A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Lucy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,589
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 677
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.824
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, wis, tae, ma, me, da, that, it,

List of texts in corpus

nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish
Association for Scottish Literature (2023-08-07 ) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (2,589 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
and100 38,624.95189.502
didnae23 8,883.7494.404
all19 7,338.7491.418
da43 16,608.7390.959
ad11 4,248.7482.457
me43 16,608.7372.666
fishes7 2,703.7572.006
always12 4,634.9971.676
wendy7 2,703.7569.807
a153 59,096.1862.257
ma45 17,381.2360.209
of26 10,042.4958.833
mad10 3,862.5058.614
wit10 3,862.5056.359
race9 3,476.2556.267
clyde7 2,703.7555.317
them26 10,042.4951.647
dug12 4,634.9950.302
old8 3,090.0048.552
having6 2,317.5047.122
cos10 3,862.5045.859
pond6 2,317.5045.857
when20 7,724.9945.482
fir16 6,179.9945.296
fish9 3,476.2541.978
beans5 1,931.2541.940
were20 7,724.9941.811
pups4 1,545.0040.486
supper6 2,317.5035.451
swedish5 1,931.2535.223
crying4 1,545.0034.683
saying5 1,931.2532.539
dugs7 2,703.7531.984
other8 3,090.0031.799
wee23 8,883.7431.292
anymare4 1,545.0030.771
wis58 22,402.4729.334
scones4 1,545.0028.177
feeding3 1,158.7527.782
school7 2,703.7527.457
jist18 6,952.4926.933
shaking3 1,158.7526.543
cute3 1,158.7525.524
thought6 2,317.5025.188
kitchen6 2,317.5024.896
one7 2,703.7524.666
floor4 1,545.0024.405
around4 1,545.0023.880
mattress3 1,158.7523.233
wisnae8 3,090.0023.175
die4 1,545.0022.284
belly4 1,545.0021.883
breakfast4 1,545.0021.883
sweeties4 1,545.0021.690
proud4 1,545.0021.139
bacon3 1,158.7521.131
lads5 1,931.2520.906
those5 1,931.2520.713
faster3 1,158.7520.706
ladies3 1,158.7520.706
coach3 1,158.7520.309
bonkers2 772.5020.241
ruffle2 772.5020.241
panting2 772.5020.241
fridays2 772.5020.241
trembling2 772.5020.241
excited3 1,158.7519.589
scary3 1,158.7519.589
went9 3,476.2519.348
like21 8,111.2419.283
porridge3 1,158.7519.259
whatever3 1,158.7518.948
making3 1,158.7518.948
wit's2 772.5018.520
ones2 772.5018.520
killing2 772.5018.520
bad6 2,317.5018.114
over4 1,545.0017.661
much7 2,703.7517.544
you16 6,179.9916.979
so12 4,634.9916.928
sprinted2 772.5016.437
crumbs2 772.5016.437
started5 1,931.2516.287
things8 3,090.0016.023
leash2 772.5015.704
but25 9,656.2415.666
aboot21 8,111.2415.458
have6 2,317.5015.263
ate3 1,158.7515.108
babies2 772.5015.088
training2 772.5015.088
laughing2 772.5015.088
starting2 772.5015.088
fast4 1,545.0015.072
anything3 1,158.7514.955
too5 1,931.2514.904
hug2 772.5014.087
playing2 772.5014.087
heeds2 772.5014.087
scared2 772.5013.669
matter3 1,158.7513.500
pal4 1,545.0013.482
morning3 1,158.7513.053
going3 1,158.7512.843
liked3 1,158.7512.843
bag4 1,545.0012.834
looked5 1,931.2512.761
window2 772.5012.631
legs4 1,545.0012.505
said12 4,634.9912.393
could9 3,476.2512.352
running2 772.5012.339
biscuits2 772.5012.339
tin3 1,158.7512.164
springs2 772.5012.068
hair5 1,931.2512.010
watching2 772.5011.814
sore2 772.5011.814
cupboard2 772.5011.814
sweetie2 772.5011.814
wioot3 1,158.7511.727
ground2 772.5011.352
spat2 772.5011.352
done4 1,545.0011.025
boys3 1,158.7510.734
sometimes3 1,158.7510.734
gave3 1,158.7510.596
after3 1,158.7510.462
thinking2 772.5010.395
bones2 772.5010.395
size3 1,158.7510.267
peas2 772.5010.230
couldnae4 1,545.0010.074
slept2 772.5010.071
because4 1,545.009.965
trying2 772.509.919
pocket2 772.509.919
getting3 1,158.759.782
water3 1,158.759.667
being3 1,158.759.667
woke2 772.509.632
everything2 772.509.632
big7 2,703.759.549
feed3 1,158.759.500
chips2 772.509.497
ootside4 1,545.009.412
baby2 772.509.118
shot3 1,158.758.599
whole2 772.508.561
maybe3 1,158.758.464
eat3 1,158.758.204
how5 1,931.258.138
stop3 1,158.758.038
sat4 1,545.008.033
even7 2,703.758.008
told2 772.507.989
he'd3 1,158.757.957
that41 15,836.237.919
had10 3,862.507.882
folk5 1,931.257.774
died2 772.507.734
eggs2 772.507.574
cheek2 772.507.496
house2 772.507.496
plastic2 772.507.346
loved2 772.507.346
knew2 772.507.273
bedroom2 772.507.202
telt6 2,317.506.981
fed2 772.506.930
win5 1,931.256.812
they'd2 772.506.740
line3 1,158.756.701
son3 1,158.756.701
that's4 1,545.006.694
then8 3,090.006.692
wendy's3 1,158.75nan
did7 2,703.757.431
feart3 1,158.756.671
really4 1,545.006.593
eyes3 1,158.756.551
say7 2,703.756.372
throw2 772.506.172
usual2 772.506.172
would3 1,158.756.157
especially2 772.506.120
ran3 1,158.756.050
know4 1,545.005.936
sent3 1,158.755.895
leg2 772.505.872
death2 772.505.778
walked2 772.505.778
jim2 772.505.554
nae2 772.505.530
dae8 3,090.005.520
same5 1,931.255.513
deed2 772.505.511
family2 772.505.469
grew2 772.505.345
think6 2,317.505.198
realised2 772.505.148
stairs2 772.505.110
where3 1,158.755.092
something3 1,158.754.929
sure3 1,158.754.909
wanted2 772.504.823
way3 1,158.754.735
get8 3,090.004.651
no13 5,021.244.626
listen2 772.504.436
hand2 772.504.436
might2 772.504.347
fair4 1,545.004.259
hard3 1,158.754.238
at9 3,476.254.209
am3 1,158.754.156
drink2 772.504.095
some8 3,090.004.028
park2 772.503.838
got6 2,317.503.744
sorry2 772.503.742
took3 1,158.753.673
as9 3,476.253.544
still5 1,931.253.428
leave2 772.503.346
came3 1,158.753.277
wi12 4,634.993.256
now2 772.503.246
real2 772.503.246
in30 11,587.492.978
oot17 6,566.242.960
wae5 1,931.252.955
thing4 1,545.002.937
take2 772.502.932
night2 772.502.831
dinnae3 1,158.752.692
das2 772.50nan
people2 772.502.717
his9 3,476.252.683
away2 772.502.639
the131 50,598.692.588
good2 772.502.564
tried2 772.502.463
look3 1,158.752.459
be8 3,090.002.250
go3 1,158.752.169
yer8 3,090.002.022
next2 772.501.983
few2 772.501.983
open2 772.501.950
cried2 772.501.741
felt2 772.501.599
again4 1,545.001.464
up14 5,407.491.448
well2 772.501.386
they14 5,407.491.373
ye10 3,862.501.228
though2 772.501.144
help2 772.501.118
doon8 3,090.000.911
cannae2 772.500.906
hear2 772.500.873
heard2 772.500.841
he27 10,428.740.792
saw2 772.500.770
there9 3,476.250.748
been3 1,158.750.707
we8 3,090.000.624
fussing2 772.50nan
room2 772.500.695
made3 1,158.750.617
need2 772.500.542
their6 2,317.500.523
back7 2,703.750.520
gie3 1,158.750.517
while2 772.500.502
fae9 3,476.250.489
keep2 772.500.454
see3 1,158.750.346
only2 772.500.339
three2 772.500.298
afore4 1,545.000.259
it33 12,746.230.217
by5 1,931.250.206
day6 2,317.500.198
him8 3,090.000.175
man2 772.500.152
tae58 22,402.470.101
aff4 1,545.000.097
time4 1,545.000.080
gummies2 772.50nan
her14 5,407.490.042
trouts2 772.50nan
on17 6,566.240.057
loaf-ends2 772.50nan
intae5 1,931.250.094
us3 1,158.750.040
door2 772.500.024
ken3 1,158.750.024
or9 3,476.250.023
bit7 2,703.750.019
if4 1,545.000.003
she13 5,021.240.001
it's2 772.500.000