Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Logan, Kirsty

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 947
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.473
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, it, we, i, ma, her, tae, an, she,

List of texts in corpus

Lego
Scots Hoose (01-01-2017) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as weans (947 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
we	27	28,511.09	60.871
sister	8	8,447.73	47.793
mammy	5	5,279.83	36.636
ma	21	22,175.29	34.648
boxes	4	4,223.86	34.095
cos	6	6,335.80	33.635
i	24	25,343.19	33.243
looked	6	6,335.80	28.982
anyhin	3	3,167.90	27.499
her	19	20,063.36	23.797
didna	7	7,391.76	21.875
ahin	4	4,223.86	21.794
lego	2	2,111.93	20.385
it	29	30,623.02	19.941
cell	2	2,111.93	19.649
kane	2	2,111.93	18.494
prison	2	2,111.93	18.022
moved	3	3,167.90	18.014
menu	2	2,111.93	17.601
away	4	4,223.86	16.914
ordered	2	2,111.93	15.728
sat	4	4,223.86	15.685
summin	2	2,111.93	15.487
pointed	2	2,111.93	15.487
waiter	2	2,111.93	15.260
when	7	7,391.76	14.925
order	3	3,167.90	14.746
were	7	7,391.76	14.290
drove	2	2,111.93	14.288
shop	3	3,167.90	14.085
off	3	3,167.90	13.896
couldna	3	3,167.90	13.408
picture	2	2,111.93	12.204
then	6	6,335.80	11.715
would	3	3,167.90	11.675
one	3	3,167.90	11.493
loved	2	2,111.93	11.309
look	4	4,223.86	11.296
tried	3	3,167.90	11.119
glasgow	2	2,111.93	10.929
didnae	4	4,223.86	10.895
o	7	7,391.76	10.813
fleer	2	2,111.93	10.650
worse	2	2,111.93	10.518
silence	2	2,111.93	10.454
wee	8	8,447.73	10.349
could	5	5,279.83	10.227
went	4	4,223.86	10.120
change	2	2,111.93	10.032
laugh	2	2,111.93	9.976
few	3	3,167.90	9.952
lookin	3	3,167.90	9.885
busy	2	2,111.93	9.757
university	2	2,111.93	9.551
tears	2	2,111.93	9.356
she	13	13,727.56	9.251
past	3	3,167.90	9.132
really	3	3,167.90	8.715
wanted	2	2,111.93	8.704
fan	3	3,167.90	8.494
dad	2	2,111.93	8.290
gonnae	2	2,111.93	8.290
playin	2	2,111.93	7.855
like	8	8,447.73	7.636
made	4	4,223.86	7.606
seein	2	2,111.93	7.383
passed	2	2,111.93	7.355
even	4	4,223.86	7.326
room	3	3,167.90	7.308
but	10	10,559.66	7.295
kept	2	2,111.93	6.967
he	2	2,111.93	6.824
car	2	2,111.93	6.708
high	2	2,111.93	6.708
other	2	2,111.93	6.530
aside	2	2,111.93	6.424
each	2	2,111.93	6.424
seemed	2	2,111.93	6.403
across	2	2,111.93	6.301
through	3	3,167.90	6.110
table	2	2,111.93	6.105
turned	2	2,111.93	5.975
take	2	2,111.93	5.814
wur	3	3,167.90	5.786
jist	5	5,279.83	5.636
sittin	2	2,111.93	5.595
big	3	3,167.90	4.959
git	2	2,111.93	4.231
came	2	2,111.93	4.118
us	4	4,223.86	4.045
though	2	2,111.93	4.039
ah	11	11,615.63	3.958
did	3	3,167.90	3.856
there	6	6,335.80	3.694
hid	4	4,223.86	3.672
cannae	2	2,111.93	3.630
how	2	2,111.93	3.539
say	3	3,167.90	3.341
fae	6	6,335.80	3.174
while	2	2,111.93	3.167
got	3	3,167.90	3.145
an	16	16,895.46	3.117
doon	5	5,279.83	3.036
things	2	2,111.93	2.918
what	2	2,111.93	2.830
face	2	2,111.93	2.669
the	44	46,462.51	2.556
afore	3	3,167.90	2.223
you	4	4,223.86	2.095
be	2	2,111.93	2.069
telt	2	2,111.93	2.050
in	10	10,559.66	1.758
back	4	4,223.86	1.669
s	4	4,223.86	1.666
said	3	3,167.90	1.651
still	2	2,111.93	1.630
of	3	3,167.90	1.561
think	2	2,111.93	1.511
hame	2	2,111.93	1.376
if	3	3,167.90	1.274
hoose	2	2,111.93	1.246
pit	2	2,111.93	1.191
was	2	2,111.93	1.012
and	9	9,503.70	0.997
d	3	3,167.90	0.973
fit	2	2,111.93	0.821
so	2	2,111.93	0.756
at	8	8,447.73	0.565
wis	12	12,671.59	0.554
to	2	2,111.93	0.455
for	4	4,223.86	0.360
some	2	2,111.93	0.308
that	11	11,615.63	0.283
tae	18	19,007.39	0.267
oot	3	3,167.90	0.267
aboot	2	2,111.93	0.259
me	4	4,223.86	0.233
a	30	31,678.99	0.185
them	2	2,111.93	0.156
they	3	3,167.90	0.124
on	5	5,279.83	0.121
as	5	5,279.83	0.106
their	2	2,111.93	0.090
intae	2	2,111.93	0.083
up	4	4,223.86	0.038
been	2	2,111.93	0.036
aw	2	2,111.93	0.036
day	2	2,111.93	0.013