A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McDermid, Val

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,458
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 495
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.945
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, tae, heid, o, high, in, claes,

List of texts in corpus

The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks
Itchy Coo (2020-09-24 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,458 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
high24 16,460.91172.281
claes23 15,775.03153.198
heid31 21,262.00131.474
yin's7 4,801.1086.050
yin19 13,031.5575.738
lawyer6 4,115.2360.992
scud6 4,115.2355.255
an3 2,057.6153.623
a'8 5,486.9747.596
onyhing4 2,743.4844.974
threid5 3,429.3640.363
gowd6 4,115.2339.649
pearls4 2,743.4839.163
like21 14,403.2937.019
gowk4 2,743.4835.239
breeks5 3,429.3634.713
and33 22,633.7434.302
see16 10,973.9434.269
naebdy4 2,743.4831.794
he37 25,377.2331.042
glaikit4 2,743.4827.127
royal4 2,743.4826.100
baillie3 2,057.6125.982
them13 8,916.3223.599
gaggin2 1,371.7422.484
foremaist3 2,057.6119.819
buff2 1,371.7419.579
couldnae5 3,429.3619.446
you're3 2,057.6119.066
mile4 2,743.4818.324
hied2 1,371.7417.938
junior2 1,371.7417.938
jotters2 1,371.7417.320
sleekit3 2,057.6117.134
then9 6,172.8417.062
presses2 1,371.7416.785
guids2 1,371.7416.785
ah'm4 2,743.4816.387
big7 4,801.1016.298
tapster6 4,115.23nan
swanky2 1,371.7416.785
tellt4 2,743.4816.075
braw5 3,429.3615.723
his22 15,089.1615.588
smert2 1,371.7414.851
silk2 1,371.7414.851
invisible2 1,371.7414.556
single3 2,057.6114.155
kists2 1,371.7414.027
mak7 4,801.1013.853
buttons2 1,371.7413.787
blink2 1,371.7413.787
kingdom2 1,371.7413.561
jist9 6,172.8412.175
gonnae3 2,057.6112.170
awfie2 1,371.7412.111
he'll2 1,371.7412.111
swatch2 1,371.7411.820
show3 2,057.6111.626
gan3 2,057.6111.396
laddie3 2,057.6111.219
he'd3 2,057.6111.048
new6 4,115.2310.482
the115 78,875.1710.245
wid7 4,801.109.979
cheer2 1,371.749.884
wurds2 1,371.749.640
hoose6 4,115.239.382
keek2 1,371.749.265
cannae4 2,743.488.978
whether2 1,371.748.797
they14 9,602.198.770
wunner2 1,371.748.673
jouksters5 3,429.36nan
haill2 1,371.748.326
boys2 1,371.747.910
runnin2 1,371.747.765
said7 4,801.107.511
ye're2 1,371.747.406
wanted2 1,371.747.004
tak5 3,429.366.840
fowk7 4,801.106.760
ye'll2 1,371.746.677
were6 4,115.236.655
shair2 1,371.746.643
if7 4,801.106.492
took3 2,057.616.477
awa6 4,115.236.360
thocht5 3,429.366.285
greetin2 1,371.746.194
onybody2 1,371.745.826
her2 1,371.745.684
rid2 1,371.745.643
quo2 1,371.745.618
world2 1,371.745.543
kept2 1,371.745.329
deep2 1,371.745.283
doon8 5,486.975.213
whit8 5,486.975.137
room3 2,057.615.080
it9 6,172.844.840
a'bdy3 2,057.61nan
so5 3,429.364.797
look3 2,057.614.719
when5 3,429.364.633
held2 1,371.744.576
sicht2 1,371.744.558
yon3 2,057.614.283
bonnie2 1,371.744.156
himsel2 1,371.744.125
whiles2 1,371.744.004
makkin2 1,371.743.845
joukster5 3,429.36nan
iver3 2,057.6111.533
haein2 1,371.743.762
wan3 2,057.613.445
cried2 1,371.743.394
twa5 3,429.363.348
ee2 1,371.743.278
flunkies2 1,371.74nan
sun2 1,371.743.178
up2 1,371.743.066
aye5 3,429.362.975
wisnae2 1,371.742.909
than4 2,743.482.741
wis21 14,403.292.336
feel2 1,371.742.249
gien2 1,371.742.206
fur7 4,801.102.187
no7 4,801.102.086
on5 3,429.362.079
their5 3,429.361.988
could3 2,057.611.903
ah5 3,429.361.898
richt4 2,743.481.845
are4 2,743.481.842
need2 1,371.741.788
pit3 2,057.611.695
for5 3,429.361.440
this3 2,057.611.427
oor4 2,743.481.390
fae2 1,371.741.285
lang3 2,057.611.219
oot9 6,172.841.170
there6 4,115.231.130
wee5 3,429.361.041
ma9 6,172.840.933
be5 3,429.360.845
afore3 2,057.610.817
seen2 1,371.740.810
whaur2 1,371.740.698
ken3 2,057.610.621
gie2 1,371.740.607
think2 1,371.740.566
cam2 1,371.740.519
that12 8,230.450.423
back2 1,371.740.377
him5 3,429.360.305
day2 1,371.740.277
but7 4,801.100.273
at8 5,486.970.203
a40 27,434.840.180
noo3 2,057.610.162
ye9 6,172.840.158
guid2 1,371.740.144
as10 6,858.710.135
o28 19,204.390.132
wi12 8,230.450.118
we5 3,429.360.107
aboot5 3,429.360.101
hae4 2,743.480.100
ither2 1,371.740.080
yer3 2,057.610.055
dae2 1,371.740.036
sae2 1,371.740.034
ower3 2,057.610.019
me5 3,429.360.009
in23 15,775.030.004
get2 1,371.740.004
had2 1,371.740.002
tae31 21,262.000.001
mair3 2,057.610.000