A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Liam

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 435
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 184
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wiz, n, ma, tae, it, thit, aw, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Tam
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Bellshill) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (435 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
n17 39,080.46127.003
wiz18 41,379.31107.744
oure5 11,494.2572.402
thit7 16,091.9539.483
a40 91,954.0238.747
horse5 11,494.2537.884
ma15 34,482.7636.143
jamp3 6,896.5536.090
wiy3 6,896.5533.787
git5 11,494.2526.347
rapid2 4,597.7025.566
looked4 9,195.4022.150
mi3 6,896.5521.703
goin3 6,896.5521.149
witches2 4,597.7021.108
ir4 9,195.4020.481
hinkin2 4,597.7019.636
thi3 6,896.5518.966
saw4 9,195.4017.632
go4 9,195.4016.878
oan6 13,793.1016.741
witch2 4,597.7016.577
went4 9,195.4015.816
aw7 16,091.9514.801
so5 11,494.2514.739
shouted2 4,597.7014.605
wife3 6,896.5514.015
pub2 4,597.7013.971
goat3 6,896.5513.204
runnin2 4,597.7012.520
young3 6,896.5512.463
an2 4,597.7011.474
brig2 4,597.7011.429
short2 4,597.7011.101
ae5 11,494.2510.897
clean2 4,597.7010.490
hing2 4,597.709.572
because2 4,597.708.933
story2 4,597.708.742
auld4 9,195.408.637
hame3 6,896.557.559
took2 4,597.707.231
watter2 4,597.706.711
back4 9,195.405.793
yeez2 4,597.70nan
through2 4,597.705.377
aff3 6,896.555.104
roon2 4,597.705.095
wan2 4,597.704.939
fir2 4,597.704.637
bit4 9,195.404.431
if3 6,896.554.380
wae2 4,597.703.804
it10 22,988.513.611
when2 4,597.702.748
hid2 4,597.702.060
said2 4,597.702.044
jist2 4,597.701.862
in4 9,195.401.338
i4 9,195.400.672
is4 9,195.400.559
like2 4,597.700.513
the22 50,574.710.479
me2 4,597.700.202
they2 4,597.700.059
tae10 22,988.510.051
as3 6,896.550.048
but2 4,597.700.048
she2 4,597.700.032
oot2 4,597.700.014