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 53,275.11161.508
awmaist8 6,986.9068.238
her30 26,200.8750.223
disease4 3,493.4537.145
now6 5,240.1730.952
coudnae3 2,620.0930.312
going4 3,493.4524.353
forgetting2 1,746.7223.439
an8 6,986.9021.884
nurse4 3,493.4521.718
where5 4,366.8120.468
don5 4,366.8120.020
looking3 2,620.0919.657
takes3 2,620.0919.213
who5 4,366.8118.557
m9 7,860.2617.855
goodbye2 1,746.7217.736
leave4 3,493.4517.450
even7 6,113.5417.271
car4 3,493.4517.259
night4 3,493.4516.330
she18 15,720.5216.011
find4 3,493.4515.041
friends2 1,746.7214.292
evelynn8 6,986.90nan
has5 4,366.8114.185
entrance2 1,746.7213.896
patients2 1,746.7213.896
and20 17,467.2513.857
thought3 2,620.0913.646
had8 6,986.9013.629
trying2 1,746.7213.536
t6 5,240.1713.346
time9 7,860.2612.780
barely2 1,746.7212.621
small2 1,746.7212.621
ve6 5,240.1712.554
ower10 8,733.6212.474
aw10 8,733.6211.361
round2 1,746.7211.359
give2 1,746.7211.359
anely3 2,620.0911.287
ages2 1,746.7210.729
feel4 3,493.4510.694
loved2 1,746.7210.567
notice2 1,746.7210.567
one3 2,620.0910.424
caw2 1,746.7210.336
stopped2 1,746.7210.189
race2 1,746.7210.118
check2 1,746.729.846
go4 3,493.459.733
area2 1,746.729.413
meenits2 1,746.729.131
a18 15,720.528.900
straight2 1,746.728.771
into2 1,746.728.626
meet2 1,746.728.225
just4 3,493.458.221
have3 2,620.098.027
sort2 1,746.727.980
reason2 1,746.727.787
times3 2,620.097.559
corner2 1,746.727.432
withoot2 1,746.727.202
show2 1,746.727.202
main2 1,746.727.140
me10 8,733.627.119
talk2 1,746.726.674
oors2 1,746.726.647
walk2 1,746.726.567
wid5 4,366.816.421
when5 4,366.816.395
lost2 1,746.726.338
here5 4,366.816.329
since2 1,746.725.987
job2 1,746.725.856
other2 1,746.725.835
believe2 1,746.725.670
eyes2 1,746.725.610
things3 2,620.095.419
voice2 1,746.725.362
ma11 9,606.995.302
two2 1,746.725.254
are5 4,366.815.229
away2 1,746.725.167
every2 1,746.725.133
mrs2 1,746.725.016
last3 2,620.094.978
thing3 2,620.094.673
wan3 2,620.094.606
out2 1,746.724.138
tae35 30,567.694.078
the52 45,414.853.691
ll4 3,493.453.643
door3 2,620.093.595
fae7 6,113.543.426
still3 2,620.093.340
maist3 2,620.093.184
to4 3,493.453.060
hame3 2,620.092.915
been5 4,366.812.863
come3 2,620.092.738
i3 2,620.092.719
hoose3 2,620.092.697
look2 1,746.722.666
need2 1,746.722.479
first3 2,620.092.448
oor4 3,493.452.433
alzheimer2 1,746.72nan
like6 5,240.172.274
through2 1,746.722.192
went2 1,746.722.181
face2 1,746.722.109
by4 3,493.452.078
o17 14,847.162.064
place2 1,746.722.015
them4 3,493.451.983
then3 2,620.091.935
for10 8,733.621.704
they2 1,746.721.668
aboot6 5,240.171.632
avery2 1,746.72nan
see4 3,493.451.911
up2 1,746.721.632
seen2 1,746.721.363
it18 15,720.521.347
us3 2,620.091.264
as10 8,733.621.173
s12 10,480.351.171
mind2 1,746.721.153
get3 2,620.091.152
some3 2,620.090.993
did2 1,746.720.993
could2 1,746.720.908
be8 6,986.900.778
was2 1,746.720.625
nae2 1,746.720.563
is9 7,860.260.491
we6 5,240.170.436
there4 3,493.450.337
no4 3,493.450.295
oot6 5,240.170.271
wi10 8,733.620.243
ye5 4,366.810.234
on6 5,240.170.161
whit3 2,620.090.097
this5 4,366.810.086
but4 3,493.450.056
back2 1,746.720.055
that12 10,480.350.044
if2 1,746.720.034
day2 1,746.720.025
at7 6,113.540.015
wis12 10,480.350.012
d2 1,746.720.002
in18 15,720.520.001