A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Devlin, Edwin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,085
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 403
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.692
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, ah, ma, a, was, tae, in, it, i,

List of texts in corpus

The School Dentist 1969
Facebook (2020-11-26) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (1,085 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
and54 49,769.59125.734
was25 23,041.47113.007
ah42 38,709.6887.114
ma33 30,414.7572.130
mole5 4,608.2958.129
went11 10,138.2545.712
envelope5 4,608.2941.370
mam6 5,529.9535.667
bib3 2,764.9834.493
corridor4 3,686.6432.046
held6 5,529.9529.502
fear5 4,608.2926.657
torture3 2,764.9825.804
so10 9,216.5925.615
gas3 2,764.9823.178
bottles3 2,764.9821.983
mengele8 7,373.27nan
hell4 3,686.6421.494
said10 9,216.5921.146
wisna6 5,529.9521.021
nazi2 1,843.3220.754
doom2 1,843.3218.493
moo3 2,764.9818.266
glasses2 1,843.3217.957
dentist2 1,843.3217.065
chair3 2,764.9816.942
stared2 1,843.3216.685
collect2 1,843.3216.685
mask2 1,843.3216.338
clock3 2,764.9815.227
looked4 3,686.6415.087
thats2 1,843.3214.953
locked2 1,843.3214.308
teeth3 2,764.9814.130
felt4 3,686.6413.498
chips2 1,843.3212.978
could6 5,529.9512.719
wrapped2 1,843.3212.706
hungry2 1,843.3212.452
o8 7,373.2712.384
silver2 1,843.3212.100
school3 2,764.9812.074
belly2 1,843.3211.989
i17 15,668.2011.981
broon3 2,764.9810.794
seek2 1,843.3210.551
min2 1,843.3210.263
run3 2,764.989.621
tv2 1,843.329.455
probably2 1,843.329.186
throo2 1,843.328.654
aff6 5,529.958.123
got5 4,608.298.105
took3 2,764.988.075
butterfleas4 3,686.64nan
heed2 1,843.328.522
of6 5,529.957.583
opened2 1,843.327.507
morn2 1,843.327.316
gan2 1,843.327.255
door4 3,686.646.926
room3 2,764.986.593
now2 1,843.326.303
son2 1,843.326.058
cat2 1,843.325.932
would2 1,843.325.771
come4 3,686.645.656
turned2 1,843.325.470
get5 4,608.295.419
twa5 4,608.295.331
face3 2,764.985.294
green2 1,843.325.212
roon3 2,764.985.007
ye12 11,059.914.982
same3 2,764.984.955
sat2 1,843.324.766
next2 1,843.324.682
lookin2 1,843.324.613
open2 1,843.324.493
hert2 1,843.324.493
as2 1,843.324.465
fit4 3,686.644.449
s3 2,764.984.403
didna3 2,764.984.299
this9 8,294.934.279
like7 6,451.614.252
up9 8,294.934.250
see5 4,608.294.060
na2 1,843.324.001
doon6 5,529.953.981
we9 8,294.933.942
fan2 1,843.323.778
niver2 1,843.323.562
hame3 2,764.983.144
had4 3,686.643.051
at12 11,059.913.035
but8 7,373.272.639
it19 17,511.522.606
is3 2,764.982.580
only2 1,843.322.382
far2 1,843.322.364
nae6 5,529.952.166
mither2 1,843.322.157
afore3 2,764.981.729
its3 2,764.981.720
big2 1,843.321.679
wi12 11,059.911.673
yer4 3,686.641.669
you4 3,686.641.516
seen2 1,843.321.495
her3 2,764.981.425
there5 4,608.291.408
kent2 1,843.321.383
did2 1,843.321.112
thocht2 1,843.320.904
aboot5 4,608.290.848
me2 1,843.320.820
that8 7,373.270.757
oot3 2,764.980.615
for8 7,373.270.552
then2 1,843.320.546
here2 1,843.320.454
efter2 1,843.320.426
were2 1,843.320.385
awa2 1,843.320.334
fae4 3,686.640.291
no2 1,843.320.290
in19 17,511.520.256
he8 7,373.270.227
the60 55,299.540.173
ower2 1,843.320.077
she5 4,608.290.069
tae22 20,276.500.065
be6 5,529.950.051
on7 6,451.610.018
d2 1,843.320.015
intae2 1,843.320.011
time2 1,843.320.002
a32 29,493.090.002
poking2 1,843.32nan
they4 3,686.640.009