,252.250.000