Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McAlpine, Joan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,544
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 914
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.783
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, scots, i, tae, that, is,

List of texts in corpus

Meeting of the Parliament
The Scottish Parliament (06-11-2019) in Central dialect, categorised as government (2,544 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	141	5542.45
a	62	2437.11
and	60	2358.49
in	58	2279.87
o	46	1808.18
scots	45	1768.87
i	44	1729.56
tae	44	1729.56
that	43	1690.25
is	41	1611.64
an	34	1336.48
it	31	1218.55
language	30	1179.25
they	26	1022.01
doric	23	904.09
are	22	864.78
s	19	746.86
was	18	707.55
for	17	668.24
to	17	668.24
leid	15	589.62
there	15	589.62
have	15	589.62
this	14	550.31
as	14	550.31
but	14	550.31
spik	13	511.01
we	13	511.01
my	13	511.01
on	13	511.01
wi	12	471.7
be	12	471.7
folk	11	432.39
at	11	432.39
of	11	432.39
has	10	393.08
by	10	393.08
he	10	393.08
scottish	9	353.77
their	9	353.77
who	9	353.77
ye	9	353.77
motion	9	353.77
been	9	353.77
or	9	353.77
like	9	353.77
no	9	353.77
written	9	353.77
up	9	353.77
when	9	353.77
me	8	314.47
great	8	314.47
which	8	314.47
if	8	314.47
board	7	275.16
nae	7	275.16
scotland	7	275.16
government	7	275.16
national	7	275.16
english	7	275.16
support	6	235.85
gaelic	6	235.85
wis	6	235.85
poetry	6	235.85
just	6	235.85
macdonald	6	235.85
oor	6	235.85
had	6	235.85
first	6	235.85
year	5	196.54
she	5	196.54
dinna	5	196.54
parliament	5	196.54
spikkin	5	196.54
official	5	196.54
words	5	196.54
fae	5	196.54
here	5	196.54
his	5	196.54
fur	5	196.54
am	5	196.54
hae	5	196.54
guid	5	196.54
angus	5	196.54
ah	5	196.54
can	4	157.23
north-east	4	157.23
bit	4	157.23
him	4	157.23
mony	4	157.23
census	4	157.23
you	4	157.23
yin	4	157.23
were	4	157.23
wee	4	157.23
wid	4	157.23
group	4	157.23
think	4	157.23
one	4	157.23
dae	4	157.23
get	4	157.23
with	4	157.23
says	4	157.23
its	4	157.23
oh	4	157.23
could	4	157.23
better	4	157.23
pan	4	157.23
loaf	4	157.23
new	4	157.23
them	4	157.23
aa	4	157.23
would	4	157.23
spoke	4	157.23
braw	4	157.23
time	4	157.23
speak	3	117.92
ain	3	117.92
should	3	117.92
such	3	117.92
try	3	117.92
awards	3	117.92
long	3	117.92
through	3	117.92
hear	3	117.92
day	3	117.92
thank	3	117.92
very	3	117.92
part	3	117.92
poems	3	117.92
whit	3	117.92
culture	3	117.92
peter	3	117.92
happy	3	117.92
mair	3	117.92
so	3	117.92
book	3	117.92
vyce	3	117.92
from	3	117.92
jack	3	117.92
leids	3	117.92
lot	3	117.92
uk	3	117.92
speaker	3	117.92
susi	3	117.92
weans	3	117.92
richt	3	117.92
yer	3	117.92
help	3	117.92
gies	3	117.92
ma	3	117.92
not	3	117.92
few	3	117.92
bòrd	3	117.92
gàidhlig	3	117.92
thanks	3	117.92
na	3	117.92
twa	3	117.92
seen	3	117.92
recognition	3	117.92
buchan	3	117.92
also	3	117.92
absolutely	3	117.92
already	3	117.92
joan	3	117.92
mcalpine	3	117.92
didna	3	117.92
though	3	117.92
debate	3	117.92
posh	3	117.92
noo	3	117.92
say	3	117.92
indigenous	3	117.92
ither	3	117.92
born	3	117.92
spoken	3	117.92
oot	2	78.62
aye	2	78.62
artists	2	78.62
gie	2	78.62
supported	2	78.62
our	2	78.62
month	2	78.62
tryin	2	78.62
creative	2	78.62
fair	2	78.62
scrievit	2	78.62
annoys	2	78.62
history	2	78.62
stuff	2	78.62
working	2	78.62
institute	2	78.62
award	2	78.62
higher	2	78.62
opportunity	2	78.62
some	2	78.62
elphinstone	2	78.62
til	2	78.62
stand	2	78.62
fir	2	78.62
wants	2	78.62
mine	2	78.62
once	2	78.62
nip	2	78.62
public	2	78.62
bred	2	78.62
brocht	2	78.62
skweel	2	78.62
meaning	2	78.62
went	2	78.62
heard	2	78.62
specific	2	78.62
sma	2	78.62
nebs	2	78.62
ask	2	78.62
really	2	78.62
campaign	2	78.62
thocht	2	78.62
forrit	2	78.62
mentioned	2	78.62
capener	2	78.62
chamber	2	78.62
cross-party	2	78.62
her	2	78.62
aboot	2	78.62
last	2	78.62
funding	2	78.62
previous	2	78.62
session	2	78.62
unique	2	78.62
ian	2	78.62
erse	2	78.62
henderson	2	78.62
hole	2	78.62
carrying	2	78.62
torn	2	78.62
stream	2	78.62
hamish	2	78.62
legacy	2	78.62
ever	2	78.62
held	2	78.62
these	2	78.62
pressure	2	78.62
said	2	78.62
under	2	78.62
ve	2	78.62
miss	2	78.62
evening	2	78.62
short	2	78.62
loonie	2	78.62
us	2	78.62
suddenly	2	78.62
five	2	78.62
school	2	78.62
chapman	2	78.62
fit	2	78.62
please	2	78.62
action	2	78.62
teacher	2	78.62
realise	2	78.62
bringing	2	78.62
course	2	78.62
qualifications	2	78.62
work	2	78.62
galloway	2	78.62
yon	2	78.62
diet	2	78.62
do	2	78.62
kent	2	78.62
awfy	2	78.62
ll	2	78.62
fowk	2	78.62
stuart	2	78.62
maist	2	78.62
intae	2	78.62
look	2	78.62
dinnae	2	78.62
freen	2	78.62
among	2	78.62
million	2	78.62
efter	2	78.62
wheen	2	78.62
nicht	2	78.62
speech	2	78.62
telt	2	78.62
makkin	2	78.62
will	2	78.62
unnerstaun	2	78.62
use	2	78.62
read	2	78.62
syne	2	78.62
atween	2	78.62
local	2	78.62
little	2	78.62
ca	2	78.62
ony	2	78.62
d	2	78.62
ower	2	78.62
weel	2	78.62
wrote	2	78.62
much	2	78.62
snp	2	78.62
where	2	78.62
sang	2	78.62
recently	2	78.62
south	2	78.62
looked	2	78.62
number	2	78.62
court	2	78.62
languages	2	78.62
back	2	78.62
media	2	78.62
way	2	78.62
growin	2	78.62
middleton	2	78.62