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 14,510.28160.350
fir16 19,347.0480.602
deaf6 7,255.1470.721
bairnie4 4,836.7640.502
latin5 6,045.9538.507
tick4 4,836.7632.907
french5 6,045.9531.037
helicopter3 3,627.5727.103
rebellion3 3,627.5726.043
thon8 9,673.5225.902
diet3 3,627.5724.872
stereotype2 2,418.3824.797
instagram2 2,418.3823.072
jaikit2 2,418.3823.072
joke3 3,627.5721.828
concepts2 2,418.3820.982
oniebody2 2,418.3820.982
column2 2,418.3818.618
culture4 4,836.7618.485
airticle3 3,627.5717.384
deif2 2,418.3816.579
a46 55,622.7315.951
luiks2 2,418.3814.394
baby2 2,418.3813.828
journey2 2,418.3813.698
photies2 2,418.3813.573
labour3 3,627.5713.367
stert3 3,627.5713.153
generation2 2,418.3812.595
english5 6,045.9512.408
greek2 2,418.3812.143
monie3 3,627.5711.773
freens2 2,418.3811.587
terms2 2,418.3810.789
follae2 2,418.3810.789
usual2 2,418.3810.613
aw8 9,673.5210.546
oan6 7,255.1410.511
frae7 8,464.339.919
hings2 2,418.389.840
sort2 2,418.389.278
yaise2 2,418.389.278
s15 18,137.859.213
feed2 2,418.389.198
warld3 3,627.578.722
modren2 2,418.388.619
box2 2,418.388.391
minority2 2,418.388.207
aften2 2,418.387.265
disnae2 2,418.387.130
agin2 2,418.386.342
claes2 2,418.386.273
bonnie2 2,418.386.171
o28 33,857.325.974
haein2 2,418.385.748
speak2 2,418.385.647
leids2 2,418.384.856
coorse2 2,418.384.601
wis3 3,627.574.545
ma8 9,673.524.384
wirds2 2,418.384.113
fowk4 4,836.763.837
wey3 3,627.573.703
is10 12,091.903.700
thae2 2,418.383.608
lik2 2,418.383.400
whan3 3,627.572.923
and2 2,418.382.906
ken3 3,627.572.418
the38 45,949.212.301
millennial2 2,418.38nan
leid2 2,418.382.242
syne2 2,418.382.218
hid3 3,627.572.167
some3 3,627.572.084
whit4 4,836.762.079
but6 7,255.141.931
gin2 2,418.381.911
did2 2,418.381.823
jist3 3,627.571.786
year2 2,418.381.708
me5 6,045.951.688
them3 3,627.571.558
no4 4,836.761.286
in17 20,556.231.202
scotland2 2,418.381.087
that11 13,301.090.894
wi4 4,836.760.889
dae2 2,418.380.828
m2 2,418.380.781
oot2 2,418.380.739
us2 2,418.380.637
aff2 2,418.380.612
fatphobia2 2,418.38nan
ll2 2,418.380.956
ower3 3,627.570.610
up2 2,418.380.511
tae15 18,137.850.466
scots4 4,836.760.439
fluffy-luggit2 2,418.38nan
oor2 2,418.380.429
if2 2,418.380.390
can2 2,418.380.379
at4 4,836.760.355
like3 3,627.570.302
an19 22,974.610.264
as4 4,836.760.245
d2 2,418.380.227
this4 4,836.760.202
time2 2,418.380.174
his4 4,836.760.123
aboot2 2,418.380.095
it9 10,882.710.054
mair2 2,418.380.046
or3 3,627.570.026
doon2 2,418.380.025
they3 3,627.570.015
hae2 2,418.380.001