Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Niven, Liz

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 5,640
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,055
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.745
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, o, in, wi, ye, as, is,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (951 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect, categorised as prose (287 words)
Burnin Whins
Luath (01-01-2004) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (109 words)

Stravaigin
Luath (01-01-2001 ) in Central dialect, categorised as poetry (3,274 words)
Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect, categorised as newspaper (1,019 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	309	5478.72
a	201	3563.83
an	151	2677.3
tae	125	2216.31
o	108	1914.89
in	80	1418.44
wi	58	1028.37
ye	55	975.18
as	53	939.72
is	53	939.72
fir	49	868.79
that	44	780.14
fae	44	780.14
this	42	744.68
it	42	744.68
or	36	638.3
bit	35	620.57
ma	34	602.84
at	33	585.11
be	31	549.65
her	25	443.26
jist	25	443.26
oan	24	425.53
yer	24	425.53
aw	24	425.53
wir	24	425.53
they	24	425.53
it's	23	407.8
thir	22	390.07
nae	22	390.07
we	21	372.34
mair	21	372.34
his	20	354.61
no	18	319.15
hae	18	319.15
yin	17	301.42
us	16	283.69
aboot	16	283.69
back	15	265.96
on	15	265.96
will	15	265.96
doon	15	265.96
a'm	15	265.96
ain	14	248.23
efter	14	248.23
oot	14	248.23
whit	14	248.23
intae	14	248.23
new	14	248.23
hame	13	230.5
can	13	230.5
and	13	230.5
come	13	230.5
wis	13	230.5
time	13	230.5
kent	13	230.5
whaur	13	230.5
buik	13	230.5
wee	13	230.5
ower	12	212.77
like	12	212.77
wid	12	212.77
sae	12	212.77
dae	12	212.77
here	12	212.77
ken	12	212.77
its	12	212.77
mibbe	12	212.77
gin	11	195.04
still	11	195.04
weel	11	195.04
them	11	195.04
of	11	195.04
if	11	195.04
up	11	195.04
thistle	10	177.3
by	10	177.3
aye	10	177.3
auld	10	177.3
muckle	9	159.57
wumman	9	159.57
day	9	159.57
we'll	9	159.57
me	9	159.57
scottish	9	159.57
he	9	159.57
she	9	159.57
lik	8	141.84
taen	8	141.84
gan	8	141.84
man	8	141.84
aff	8	141.84
loch	8	141.84
are	8	141.84
throu	8	141.84
identitie	8	141.84
sea	8	141.84
thon	8	141.84
lang	8	141.84
dinna	7	124.11
has	7	124.11
seen	7	124.11
wa	7	124.11
again	7	124.11
get	7	124.11
fine	7	124.11
nor	7	124.11
men	7	124.11
been	7	124.11
days	7	124.11
telt	7	124.11
scots	7	124.11
twa	7	124.11
these	6	106.38
year	6	106.38
ya	6	106.38
mannie	6	106.38
we're	6	106.38
she's	6	106.38
atween	6	106.38
young	6	106.38
want	6	106.38
scotland	6	106.38
folk	6	106.38
gie	6	106.38
oor	6	106.38
cam	6	106.38
een	5	88.65
drink	5	88.65
near	5	88.65
kintra	5	88.65
kinna	5	88.65
even	5	88.65
mak	5	88.65
sing	5	88.65
some	5	88.65
fowk	5	88.65
malawi	5	88.65
picts	5	88.65
borders	5	88.65
then	5	88.65
ye'll	5	88.65
noo	5	88.65
deid	5	88.65
life	5	88.65
sisters	5	88.65
soil	5	88.65
thing	5	88.65
watter	5	88.65
macdougall	5	88.65
kens	5	88.65
right	5	88.65
sons	5	88.65
a'll	5	88.65
across	5	88.65
onie	5	88.65
night	5	88.65
nane	5	88.65
bairn	5	88.65
monie	5	88.65
him	5	88.65
gey	5	88.65
say	5	88.65
facts	5	88.65
for	5	88.65
yince	5	88.65
past	5	88.65
there	5	88.65
so	5	88.65
when	5	88.65
see	5	88.65
bein	5	88.65
let	5	88.65
solway	4	70.92
yins	4	70.92
saddest	4	70.92
loved	4	70.92
journey	4	70.92
harvester	4	70.92
sky	4	70.92
whither	4	70.92
turn	4	70.92
mind	4	70.92
she'll	4	70.92
wean	4	70.92
lass	4	70.92
nicht	4	70.92
who	4	70.92
gans	4	70.92
maks	4	70.92
poems	4	70.92
till	4	70.92
unner	4	70.92
names	4	70.92
bar	4	70.92
sure	4	70.92
never	4	70.92
every	4	70.92
skin	4	70.92
only	4	70.92
oh	4	70.92
ilka	4	70.92
pynt	4	70.92
there's	4	70.92
a've	4	70.92
ither	4	70.92
says	4	70.92
talkin	4	70.92
hairts	4	70.92
licht	4	70.92
frae	4	70.92
you	4	70.92
think	4	70.92
had	4	70.92
edwin	4	70.92
was	4	70.92
that's	4	70.92
quest	4	70.92
tells	4	70.92
name	4	70.92
tho	4	70.92
labour	4	70.92
wheen	4	70.92
white	4	70.92
afore	4	70.92
thegither	4	70.92
lassie	4	70.92
sang	4	70.92
ye'd	4	70.92
wimmen	4	70.92
dry	4	70.92
heids	4	70.92
times	3	53.19
fin	3	53.19
mend	3	53.19
freens	3	53.19
bell	3	53.19
stanes	3	53.19
widden	3	53.19
herd	3	53.19
talk	3	53.19
which	3	53.19
gies	3	53.19
joab	3	53.19
rule	3	53.19
focus	3	53.19
waur	3	53.19
whole	3	53.19
made	3	53.19
journalist	3	53.19
leisure	3	53.19
wife	3	53.19
alang	3	53.19
heid	3	53.19
paintit	3	53.19
guid	3	53.19
does	3	53.19
grun	3	53.19
roon	3	53.19
hail	3	53.19
reid	3	53.19
birth	3	53.19
fair	3	53.19
hill	3	53.19
fou	3	53.19
brak	3	53.19
should	3	53.19
film	3	53.19
sherp	3	53.19
welcome	3	53.19
hairt	3	53.19
disnae	3	53.19
parliament	3	53.19
black	3	53.19
hear	3	53.19
need	3	53.19
bits	3	53.19
buiks	3	53.19
lan	3	53.19
itsel	3	53.19
each	3	53.19
identity	3	53.19
forth	3	53.19
dee	3	53.19
world	3	53.19
saft	3	53.19
mither	3	53.19
write	3	53.19
road	3	53.19
whae	3	53.19
muir's	3	53.19
lea	3	53.19
reader	3	53.19
many	3	53.19
week	3	53.19
macdougall's	3	53.19
present	3	53.19
thoosan	3	53.19
romans	3	53.19
pit	3	53.19
maist	3	53.19
blether	3	53.19
wha	3	53.19
information	3	53.19
chapter	3	53.19
gien	3	53.19
writer	3	53.19
common	3	53.19
cannie	3	53.19
lassies	3	53.19
comet	3	53.19
faimilies	3	53.19
anither	3	53.19
true	3	53.19
roman	3	53.19
row	3	53.19
bebe	3	53.19
bus	3	53.19
abuin	3	53.19
clear	3	53.19
faur	3	53.19
prague	3	53.19
we'd	3	53.19
yet	3	53.19
take	3	53.19
could	3	53.19
aroon	3	53.19
history	3	53.19
drunk	3	53.19
try	3	53.19
rest	3	53.19
pink	3	53.19
green	3	53.19
ancient	3	53.19
built	3	53.19
mindit	2	35.46
historie	2	35.46
martyrs	2	35.46
search	2	35.46
i	2	35.46
ll	2	35.46
view	2	35.46
preoccupation	2	35.46
verra	2	35.46
batters	2	35.46
quite	2	35.46
first	2	35.46
hissel	2	35.46
scotland's	2	35.46
kirkcudbrightshire	2	35.46
thought	2	35.46
index	2	35.46
academic	2	35.46
wantit	2	35.46
readin	2	35.46
further	2	35.46
references	2	35.46
fun	2	35.46
upon	2	35.46
becomin	2	35.46
flair	2	35.46
same	2	35.46
speak	2	35.46
interestin	2	35.46
pipes	2	35.46
golf	2	35.46
cannae	2	35.46
played	2	35.46
element	2	35.46
refers	2	35.46
fed	2	35.46
gettin	2	35.46
hid	2	35.46
heard	2	35.46
wi'oot	2	35.46
she'd	2	35.46
exile	2	35.46
thomson	2	35.46
your	2	35.46
comment	2	35.46
lines	2	35.46
bi	2	35.46
democracy	2	35.46
states	2	35.46
derk	2	35.46
ur	2	35.46
side	2	35.46
needit	2	35.46
thocht	2	35.46
nation	2	35.46
wished	2	35.46
hunner	2	35.46
well	2	35.46
rabbie	2	35.46
hauf	2	35.46
apt	2	35.46
flight	2	35.46
complex	2	35.46
scrievin	2	35.46
travel	2	35.46
boat	2	35.46
heavy	2	35.46
gliskin	2	35.46
while	2	35.46
stert	2	35.46
brig	2	35.46
famous	2	35.46
humour	2	35.46
sic	2	35.46
kintra's	2	35.46
written	2	35.46
brick	2	35.46
based	2	35.46
win	2	35.46
mornin	2	35.46
less	2	35.46
few	2	35.46
identity'	2	35.46
trees	2	35.46
thir's	2	35.46
way	2	35.46
sittin	2	35.46
raither	2	35.46
national	2	35.46
scuil	2	35.46
origins	2	35.46
warm	2	35.46
backpacker	2	35.46
sun	2	35.46
personal	2	35.46
greek	2	35.46
painters	2	35.46
far	2	35.46
freen	2	35.46
muir	2	35.46
writer's	2	35.46
great	2	35.46
loast	2	35.46
fins	2	35.46
pairt	2	35.46
cried	2	35.46
rid	2	35.46
voice	2	35.46
conquer	2	35.46
ye're	2	35.46
sits	2	35.46
food	2	35.46
soon	2	35.46
enough	2	35.46
couldnae	2	35.46
rock	2	35.46
takin	2	35.46
bye	2	35.46
work	2	35.46
ain's	2	35.46
holiday	2	35.46
london	2	35.46
story	2	35.46
scunnert	2	35.46
went	2	35.46
job	2	35.46
bring	2	35.46
nine	2	35.46
citie	2	35.46
meddle	2	35.46
set	2	35.46
build	2	35.46
strang	2	35.46
moon	2	35.46
hadrian	2	35.46
emperor	2	35.46
wes	2	35.46
ad	2	35.46
gallus	2	35.46
legions	2	35.46
sit	2	35.46
wunnert	2	35.46
left	2	35.46
got	2	35.46
ye've	2	35.46
thochts	2	35.46
don't	2	35.46
tak	2	35.46
sangs	2	35.46
delight	2	35.46
fu	2	35.46
stertit	2	35.46
poem	2	35.46
chynged	2	35.46
mean	2	35.46
central	2	35.46
plot	2	35.46
vyce	2	35.46
questions	2	35.46
insicht	2	35.46
shuid	2	35.46
prose	2	35.46
through	2	35.46
eyes	2	35.46
lallans	2	35.46
leid	2	35.46
readers	2	35.46
hadrian's	2	35.46
any	2	35.46
real	2	35.46
lot	2	35.46
quarter	2	35.46
jewish	2	35.46
books	2	35.46
vennels	2	35.46
droont	2	35.46
england	2	35.46
end	2	35.46
wey	2	35.46
didnae	2	35.46
dis	2	35.46
said	2	35.46
arrival	2	35.46
gaelic	2	35.46
here's	2	35.46
wisnae	2	35.46
edge	2	35.46
pain	2	35.46
warld	2	35.46
he's	2	35.46
fa	2	35.46
plenty	2	35.46
whyle	2	35.46
keep	2	35.46
crisis	2	35.46
empire	2	35.46
rue	2	35.46
east	2	35.46
haein	2	35.46
language	2	35.46
big	2	35.46
lack	2	35.46
curse	2	35.46
turf	2	35.46
caledonian	2	35.46
towers	2	35.46
instead	2	35.46
seems	2	35.46
abbey	2	35.46
sight	2	35.46
ootside	2	35.46
full	2	35.46
locust	2	35.46
morra	2	35.46
cal	2	35.46
weans	2	35.46
chinese	2	35.46
grows	2	35.46
may	2	35.46
sheet	2	35.46
brithers	2	35.46
deepest	2	35.46
fitba	2	35.46
strecht	2	35.46
dark	2	35.46
memoriam	2	35.46
hoo	2	35.46
haud	2	35.46
dinnae	2	35.46
kirks	2	35.46
hames	2	35.46
bonnie	2	35.46
away	2	35.46
hans	2	35.46
tuned	2	35.46
crackt	2	35.46
clean	2	35.46
lay	2	35.46
words	2	35.46
richt	2	35.46
ocean	2	35.46
swine	2	35.46
hauns	2	35.46
comin	2	35.46
land	2	35.46
go	2	35.46
tides	2	35.46
ninian's	2	35.46
haar	2	35.46
soons	2	35.46
early	2	35.46
lugs	2	35.46
arrive	2	35.46
plastic	2	35.46
mists	2	35.46
spring	2	35.46
wavin	2	35.46
greet	2	35.46
graves	2	35.46
daurk	2	35.46
doule	2	35.46
sticks	2	35.46
cuid	2	35.46
hingin	2	35.46
gowd	2	35.46
yerd	2	35.46
tears	2	35.46
wild	2	35.46
gallowa	2	35.46
bodie	2	35.46
hinnie	2	35.46
ash	2	35.46
isnae	2	35.46
faith	2	35.46
haulin	2	35.46
boondaries	2	35.46
daurkness	2	35.46
fish	2	35.46
list	2	35.46
shilpit	2	35.46
cousins	2	35.46
villages	2	35.46
staun	2	35.46
catch	2	35.46
door	2	35.46
brothers	2	35.46
am	2	35.46
heaven	2	35.46
soothwest	2	35.46
look	2	35.46
covert	2	35.46
sweethairt	2	35.46
seeven	2	35.46
shouders	2	35.46
last	2	35.46
fire	2	35.46
husbands	2	35.46
kintraside	2	35.46
naebodie	2	35.46
wan	2	35.46
to	2	35.46
lives	2	35.46
skytin	2	35.46
naethin	2	35.46
burn	2	35.46
ships	2	35.46
skipperin	2	35.46
fact	2	35.46
could've	2	35.46
thrang	2	35.46
bleck	2	35.46
boyhood	2	35.46
broon	2	35.46
sea's	2	35.46