A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Millar, Alan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 960
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 499
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.924
Tagged as DUL (Donegal (East Donegal)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tha, a, an, o, tae, in, his, he, on, sam,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (East Donegal) dialect (DUL), categorised as prose (960 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
tha55 57,291.67308.147
wuz8 8,333.3384.231
sam8 8,333.3359.420
aule3 3,125.0037.532
nearhan3 3,125.0037.532
bield4 4,166.6735.622
dai3 3,125.0035.302
wairmest2 2,083.3324.200
trifles2 2,083.3324.200
hengin2 2,083.3324.200
glisks2 2,083.3322.475
bust2 2,083.3322.475
scuddin2 2,083.3322.475
twixt2 2,083.3322.475
thare5 5,208.3321.328
whar4 4,166.6721.311
aiblins4 4,166.6721.047
nor7 7,291.6720.532
hairts2 2,083.3319.030
kuntrae7 7,291.67nan
towmond2 2,083.3319.030
frichtsome2 2,083.3319.030
lan3 3,125.0018.515
lukin2 2,083.3318.023
bided2 2,083.3317.602
jaloused3 3,125.0016.967
awns2 2,083.3316.874
thomson2 2,083.3316.555
poetic2 2,083.3316.260
frost3 3,125.0015.685
naethin4 4,166.6715.501
yin6 6,250.0015.221
lik5 5,208.3315.193
bae3 3,125.0015.139
february2 2,083.3314.843
haet2 2,083.3314.649
sail2 2,083.3313.510
thair6 6,250.0012.610
raxed2 2,083.3312.205
byordinar2 2,083.3312.205
hill3 3,125.0011.615
loved2 2,083.3311.310
cave2 2,083.3311.153
schule2 2,083.3310.719
ulster-scots2 2,083.3310.651
wunner2 2,083.3310.330
athort2 2,083.3310.268
awa6 6,250.0010.069
abeen2 2,083.339.552
sun3 3,125.009.077
frae7 7,291.678.337
loch2 2,083.338.185
yird2 2,083.338.151
jeck3 3,125.00nan
efter5 5,208.337.588
dark2 2,083.337.583
wee7 7,291.677.523
his13 13,541.677.430
gied3 3,125.006.670
far3 3,125.005.908
lyle3 3,125.00nan
men3 3,125.007.843
sic3 3,125.005.889
unner2 2,083.335.798
fur7 7,291.675.474
wha3 3,125.005.378
ahint2 2,083.335.184
fit4 4,166.675.038
doon6 6,250.004.917
it5 5,208.334.462
naw2 2,083.334.360
afore4 4,166.674.352
at2 2,083.333.843
they8 8,333.333.689
hame3 3,125.003.659
had4 4,166.673.571
on11 11,458.333.457
or7 7,291.673.451
him6 6,250.003.388
mair5 5,208.333.218
didnae2 2,083.333.125
turrible2 2,083.33nan
that5 5,208.332.589
intae4 4,166.672.505
wur2 2,083.332.419
baith2 2,083.332.162
syne2 2,083.331.800
micht2 2,083.331.570
gie2 2,083.331.560
could2 2,083.331.333
lukt2 2,083.33nan
up6 6,250.001.212
pit2 2,083.331.138
them3 3,125.001.088
hae4 4,166.671.071
heid2 2,083.330.923
lang2 2,083.330.831
bit4 4,166.670.808
guid2 2,083.330.778
ain2 2,083.330.764
posey2 2,083.33nan
he11 11,458.330.742
weel2 2,083.330.545
caulest2 2,083.33nan
ower4 4,166.671.288
nae4 4,166.670.514
aboot4 4,166.670.401
get2 2,083.330.396
twa2 2,083.330.329
aye2 2,083.330.224
jist2 2,083.330.195
s6 6,250.000.186
her4 4,166.670.183
as5 5,208.330.141
crambo2 2,083.33nan
this3 3,125.000.134
thursells2 2,083.33nan
o22 22,916.670.231
wi8 8,333.330.091
in16 16,666.670.069
an26 27,083.330.067
tae20 20,833.330.020
aa2 2,083.330.011
a28 29,166.670.001
oot4 4,166.670.000