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Douglas, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,296
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,216
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.888
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, yer, and, tae, of, ye, an,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (01-01-2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,296 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
wuz6 2,613.2455.535
yer26 11,324.0452.106
sons6 2,613.2441.507
an17 7,404.1841.331
of19 8,275.2635.932
frogs4 1,742.1634.573
fleet4 1,742.1631.614
fer9 3,919.8631.370
thirs3 1,306.6229.999
woman5 2,177.7029.987
to16 6,968.6428.487
when14 6,097.5625.140
giraffe3 1,306.6224.534
th'5 2,177.7022.741
all7 3,048.7822.388
n'4 1,742.1621.452
o'7 3,048.7821.016
einstein2 871.0820.665
blush2 871.0820.665
graces2 871.0820.665
tremble2 871.0820.665
friars2 871.0820.665
seventh2 871.0820.665
sinners2 871.0818.943
informs2 871.0818.943
it8 3,484.3218.893
lake3 1,306.6217.989
tae23 10,017.4217.600
without3 1,306.6216.936
cludgie2 871.0816.859
rust2 871.0816.859
messenger2 871.0816.859
lover2 871.0816.126
one5 2,177.7015.487
sense5 2,177.7015.440
ainly3 1,306.6215.423
even9 3,919.8615.281
puffin2 871.0814.976
waas3 1,306.6214.601
lik7 3,048.7814.535
soun3 1,306.6214.475
about5 2,177.7014.299
with5 2,177.7014.137
oan12 5,226.4814.098
man10 4,355.4013.822
ripe2 871.0813.710
flats2 871.0813.366
frae14 6,097.5613.318
yin8 3,484.3213.140
limbs2 871.0813.049
dogs2 871.0812.757
i3 1,306.6212.258
clappit2 871.0811.992
upun5 2,177.70nan
heaven2 871.0811.992
mistake2 871.0811.768
wide3 1,306.6211.694
have5 2,177.7011.643
gentle2 871.0811.164
field3 1,306.6211.124
well5 2,177.7011.080
body5 2,177.7010.866
monster2 871.0810.808
yince3 1,306.6210.672
faithers2 871.0810.642
award2 871.0810.642
lord3 1,306.6210.550
bull2 871.0810.483
spain2 871.0810.331
more3 1,306.6210.199
young5 2,177.7010.188
sail2 871.0810.184
three6 2,613.2410.083
livin3 1,306.6210.032
taken2 871.089.649
senga2 871.089.293
its9 3,919.869.157
how5 2,177.709.040
oot2 871.089.029
ye'd2 871.088.669
already2 871.088.574
best5 2,177.708.457
summer2 871.088.220
odd2 871.088.220
who4 1,742.168.125
roun2 871.087.975
wurds2 871.087.896
abune2 871.087.745
down2 871.087.672
strong2 871.087.530
from3 1,306.627.348
winter3 1,306.627.317
son3 1,306.627.193
simple2 871.087.135
chad3 1,306.62nan
each3 1,306.626.984
bigger2 871.086.894
was7 3,048.786.737
yir3 1,306.626.619
moon2 871.086.615
owre3 1,306.626.539
person2 871.086.510
blue3 1,306.626.434
billy2 871.086.308
thin2 871.086.259
gave2 871.086.259
such2 871.086.259
boys2 871.086.212
sweet2 871.086.212
away3 1,306.626.183
that12 5,226.486.081
wun2 871.086.027
cannae4 1,742.165.982
surprise2 871.085.982
on6 2,613.245.970
then7 3,048.785.833
river2 871.085.809
ah6 2,613.245.557
may2 871.085.488
danse3 1,306.62nan
bodies2 871.085.450
getting2 871.085.413
they3 1,306.625.217
earth2 871.085.162
has4 1,742.165.122
she5 2,177.705.117
and25 10,888.505.096
space2 871.084.962
he11 4,790.944.799
chiel2 871.084.744
short2 871.084.744
listen2 871.084.744
out3 1,306.624.737
should3 1,306.624.636
for6 2,613.244.623
born2 871.084.569
gan2 871.084.485
fear2 871.084.350
true2 871.084.324
maybe2 871.084.272
fu2 871.084.272
our2 871.084.171
talk2 871.084.146
lang6 2,613.244.038
much3 1,306.623.970
joes3 1,306.62nan
just4 1,742.163.854
paper2 871.083.778
buik2 871.083.651
now2 871.083.631
burn2 871.083.550
real2 871.083.550
men3 1,306.623.482
put2 871.083.453
hear3 1,306.623.447
be6 2,613.243.256
chance2 871.083.250
life4 1,742.163.249
eyes2 871.083.198
tree2 871.083.063
word2 871.083.030
turned2 871.082.919
rackit2 871.08nan
road3 1,306.622.907
kind2 871.082.888
a54 23,519.162.877
your3 1,306.622.868
green2 871.082.697
can7 3,048.782.674
at9 3,919.862.581
sae7 3,048.782.533
run2 871.082.456
sure2 871.082.456
whaur4 1,742.162.414
to'oer2 871.08nan
or12 5,226.482.348
ahint2 871.082.345
yon3 1,306.622.331
barque2 871.08nan
hideyoshi2 871.08nan
set3 1,306.622.323
ye18 7,839.722.271
way2 871.082.251
what3 1,306.622.191
street2 871.082.171
saif2 871.08nan
maist4 1,742.162.131
far3 1,306.622.117
their7 3,048.781.999
huv2 871.081.981
o38 16,550.521.973
last3 1,306.621.963
feet2 871.081.951
sun2 871.081.826
great2 871.081.817
thing3 1,306.621.737
cuid2 871.081.726
naw2 871.081.700
bi5 2,177.701.635
but13 5,662.021.563
watter2 871.081.322
ken5 2,177.701.257
warld2 871.081.255
are5 2,177.701.194
n2 871.081.191
wi13 5,662.021.077
ower3 1,306.621.035
haun2 871.081.026
folk2 871.080.951
doon3 1,306.620.907
eifter2 871.08nan
depart2 871.08nan
thon3 1,306.620.880
nae9 3,919.860.839
so4 1,742.160.824
like4 1,742.160.805
thir2 871.080.760
the124 54,006.970.758
here4 1,742.160.728
think3 1,306.620.720
mak3 1,306.620.704
could3 1,306.620.563
him8 3,484.320.549
went2 871.080.531
some2 871.080.510
mony2 871.080.499
face2 871.080.489
will3 1,306.620.481
ma8 3,484.320.470
say3 1,306.620.403
noo5 2,177.700.402
get2 871.080.390
wir2 871.080.308
as12 5,226.480.292
her10 4,355.400.283
auld4 1,742.160.267
tell2 871.080.223
dae2 871.080.217
big2 871.080.203
no5 2,177.700.190
afore2 871.080.184
time5 2,177.700.178
weel2 871.080.172
were2 871.080.170
up10 4,355.400.161
oor4 1,742.160.147
guid3 1,306.620.147
than3 1,306.620.132
aa5 2,177.700.125
you5 2,177.700.119
mair4 1,742.160.108
door2 871.080.100
is13 5,662.020.099
if3 1,306.620.077
waunnert2 871.08nan
this10 4,355.400.165
donkeys2 871.08nan
his10 4,355.400.782
day4 1,742.160.052
jist3 1,306.620.039
them4 1,742.160.039
heid2 871.080.028
see4 1,742.160.027
tak2 871.080.012
year2 871.080.007
us3 1,306.620.003
in36 15,679.440.001
intae4 1,742.160.001
had3 1,306.620.001
my2 871.080.000