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 - 5,380
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,978
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.72
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, o, in, ye, wi, fir, is,

List of texts in corpus

Burnin Whins
Luath (01-01-2004 ) in Southern dialect, categorised as poetry (109 words)

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009) in Southern dialect, categorised as poetry (951 words)

Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity
Lallans Magazine (2001) in Lallans dialect, categorised as newspaper (1,030 words)

Stravaigin
Luath (01-01-2001) in Southern dialect, categorised as poetry (3,290 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	288	5353.16
a	181	3364.31
an	140	2602.23
tae	120	2230.48
o	101	1877.32
in	76	1412.64
ye	55	1022.3
wi	52	966.54
fir	49	910.78
is	49	910.78
as	49	910.78
that	44	817.84
fae	42	780.67
it	41	762.08
this	37	687.73
or	36	669.14
ma	34	631.97
at	33	613.38
bit	33	613.38
be	31	576.21
her	25	464.68
jist	25	464.68
they	24	446.1
yer	24	446.1
wir	24	446.1
oan	23	427.51
aw	23	427.51
it's	23	427.51
nae	22	408.92
mair	21	390.33
we	20	371.75
thir	19	353.16
no	18	334.57
hae	18	334.57
aboot	16	297.4
yin	16	297.4
will	15	278.81
a'm	15	278.81
us	15	278.81
back	15	278.81
on	15	278.81
doon	14	260.22
-	14	260.22
oot	14	260.22
efter	14	260.22
whit	14	260.22
new	14	260.22
whaur	13	241.64
his	13	241.64
intae	13	241.64
wee	13	241.64
can	13	241.64
wis	13	241.64
hame	13	241.64
time	13	241.64
kent	13	241.64
and	13	241.64
ain	12	223.05
come	12	223.05
dae	12	223.05
ower	12	223.05
here	12	223.05
its	12	223.05
mibbe	12	223.05
ken	12	223.05
wid	12	223.05
sae	12	223.05
like	11	204.46
them	11	204.46
gin	11	204.46
if	11	204.46
up	11	204.46
buik	11	204.46
by	10	185.87
still	10	185.87
of	10	185.87
weel	10	185.87
aye	10	185.87
thistle	10	185.87
wumman	9	167.29
me	9	167.29
muckle	9	167.29
she	9	167.29
auld	9	167.29
scottish	9	167.29
day	9	167.29
sea	8	148.7
gan	8	148.7
taen	8	148.7
identitie	8	148.7
lik	8	148.7
thon	8	148.7
we'll	8	148.7
loch	8	148.7
man	8	148.7
aff	8	148.7
days	7	130.11
men	7	130.11
are	7	130.11
seen	7	130.11
dinna	7	130.11
lang	7	130.11
again	7	130.11
wa	7	130.11
telt	7	130.11
nor	7	130.11
has	7	130.11
scots	7	130.11
fine	7	130.11
then	6	111.52
scotland	6	111.52
ya	6	111.52
year	6	111.52
twa	6	111.52
he	6	111.52
folk	6	111.52
we're	6	111.52
mannie	6	111.52
been	6	111.52
'	6	111.52
want	6	111.52
throu	6	111.52
she's	6	111.52
get	6	111.52
oor	6	111.52
cam	6	111.52
young	6	111.52
atween	6	111.52
deid	5	92.94
soil	5	92.94
sing	5	92.94
een	5	92.94
ye'll	5	92.94
sons	5	92.94
macdougall	5	92.94
gie	5	92.94
facts	5	92.94
across	5	92.94
these	5	92.94
even	5	92.94
borders	5	92.94
nane	5	92.94
watter	5	92.94
malawi	5	92.94
picts	5	92.94
some	5	92.94
fowk	5	92.94
sisters	5	92.94
kens	5	92.94
kintra	5	92.94
mak	5	92.94
so	5	92.94
there	5	92.94
kinna	5	92.94
drink	5	92.94
noo	5	92.94
a'll	5	92.94
night	5	92.94
bairn	5	92.94
yince	5	92.94
thing	5	92.94
right	5	92.94
onie	5	92.94
yins	4	74.35
journey	4	74.35
harvester	4	74.35
whither	4	74.35
solway	4	74.35
saddest	4	74.35
turn	4	74.35
sky	4	74.35
loved	4	74.35
tells	4	74.35
who	4	74.35
nicht	4	74.35
say	4	74.35
poems	4	74.35
maks	4	74.35
was	4	74.35
pynt	4	74.35
ilka	4	74.35
she'll	4	74.35
lass	4	74.35
oh	4	74.35
every	4	74.35
bar	4	74.35
sure	4	74.35
only	4	74.35
never	4	74.35
names	4	74.35
when	4	74.35
edwin	4	74.35
had	4	74.35
bein	4	74.35
there's	4	74.35
gey	4	74.35
says	4	74.35
talkin	4	74.35
hairts	4	74.35
licht	4	74.35
frae	4	74.35
ither	4	74.35
a've	4	74.35
tho	4	74.35
mind	4	74.35
that's	4	74.35
name	4	74.35
think	4	74.35
monie	4	74.35
you	4	74.35
let	4	74.35
labour	4	74.35
past	4	74.35
thegither	4	74.35
afore	4	74.35
heids	4	74.35
wimmen	4	74.35
white	4	74.35
see	4	74.35
for	4	74.35
near	4	74.35
dry	4	74.35
lassie	4	74.35
drunk	3	55.76
reid	3	55.76
each	3	55.76
clear	3	55.76
hear	3	55.76
need	3	55.76
grun	3	55.76
history	3	55.76
mither	3	55.76
sherp	3	55.76
forth	3	55.76
identity	3	55.76
paintit	3	55.76
dee	3	55.76
take	3	55.76
road	3	55.76
prague	3	55.76
saft	3	55.76
wean	3	55.76
cannie	3	55.76
freens	3	55.76
fin	3	55.76
mend	3	55.76
rule	3	55.76
faimilies	3	55.76
true	3	55.76
widden	3	55.76
leisure	3	55.76
stanes	3	55.76
thoosan	3	55.76
brak	3	55.76
sang	3	55.76
week	3	55.76
row	3	55.76
lea	3	55.76
faur	3	55.76
ye'd	3	55.76
comet	3	55.76
macdougall's	3	55.76
could	3	55.76
'a	3	55.76
roon	3	55.76
blether	3	55.76
maist	3	55.76
made	3	55.76
common	3	55.76
fair	3	55.76
gien	3	55.76
romans	3	55.76
lassies	3	55.76
writer	3	55.76
many	3	55.76
reader	3	55.76
whole	3	55.76
times	3	55.76
waur	3	55.76
herd	3	55.76
talk	3	55.76
joab	3	55.76
gans	3	55.76
welcome	3	55.76
life	3	55.76
wha	3	55.76
information	3	55.76
quest	3	55.76
till	3	55.76
itsel	3	55.76
lan	3	55.76
hill	3	55.76
roman	3	55.76
pink	3	55.76
write	3	55.76
hairt	3	55.76
parliament	3	55.76
disnae	3	55.76
muir's	3	55.76
fou	3	55.76
chapter	3	55.76
built	3	55.76
bits	3	55.76
buiks	3	55.76
try	3	55.76
anither	3	55.76
wheen	3	55.76
black	3	55.76
should	3	55.76
bus	3	55.76
aroon	3	55.76
rest	3	55.76
yet	3	55.76
abuin	3	55.76
we'd	3	55.76
green	3	55.76
ancient	3	55.76
bebe	3	55.76
sangs	2	37.17
thomson	2	37.17
full	2	37.17
side	2	37.17
meddle	2	37.17
warld	2	37.17
tuned	2	37.17
got	2	37.17
lugs	2	37.17
comment	2	37.17
naethin	2	37.17
didnae	2	37.17
cannae	2	37.17
lay	2	37.17
strang	2	37.17
becomin	2	37.17
derk	2	37.17
poem	2	37.17
view	2	37.17
rabbie	2	37.17
she'd	2	37.17
hadrian's	2	37.17
scrievin	2	37.17
brig	2	37.17
famous	2	37.17
while	2	37.17
gowd	2	37.17
travel	2	37.17
identity'	2	37.17
hid	2	37.17
upon	2	37.17
ain's	2	37.17
gettin	2	37.17
hoo	2	37.17
wantit	2	37.17
i	2	37.17
painters	2	37.17
guid	2	37.17
search	2	37.17
sit	2	37.17
heard	2	37.17
scuil	2	37.17
instead	2	37.17
flair	2	37.17
golf	2	37.17
away	2	37.17
win	2	37.17
hinnie	2	37.17
brithers	2	37.17
refers	2	37.17
rue	2	37.17
plenty	2	37.17
kintraside	2	37.17
go	2	37.17
mean	2	37.17
played	2	37.17
doule	2	37.17
element	2	37.17
ootside	2	37.17
lines	2	37.17
left	2	37.17
naebodie	2	37.17
jewish	2	37.17
gliskin	2	37.17
quarter	2	37.17
soons	2	37.17
sun	2	37.17
fire	2	37.17
am	2	37.17
stert	2	37.17
sweethairt	2	37.17
moon	2	37.17
faith	2	37.17
speak	2	37.17
citie	2	37.17
lives	2	37.17
same	2	37.17
richt	2	37.17
wan	2	37.17
boat	2	37.17
vennels	2	37.17
interestin	2	37.17
him	2	37.17
sticks	2	37.17
raither	2	37.17
well	2	37.17
cried	2	37.17
index	2	37.17
bye	2	37.17
sittin	2	37.17
rid	2	37.17
wunnert	2	37.17
mindit	2	37.17
build	2	37.17
clean	2	37.17
readin	2	37.17
quite	2	37.17
hadrian	2	37.17
emperor	2	37.17
further	2	37.17
freen	2	37.17
couldnae	2	37.17
academic	2	37.17
references	2	37.17
based	2	37.17
droont	2	37.17
job	2	37.17
kirkcudbrightshire	2	37.17
thought	2	37.17
states	2	37.17
scotland's	2	37.17
set	2	37.17
first	2	37.17
nine	2	37.17
conquer	2	37.17
pipes	2	37.17
thrang	2	37.17
few	2	37.17
less	2	37.17
rock	2	37.17
stertit	2	37.17
bring	2	37.17
chynged	2	37.17
way	2	37.17
wished	2	37.17
thir's	2	37.17
keep	2	37.17
broon	2	37.17
sheet	2	37.17
wes	2	37.17
strecht	2	37.17
big	2	37.17
ad	2	37.17
towers	2	37.17
backpacker	2	37.17
verra	2	37.17
ye're	2	37.17
ur	2	37.17
nation	2	37.17
thocht	2	37.17
warm	2	37.17
don't	2	37.17
fu	2	37.17
delight	2	37.17
needit	2	37.17
turf	2	37.17
legions	2	37.17
ye've	2	37.17
written	2	37.17
fun	2	37.17
england	2	37.17
origins	2	37.17
wisnae	2	37.17
he's	2	37.17
national	2	37.17
fa	2	37.17
empire	2	37.17
gallus	2	37.17
personal	2	37.17
historie	2	37.17
birth	2	37.17
soon	2	37.17
hunner	2	37.17
does	2	37.17
flight	2	37.17
shilpit	2	37.17
east	2	37.17
work	2	37.17
kintra's	2	37.17
apt	2	37.17
world	2	37.17
wavin	2	37.17
tears	2	37.17
abbey	2	37.17
spring	2	37.17
tides	2	37.17
land	2	37.17
unner	2	37.17
ninian's	2	37.17
shuid	2	37.17
boondaries	2	37.17
curse	2	37.17
covert	2	37.17
focus	2	37.17
dark	2	37.17
deepest	2	37.17
weans	2	37.17
ocean	2	37.17
heaven	2	37.17
mists	2	37.17
morra	2	37.17
may	2	37.17
locust	2	37.17
your	2	37.17
grows	2	37.17
graves	2	37.17
fitba	2	37.17
eyes	2	37.17
greet	2	37.17
questions	2	37.17
haar	2	37.17
london	2	37.17
to	2	37.17
memoriam	2	37.17
comin	2	37.17
gallowa	2	37.17
wild	2	37.17
crackt	2	37.17
mornin	2	37.17
trees	2	37.17
yerd	2	37.17
seeven	2	37.17
soothwest	2	37.17
villages	2	37.17
husbands	2	37.17
cousins	2	37.17
brothers	2	37.17
catch	2	37.17
far	2	37.17
vyce	2	37.17
which	2	37.17
sic	2	37.17
swine	2	37.17
sea's	2	37.17
haulin	2	37.17
brick	2	37.17
plastic	2	37.17
boyhood	2	37.17
lack	2	37.17
kirks	2	37.17
hames	2	37.17
heavy	2	37.17
haud	2	37.17
words	2	37.17
hans	2	37.17
dinnae	2	37.17
gies	2	37.17
arrive	2	37.17
language	2	37.17
early	2	37.17
skytin	2	37.17
caledonian	2	37.17
ships	2	37.17
skipperin	2	37.17
chinese	2	37.17
through	2	37.17
whae	2	37.17
haein	2	37.17
ash	2	37.17
great	2	37.17
wife	2	37.17
lot	2	37.17
could've	2	37.17
cal	2	37.17
burn	2	37.17
martyrs	2	37.17
skin	2	37.17
scunnert	2	37.17
last	2	37.17
readers	2	37.17
list	2	37.17
pit	2	37.17
end	2	37.17
daurk	2	37.17
lallans	2	37.17
wi'oot	2	37.17
gaelic	2	37.17
pain	2	37.17
exile	2	37.17
sits	2	37.17
hingin	2	37.17
books	2	37.17
went	2	37.17
hauns	2	37.17
democracy	2	37.17
writer's	2	37.17
fed	2	37.17
present	2	37.17
seems	2	37.17
food	2	37.17
leid	2	37.17
dis	2	37.17
arrival	2	37.17
said	2	37.17
bodie	2	37.17
staun	2	37.17
door	2	37.17
hail	2	37.17
fish	2	37.17
bonnie	2	37.17
prose	2	37.17
greek	2	37.17
any	2	37.17
hauf	2	37.17
sight	2	37.17
look	2	37.17
edge	2	37.17
fact	2	37.17
heid	2	37.17
isnae	2	37.17
cuid	2	37.17
daurkness	2	37.17
real	2	37.17
wey	2	37.17
crisis	2	37.17