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Bryden, Hugh

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,674
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 877
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.909
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, ye, ah, in, an, yer, tae, o, mate,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,674 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
mate16 9,557.95114.631
yir12 7,168.4663.960
yer24 14,336.9257.836
paint6 3,584.2347.223
ye35 20,908.0043.162
art4 2,389.4930.638
ah32 19,115.8930.363
dumfries3 1,792.1126.385
van4 2,389.4921.462
misst2 1,194.7420.180
sublime2 1,194.7420.180
watcht2 1,194.7420.180
turner2 1,194.7420.180
metaphor2 1,194.7418.998
swirlin2 1,194.7418.998
whin5 2,986.8618.030
bairn's2 1,194.7417.359
wur7 4,181.6016.687
pint3 1,792.1116.408
ties2 1,194.7416.206
wuz2 1,194.7416.206
thit's2 1,194.7416.206
boab2 1,194.7414.937
airtists2 1,194.7414.592
balloon2 1,194.7414.592
louder2 1,194.7413.707
painted2 1,194.7413.452
jist10 5,973.7213.052
fags2 1,194.7412.987
voice4 2,389.4912.858
folks2 1,194.7412.773
hus3 1,792.1111.887
chappin2 1,194.7411.854
wir6 3,584.2311.847
fag2 1,194.7411.694
thum3 1,792.1111.609
vision2 1,194.7411.540
pure3 1,792.1111.344
drum2 1,194.7410.981
smile3 1,792.1110.622
true3 1,792.1110.402
gither2 1,194.7410.380
mental2 1,194.7410.271
ah'm3 1,792.1110.109
faither's2 1,194.749.862
yous2 1,194.749.766
tae19 11,350.069.702
o18 10,752.699.539
wis6 3,584.239.528
soun2 1,194.749.322
burst2 1,194.749.322
thur3 1,792.119.318
late3 1,792.119.047
writers2 1,194.748.925
number2 1,194.748.434
thit4 2,389.498.194
sound2 1,194.748.119
faither4 2,389.497.767
kin4 2,389.497.767
faces2 1,194.747.720
she2 1,194.747.544
mi2 1,194.747.511
thin2 1,194.747.410
on3 1,792.117.182
breath2 1,194.746.863
hair3 1,792.116.772
rembrandt3 1,792.11nan
bare2 1,194.746.905
th2 1,194.746.618
still5 2,986.866.483
those2 1,194.746.317
press2 1,194.746.211
ma15 8,960.576.155
face4 2,389.496.051
wee9 5,376.346.005
an28 16,726.405.795
born2 1,194.745.756
show2 1,194.745.725
light2 1,194.745.666
could5 2,986.865.657
gan2 1,194.745.578
form2 1,194.745.465
airt2 1,194.745.437
must2 1,194.744.906
but13 7,765.834.895
hiv3 1,792.114.479
each2 1,194.744.335
that9 5,376.344.068
miss2 1,194.744.008
thir3 1,792.113.947
two2 1,194.743.890
inside2 1,194.743.874
at5 2,986.863.795
a63 37,634.413.719
think4 2,389.493.642
things3 1,792.113.585
aa7 4,181.603.578
it's4 2,389.493.535
lassie2 1,194.743.121
see6 3,584.233.015
noo6 3,584.232.959
thing3 1,792.112.957
or2 1,194.742.862
words2 1,194.742.841
ee2 1,194.742.830
o'2 1,194.742.830
thet2 1,194.74nan
felt2 1,194.742.809
great2 1,194.742.744
mean2 1,194.742.621
life3 1,792.112.572
whit7 4,181.602.463
air2 1,194.742.411
an'2 1,194.742.374
coat's2 1,194.74nan
man4 2,389.492.264
shug'2 1,194.74nan
we3 1,792.112.469
as6 3,584.231.998
rain2 1,194.741.968
thon3 1,792.111.902
feel2 1,194.741.868
heard2 1,194.741.854
were4 2,389.491.788
your2 1,194.741.670
he10 5,973.721.624
oot4 2,389.491.581
look2 1,194.741.567
bit2 1,194.741.562
while2 1,194.741.498
tho2 1,194.741.470
fur7 4,181.601.393
what2 1,194.741.229
through2 1,194.741.192
fellay2 1,194.74nan
just2 1,194.740.976
aye4 2,389.490.934
wi16 9,557.950.924
wan2 1,194.740.915
aboot3 1,792.110.899
it16 9,557.950.810
be6 3,584.230.793
fir2 1,194.740.739
thet's2 1,194.74nan
his7 4,181.600.752
tell2 1,194.740.723
back2 1,194.740.715
so3 1,792.110.676
fae3 1,792.110.626
no6 3,584.230.518
bi3 1,792.110.487
awa3 1,792.110.430
intae4 2,389.490.401
maist2 1,194.740.380
they5 2,986.860.357
up5 2,986.860.342
in29 17,323.780.337
us3 1,792.110.333
did2 1,194.740.303
richt3 1,792.110.303
hae3 1,792.110.216
hoose2 1,194.740.204
thocht2 1,194.740.186
frae4 2,389.490.183
pit2 1,194.740.176
oan3 1,792.110.167
say2 1,194.740.158
the101 60,334.530.140
saatchi2 1,194.74nan
can2 1,194.740.131
nae4 2,389.490.129
and10 5,973.720.117
fowk3 1,792.110.111
there5 2,986.860.104
if3 1,792.110.071
like5 2,986.860.070
him4 2,389.490.046
me6 3,584.230.043
is11 6,571.090.040
then2 1,194.740.036
hid2 1,194.740.035
ain2 1,194.740.034
day3 1,792.110.023
get2 1,194.740.018
wid2 1,194.740.015
ither2 1,194.740.009
you3 1,792.110.005
afore2 1,194.740.001
its2 1,194.740.001
time3 1,792.110.000