Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McMaster, Anne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 547
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 282
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.94
Tagged as GUL (General Ulster) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tha, an, a, ye, o, this, in, wull, it, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (Ulster) dialect (GUL), categorised as poetry (547 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
tha	26	47,531.99	135.441
wull	8	14,625.23	45.111
light	5	9,140.77	33.680
ir	6	10,968.92	32.253
bis	3	5,484.46	28.853
wattèr	2	3,656.31	26.452
shedda	2	3,656.31	24.727
mine	4	7,312.61	23.978
yairns	2	3,656.31	21.899
ye	14	25,594.15	21.820
danner	2	3,656.31	21.279
hïs	6	10,968.92	nan
hel	2	3,656.31	21.279
baste	2	3,656.31	19.848
breks	2	3,656.31	19.467
empie	2	3,656.31	19.119
behin	2	3,656.31	18.503
houl	2	3,656.31	17.501
yit	3	5,484.46	17.043
moarnin	2	3,656.31	16.193
grief	2	3,656.31	16.193
aprile	2	3,656.31	15.742
oul	3	5,484.46	15.553
ocean	2	3,656.31	15.468
throu	4	7,312.61	15.034
waves	2	3,656.31	14.230
gift	2	3,656.31	14.230
saison	3	5,484.46	nan
rins	2	3,656.31	14.041
gret	2	3,656.31	13.862
coffee	2	3,656.31	13.445
quait	2	3,656.31	13.290
hairst	2	3,656.31	13.142
loss	2	3,656.31	12.661
gane	2	3,656.31	12.009
cairry	2	3,656.31	11.955
mïnit	2	3,656.31	nan
til	4	7,312.61	11.872
alane	2	3,656.31	11.359
en	3	5,484.46	10.833
this	8	14,625.23	9.695
strang	2	3,656.31	9.531
love	2	3,656.31	9.392
bricht	2	3,656.31	9.154
days	3	5,484.46	8.813
sea	2	3,656.31	7.660
nor	3	5,484.46	7.256
bin	2	3,656.31	6.940
bot	2	3,656.31	6.726
sin	2	3,656.31	6.345
these	2	3,656.31	6.045
men	2	3,656.31	5.789
hear	2	3,656.31	5.607
yer	4	7,312.61	5.256
an	23	42,047.53	4.880
mightie	2	3,656.31	nan
frae	4	7,312.61	4.778
tell	2	3,656.31	3.825
bïs	2	3,656.31	nan
big	2	3,656.31	3.709
whaur	2	3,656.31	3.370
gie	2	3,656.31	3.202
fur	4	7,312.61	3.141
thon	2	3,656.31	3.082
noo	3	5,484.46	3.080
hame	2	3,656.31	2.916
day	3	5,484.46	2.404
tae	7	12,797.07	2.295
me	4	7,312.61	2.147
then	2	3,656.31	2.145
its	2	3,656.31	1.816
no	3	5,484.46	1.341
that	3	5,484.46	1.288
ma	4	7,312.61	1.059
intae	2	3,656.31	0.953
d	2	3,656.31	0.935
wi	6	10,968.92	0.785
hïm	2	3,656.31	nan
at	2	3,656.31	0.775
aa	2	3,656.31	0.668
o	14	25,594.15	0.610
mair	2	3,656.31	0.543
wee	2	3,656.31	0.522
ower	2	3,656.31	0.419
it	8	14,625.23	0.363
ah	2	3,656.31	0.362
hae	2	3,656.31	0.329
he	6	10,968.92	0.288
there	2	3,656.31	0.224
his	4	7,312.61	0.221
s	5	9,140.77	0.207
on	4	7,312.61	0.105
is	3	5,484.46	0.043
oot	2	3,656.31	0.040
as	3	5,484.46	0.039
in	8	14,625.23	0.035
they	2	3,656.31	0.008
a	16	29,250.46	0.000