A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curran, Doug

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,120
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 904
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.345
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, a, o, wi, in, they, by, her,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,120 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
ina7 3,301.8962.991
window7 3,301.8962.044
the208 98,113.2152.654
by23 10,849.0649.646
sits7 3,301.8943.988
smiddy5 2,358.4943.928
horses5 2,358.4934.512
thir11 5,188.6834.313
whar7 3,301.8933.522
amangst4 1,886.7929.759
liam4 1,886.7929.329
heichts3 1,415.0927.737
huif3 1,415.0925.849
silent4 1,886.7924.958
bare5 2,358.4923.751
hemmer2 943.4021.039
dug's2 943.4021.039
anvil2 943.4021.039
auld13 6,132.0819.579
pu'd2 943.4019.316
wands2 943.4019.316
sperks2 943.4019.316
simmer5 2,358.4918.751
burnside2 943.4018.136
days8 3,773.5818.058
dancin3 1,415.0917.885
they23 10,849.0617.748
waarm3 1,415.0917.682
high5 2,358.4917.412
chris3 1,415.0917.296
soople2 943.4017.231
huifs2 943.4017.231
forge2 943.4016.498
wunnert2 943.4016.498
close5 2,358.4916.492
and2 943.4016.214
naa2 943.4015.880
fireside2 943.4015.880
caa'd2 943.4015.347
risin3 1,415.0915.018
slips2 943.4014.878
getherin2 943.4014.459
ower15 7,075.4714.101
watches2 943.4013.418
echo2 943.4013.418
a36 16,981.1313.379
lugs4 1,886.7913.359
stood4 1,886.7913.309
empty3 1,415.0913.307
chair3 1,415.0913.126
dances2 943.4013.125
ticht3 1,415.0912.866
sees3 1,415.0912.866
growin3 1,415.0912.617
hears2 943.4012.599
cam8 3,773.5812.544
daurk3 1,415.0912.536
dawn2 943.4012.360
glow2 943.4012.135
aye11 5,188.6812.045
while6 2,830.1912.002
she'll2 943.4011.922
danced2 943.4011.721
folks2 943.4011.721
it10 4,716.9811.639
bleezin2 943.4011.530
is3 1,415.0911.348
wid9 4,245.2811.243
lichtit2 943.4011.174
anither7 3,301.8911.135
aince4 1,886.7910.558
horse3 1,415.0910.233
granfaither2 943.4010.138
place6 2,830.1910.092
stauns2 943.4010.011
frae12 5,660.389.977
begins2 943.409.769
aroon4 1,886.799.539
turn4 1,886.799.349
weans3 1,415.099.333
laund2 943.409.327
lang8 3,773.589.319
wind3 1,415.099.120
wife4 1,886.799.061
fire4 1,886.798.886
corn2 943.408.750
ee4 1,886.798.691
hot2 943.408.662
wa2 943.408.492
an77 36,320.758.372
mark2 943.408.330
bricht3 1,415.098.315
sky3 1,415.098.280
cheek2 943.408.252
kist2 943.408.252
tongue3 1,415.098.176
abune2 943.408.100
queer2 943.408.026
syne6 2,830.198.016
windaes2 943.407.954
prood2 943.407.745
sit3 1,415.097.687
wecht2 943.407.679
her21 9,905.667.461
thegither4 1,886.797.294
fields2 943.407.243
radio2 943.407.128
wark4 1,886.796.794
askit2 943.406.604
busy2 943.406.604
wir5 2,358.496.601
then7 3,301.896.481
hame6 2,830.196.419
upon2 943.406.280
wun2 943.406.236
saft2 943.406.236
ulster2 943.406.107
amang3 1,415.095.998
blaw2 943.405.826
were7 3,301.895.579
bits2 943.405.393
dugs2 943.405.294
lik4 1,886.795.212
door5 2,358.495.203
awa7 3,301.895.178
whaur5 2,358.495.069
watch2 943.404.673
licht3 1,415.094.667
gate2 943.404.594
airms2 943.404.594
that12 5,660.384.551
wi25 11,792.454.510
wait2 943.404.466
but15 7,075.474.465
stane2 943.404.441
when6 2,830.194.426
aa9 4,245.284.364
world2 943.404.344
again5 2,358.494.298
lost2 943.404.070
aboot2 943.404.050
deep2 943.404.048
watter3 1,415.093.987
their8 3,773.583.972
buik2 943.403.942
men3 1,415.093.863
ilka3 1,415.093.790
pair2 943.403.780
time8 3,773.583.600
westlan2 943.40nan
cauld3 1,415.093.538
across2 943.403.500
faither3 1,415.093.408
oot4 1,886.793.402
broon2 943.403.379
ran2 943.403.362
ane5 2,358.493.118
agin2 943.403.060
nor4 1,886.793.007
shae2 943.402.958
bit2 943.402.879
white2 943.402.873
sea2 943.402.873
wis14 6,603.772.873
in24 11,320.752.793
een4 1,886.792.744
yon3 1,415.092.668
me3 1,415.092.636
twa6 2,830.192.608
new4 1,886.792.556
through3 1,415.092.477
o34 16,037.742.430
hert2 943.402.376
hae2 943.402.360
nicht4 1,886.792.307
brocht2 943.402.268
last3 1,415.092.257
o'2 943.402.105
ah7 3,301.892.072
jist6 2,830.191.978
cairnfield2 943.40nan
whit2 943.401.788
i8 3,773.581.766
tae37 17,452.831.749
his17 8,018.871.728
mair2 943.401.631
them6 2,830.191.620
young2 943.401.542
noo6 2,830.191.539
or4 1,886.791.524
him3 1,415.091.483
be7 3,301.891.435
intae6 2,830.191.385
haun2 943.401.296
some5 2,358.491.205
let2 943.401.172
years2 943.401.133
still3 1,415.091.031
side2 943.401.008
tho2 943.400.932
throu2 943.400.918
she14 6,603.770.906
atween2 943.400.780
for9 4,245.280.774
year3 1,415.090.770
ae2 943.400.755
maun2 943.400.752
afore4 1,886.790.746
my3 1,415.090.658
up6 2,830.190.633
on16 7,547.170.589
left2 943.400.574
wee3 1,415.090.528
can2 943.400.527
aff4 1,886.790.461
gaed2 943.400.383
yer5 2,358.490.355
fir2 943.400.344
man3 1,415.090.313
we7 3,301.890.302
bendie2 943.40nan
oan2 943.400.281
richt2 943.400.200
at12 5,660.380.198
day5 2,358.490.197
fin2 943.400.194
ye10 4,716.980.179
are2 943.400.163
nae7 3,301.890.146
he17 8,018.870.133
mind2 943.400.123
gin2 943.400.093
ma8 3,773.580.084
as12 5,660.380.079
mak2 943.400.062
like5 2,358.490.048
could2 943.400.043
doon5 2,358.490.037
sae3 1,415.090.033
ain2 943.400.023
back4 1,886.790.023
hoose2 943.400.013
was2 943.400.006
first2 943.400.006
said3 1,415.090.004
wey2 943.400.000
shaen3 1,415.09nan
cairt2 943.407.883