A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Amy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,145
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 440
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.602
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, the, tae, her, and, she, in, a, it, o,

List of texts in corpus

Evelynn and Peter
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Ayr) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (1,145 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
ah61 53,275.11161.000
awmaist8 6,986.9068.572
her30 26,200.8749.987
disease4 3,493.4537.099
now6 5,240.1730.884
coudnae3 2,620.0930.277
going4 3,493.4524.307
forgetting2 1,746.7223.416
an8 6,986.9021.970
nurse4 3,493.4521.672
where5 4,366.8120.413
don5 4,366.8119.965
looking3 2,620.0919.622
takes3 2,620.0919.178
who5 4,366.8118.503
m9 7,860.2617.779
goodbye2 1,746.7217.713
leave4 3,493.4517.406
car4 3,493.4517.310
even7 6,113.5417.216
night4 3,493.4516.286
she18 15,720.5215.893
has5 4,366.8114.337
friends2 1,746.7214.269
and20 17,467.2514.044
evelynn8 6,986.90nan
find4 3,493.4515.032
patients2 1,746.7213.873
entrance2 1,746.7213.873
had8 6,986.9013.752
thought3 2,620.0913.612
trying2 1,746.7213.513
t6 5,240.1713.287
time9 7,860.2612.797
barely2 1,746.7212.599
small2 1,746.7212.599
ve6 5,240.1712.519
ower10 8,733.6212.446
anely3 2,620.0911.503
aw10 8,733.6211.370
round2 1,746.7211.336
give2 1,746.7211.336
feel4 3,493.4510.707
ages2 1,746.7210.706
notice2 1,746.7210.544
loved2 1,746.7210.544
one3 2,620.0910.392
caw2 1,746.7210.313
stopped2 1,746.7210.166
race2 1,746.7210.095
check2 1,746.729.823
go4 3,493.459.723
area2 1,746.729.449
meenits2 1,746.729.109
a18 15,720.528.944
straight2 1,746.728.748
into2 1,746.728.604
meet2 1,746.728.245
just4 3,493.458.182
have3 2,620.097.996
sort2 1,746.727.958
reason2 1,746.727.803
times3 2,620.097.528
corner2 1,746.727.410
withoot2 1,746.727.181
show2 1,746.727.181
main2 1,746.727.118
me10 8,733.627.109
talk2 1,746.726.680
oors2 1,746.726.680
walk2 1,746.726.546
when5 4,366.816.485
wid5 4,366.816.378
lost2 1,746.726.316
here5 4,366.816.305
since2 1,746.725.966
job2 1,746.725.857
other2 1,746.725.814
believe2 1,746.725.669
eyes2 1,746.725.589
things3 2,620.095.390
ma11 9,606.995.346
voice2 1,746.725.342
are5 4,366.815.258
two2 1,746.725.234
away2 1,746.725.146
every2 1,746.725.112
mrs2 1,746.724.995
last3 2,620.094.977
thing3 2,620.094.679
wan3 2,620.094.579
out2 1,746.724.119
tae35 30,567.694.072
the52 45,414.853.670
ll4 3,493.453.612
door3 2,620.093.569
fae7 6,113.543.529
still3 2,620.093.326
maist3 2,620.093.253
to4 3,493.453.038
hame3 2,620.092.891
been5 4,366.812.866
come3 2,620.092.729
i3 2,620.092.697
hoose3 2,620.092.696
look2 1,746.722.649
need2 1,746.722.462
first3 2,620.092.442
oor4 3,493.452.441
alzheimer2 1,746.72nan
like6 5,240.172.268
through2 1,746.722.198
went2 1,746.722.164
by4 3,493.452.134
face2 1,746.722.098
place2 1,746.722.014
o17 14,847.162.010
them4 3,493.451.957
then3 2,620.091.928
see4 3,493.451.905
they2 1,746.721.671
avery2 1,746.72nan
for10 8,733.621.695
up2 1,746.721.645
aboot6 5,240.171.643
seen2 1,746.721.363
it18 15,720.521.322
us3 2,620.091.284
as10 8,733.621.194
mind2 1,746.721.155
get3 2,620.091.155
s12 10,480.351.148
some3 2,620.090.998
did2 1,746.720.991
could2 1,746.720.903
be8 6,986.900.767
was2 1,746.720.615
nae2 1,746.720.566
is9 7,860.260.484
we6 5,240.170.447
there4 3,493.450.337
no4 3,493.450.293
oot6 5,240.170.264
wi10 8,733.620.243
ye5 4,366.810.242
on6 5,240.170.159
whit3 2,620.090.102
this5 4,366.810.086
back2 1,746.720.057
but4 3,493.450.057
that12 10,480.350.050
if2 1,746.720.033
day2 1,746.720.026
at7 6,113.540.014
wis12 10,480.350.013
in18 15,720.520.003
d2 1,746.720.001