A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKinlay, Kieran

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 820
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 352
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.33
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, ma, a, tae, in, it, wis, n, up,

List of texts in corpus

Walk Way to Fame
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (820 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
n14 17,073.1781.456
baw8 9,756.1063.835
ah31 37,804.8863.043
ma27 32,926.8362.726
team7 8,536.5956.251
fitbaw5 6,097.5651.642
eh9 10,975.6148.174
heeds4 4,878.0546.111
oan12 14,634.1534.939
couldny3 3,658.5433.338
commentators3 3,658.5431.445
then10 12,195.1231.142
game5 6,097.5630.537
penalty3 3,658.5429.410
screamed3 3,658.5427.899
changing2 2,439.0224.775
dah2 2,439.0224.775
lads4 4,878.0524.252
heart3 3,658.5420.269
haunds3 3,658.5418.493
two4 4,878.0518.209
winners2 2,439.0217.795
gonna2 2,439.0217.795
an5 6,097.5617.676
maw3 3,658.5417.352
coach2 2,439.0217.128
heed3 3,658.5416.789
changin2 2,439.0216.558
lungs2 2,439.0216.060
tunnel2 2,439.0216.060
self2 2,439.0215.414
player2 2,439.0215.220
pressure2 2,439.0214.859
up12 14,634.1514.587
pitch2 2,439.0214.080
mates2 2,439.0213.807
stomach2 2,439.0213.807
cmon4 4,878.05nan
high3 3,658.5413.193
since3 3,658.5413.157
even5 6,097.5612.304
top2 2,439.0212.296
used3 3,658.5412.253
take3 3,658.5411.797
could5 6,097.5611.464
spot2 2,439.0211.350
part2 2,439.0211.281
mah2 2,439.0210.480
walked2 2,439.0210.211
shook2 2,439.0210.211
felt3 3,658.5410.063
after2 2,439.029.866
cup2 2,439.029.062
thought2 2,439.028.805
room3 3,658.548.074
world2 2,439.027.737
hud3 3,658.547.658
cos2 2,439.027.482
tea2 2,439.027.199
oor5 6,097.566.882
until2 2,439.026.833
was4 4,878.056.712
one2 2,439.026.674
play2 2,439.026.020
life3 3,658.545.824
were4 4,878.055.464
am2 2,439.025.239
bein3 3,658.545.194
took2 2,439.024.939
me7 8,536.594.781
the63 76,829.274.738
new3 3,658.544.687
gointy2 2,439.02nan
of4 4,878.054.306
feel2 2,439.024.086
heard2 2,439.024.077
got3 3,658.543.776
which2 2,439.023.746
look2 2,439.023.731
keep2 2,439.023.403
set2 2,439.023.396
we7 8,536.593.279
only2 2,439.023.253
wis14 17,073.173.246
so3 3,658.543.158
a16 19,512.203.122
when3 3,658.543.060
here3 3,658.543.023
just2 2,439.022.932
like5 6,097.562.704
that4 4,878.052.562
us3 3,658.542.447
seen2 2,439.022.264
made2 2,439.022.092
it14 17,073.171.699
aw4 4,878.051.607
pit2 2,439.021.546
fur4 4,878.051.320
man2 2,439.021.184
his3 3,658.540.684
aff2 2,439.020.634
oot5 6,097.560.615
said2 2,439.020.566
but2 2,439.020.533
they2 2,439.020.493
in15 18,292.680.372
at4 4,878.050.327
see2 2,439.020.309
s5 6,097.560.247
is4 4,878.050.241
their2 2,439.020.236
as6 7,317.070.194
time2 2,439.020.172
tae16 19,512.200.142
wi7 8,536.590.126
he8 9,756.100.107
day2 2,439.020.094
aboot2 2,439.020.082
and6 7,317.070.047
or3 3,658.540.042
him2 2,439.020.014
there2 2,439.020.006
be4 4,878.050.004