A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McFarlane, Ishbel

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 827
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 405
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.042
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, o, an, in, fir, s, tae, blah, that,

List of texts in corpus

Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?
The National (05-03-2020) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (317 words)

Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame
The National (30-01-2020) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (92 words)

Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones
The National (17-10-2019) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (244 words)

Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?
The National (21-11-2019) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (174 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
blah12 14,510.28160.016
fir16 19,347.0480.269
deaf6 7,255.1470.554
bairnie4 4,836.7640.391
latin5 6,045.9538.369
tick4 4,836.7632.544
french5 6,045.9530.992
helicopter3 3,627.5727.019
thon8 9,673.5226.895
rebellion3 3,627.5725.960
diet3 3,627.5724.790
stereotype2 2,418.3823.016
jaikit2 2,418.3823.016
instagram2 2,418.3821.833
joke3 3,627.5721.589
concepts2 2,418.3820.927
oniebody2 2,418.3820.927
column2 2,418.3818.563
culture4 4,836.7618.105
airticle3 3,627.5717.452
deif2 2,418.3816.524
a46 55,622.7316.056
luiks2 2,418.3814.339
baby2 2,418.3813.773
journey2 2,418.3813.773
photies2 2,418.3813.518
labour3 3,627.5713.215
stert3 3,627.5713.074
generation2 2,418.3812.541
english5 6,045.9512.286
greek2 2,418.3812.088
monie3 3,627.5711.831
freens2 2,418.3811.607
follae2 2,418.3810.983
terms2 2,418.3810.919
usual2 2,418.3810.617
aw8 9,673.5210.300
oan6 7,255.1410.144
frae7 8,464.3310.081
hings2 2,418.389.473
feed2 2,418.389.265
sort2 2,418.389.224
yaise2 2,418.389.184
s15 18,137.858.884
warld3 3,627.578.646
modren2 2,418.388.565
minority2 2,418.388.466
box2 2,418.388.338
disnae2 2,418.387.329
aften2 2,418.387.213
agin2 2,418.386.417
claes2 2,418.386.291
bonnie2 2,418.386.188
o28 33,857.326.078
speak2 2,418.385.848
haein2 2,418.385.757
leids2 2,418.385.247
wis3 3,627.574.657
coorse2 2,418.384.604
wirds2 2,418.384.066
ma8 9,673.523.915
fowk4 4,836.763.909
wey3 3,627.573.705
is10 12,091.903.695
thae2 2,418.383.628
lik2 2,418.383.409
and2 2,418.383.014
whan3 3,627.572.943
leid2 2,418.382.493
the38 45,949.212.439
ken3 3,627.572.437
syne2 2,418.382.231
hid3 3,627.572.155
some3 3,627.572.066
whit4 4,836.761.996
but6 7,255.141.882
jist3 3,627.571.878
did2 2,418.381.796
year2 2,418.381.687
them3 3,627.571.613
me5 6,045.951.539
millennial2 2,418.38nan
gin2 2,418.381.887
no4 4,836.761.230
in17 20,556.231.213
scotland2 2,418.381.055
ll2 2,418.380.920
that11 13,301.090.905
wi4 4,836.760.871
dae2 2,418.380.806
m2 2,418.380.684
us2 2,418.380.683
aff2 2,418.380.619
fatphobia2 2,418.38nan
oot2 2,418.380.746
ower3 3,627.570.609
up2 2,418.380.495
fluffy-luggit2 2,418.38nan
oor2 2,418.380.470
tae15 18,137.850.441
scots4 4,836.760.434
if2 2,418.380.365
can2 2,418.380.363
at4 4,836.760.349
like3 3,627.570.272
as4 4,836.760.229
d2 2,418.380.229
this4 4,836.760.207
an19 22,974.610.199
time2 2,418.380.163
his4 4,836.760.111
aboot2 2,418.380.089
it9 10,882.710.065
mair2 2,418.380.054
or3 3,627.570.036
doon2 2,418.380.024
they3 3,627.570.011
hae2 2,418.380.002