A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Glen

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 472
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 310
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.523
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, in, an, tha, o, tae, i, his, be,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (Portadown) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (472 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
tha12 25,423.7347.710
sod2 4,237.2923.226
feenisht2 4,237.2917.669
smaw2 4,237.2916.055
knew2 4,237.2914.029
flesh2 4,237.2913.874
bi5 10,593.2213.338
grund2 4,237.2911.224
needs2 4,237.2911.037
wirk2 4,237.2910.308
gae2 4,237.299.403
something2 4,237.297.940
again3 6,355.937.294
licht2 4,237.296.974
niver2 4,237.296.409
ane3 6,355.936.323
the16 33,898.315.789
in14 29,661.024.812
i7 14,830.514.615
be6 12,711.863.907
made2 4,237.293.829
nae4 8,474.583.429
it2 4,237.293.037
his6 12,711.862.995
heid2 4,237.292.822
whit3 6,355.932.569
fit2 4,237.292.568
whan2 4,237.292.393
to2 4,237.292.150
us2 4,237.291.963
oor2 4,237.291.636
seich2 4,237.29nan
oot4 8,474.581.595
a18 38,135.591.168
s2 4,237.290.765
but3 6,355.930.624
for4 8,474.580.599
aw2 4,237.290.573
and2 4,237.290.457
on2 4,237.290.330
as2 4,237.290.312
at4 8,474.580.284
he5 10,593.220.174
tae9 19,067.800.137
that4 8,474.580.100
wi3 6,355.930.084
o10 21,186.440.006
we2 4,237.290.005
is3 6,355.930.003
an12 25,423.730.002