A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ross, Derek

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,182
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 586
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.017
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, in, tae, an, it, is, we, that,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,182 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
tower4 3,384.0935.752
stane6 5,076.1432.443
stranraer3 2,538.0732.391
forest4 3,384.0931.060
its12 10,152.2830.688
stanes5 4,230.1230.357
fir9 7,614.2128.813
wa4 3,384.0926.666
wrapt2 1,692.0523.316
nevir2 1,692.0523.316
tide3 2,538.0720.124
feel6 5,076.1420.002
pier2 1,692.0519.504
gemme3 2,538.0718.360
aa11 9,306.2617.929
histories2 1,692.0517.614
abbey2 1,692.0517.143
pages3 2,538.0717.110
we16 13,536.3816.802
upon3 2,538.0715.143
years5 4,230.1214.556
museum2 1,692.0514.385
wey7 5,922.1714.081
cottage2 1,692.0513.967
victory2 1,692.0513.774
frien2 1,692.0513.774
deeper2 1,692.0513.415
landscape2 1,692.0513.085
waarm2 1,692.0512.500
sel2 1,692.0511.875
luik3 2,538.0711.585
deep3 2,538.0711.326
line3 2,538.0710.681
aald2 1,692.0510.369
dyke2 1,692.059.999
yer8 6,768.199.525
throu4 3,384.099.471
is17 14,382.409.427
team2 1,692.059.413
yon4 3,384.098.968
new5 4,230.128.952
nae10 8,460.248.559
tak5 4,230.128.483
slowly2 1,692.058.462
touch2 1,692.058.462
tells2 1,692.058.281
lane2 1,692.058.193
read3 2,538.078.125
walkin2 1,692.058.108
wha4 3,384.097.731
are6 5,076.147.568
page2 1,692.057.561
space2 1,692.057.385
auld6 5,076.147.221
he3 2,538.077.172
staunin2 1,692.056.728
this11 9,306.266.644
trees2 1,692.056.402
ah'm2 1,692.056.402
and2 1,692.056.345
haun3 2,538.076.202
tuik2 1,692.056.128
doun3 2,538.076.005
road3 2,538.075.993
leave2 1,692.055.942
son2 1,692.055.724
an18 15,228.435.723
each2 1,692.055.579
too2 1,692.055.441
alang3 2,538.075.422
lik3 2,538.075.329
sense2 1,692.055.290
miss2 1,692.055.235
juist4 3,384.095.213
time6 5,076.144.733
place3 2,538.074.688
but10 8,460.244.669
thair4 3,384.094.649
oan5 4,230.124.397
somethin2 1,692.054.329
yet2 1,692.054.084
sun2 1,692.053.858
mair6 5,076.143.752
eneuch2 1,692.053.648
anither3 2,538.073.622
fuin2 1,692.05nan
at3 2,538.073.601
here4 3,384.093.589
nor3 2,538.073.559
air2 1,692.053.504
yin3 2,538.073.478
came2 1,692.053.367
een3 2,538.073.264
on3 2,538.073.231
still3 2,538.073.191
rain2 1,692.053.020
nou2 1,692.052.898
o33 27,918.782.845
cauld2 1,692.052.836
name2 1,692.052.693
side2 1,692.052.580
thae2 1,692.052.492
while2 1,692.052.472
thir2 1,692.052.440
first3 2,538.072.316
binds2 1,692.05nan
tae18 15,228.432.378
keep2 1,692.052.265
things2 1,692.052.241
there6 5,076.142.231
triers2 1,692.05nan
haes3 2,538.072.120
mony2 1,692.052.028
last2 1,692.051.986
can4 3,384.091.967
same2 1,692.051.821
than3 2,538.071.773
life2 1,692.051.552
dunbae2 1,692.05nan
intae4 3,384.091.502
bi3 2,538.071.449
ma3 2,538.071.101
mind2 1,692.051.077
or2 1,692.051.066
wi6 5,076.141.011
it's2 1,692.050.939
oot3 2,538.070.915
hame2 1,692.050.865
wis9 7,614.210.829
oor3 2,538.070.826
aboot2 1,692.050.767
be4 3,384.090.726
it17 14,382.400.616
like2 1,692.050.466
no2 1,692.050.454
up6 5,076.140.439
guid2 1,692.050.409
the74 62,605.750.406
ain2 1,692.050.394
scotland2 1,692.050.377
so2 1,692.050.368
in21 17,766.500.351
ither2 1,692.050.302
weel2 1,692.050.261
hae2 1,692.050.233
frae3 2,538.070.225
me3 2,538.070.219
a32 27,072.760.210
as6 5,076.140.210
ower2 1,692.050.168
us2 1,692.050.152
doon2 1,692.050.131
had2 1,692.050.105
wee2 1,692.050.097
said2 1,692.050.088
his6 5,076.140.081
whit3 2,538.070.067
ye7 5,922.170.063
day2 1,692.050.042
sae2 1,692.050.012
that12 10,152.280.010
see2 1,692.050.006
ah7 5,922.170.001