A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thompson, Mark

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 812
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.12
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, he, it, tae, s, his, wi, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Address to a Nintendo DS
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (274 words)

The Lost Ness Monster
clydesburn.blogspot.com (02-08-2009) in Ulster (Ards Peninsula) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (538 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
nintendo9 11,083.74115.429
baste6 7,389.1680.185
charlie6 7,389.1660.168
oul8 9,852.2254.174
ate6 7,389.1653.900
monster4 4,926.1136.439
he27 33,251.2333.190
then10 12,315.2731.323
heedit2 2,463.0523.090
aa10 12,315.2721.034
ness2 2,463.0519.644
was7 8,620.6918.588
monks2 2,463.0517.167
so7 8,620.6917.078
hunger2 2,463.0515.656
roon5 6,157.6415.368
whun2 2,463.0514.567
boats2 2,463.0514.567
cannae4 4,926.1113.256
yin5 6,157.6413.130
near4 4,926.1113.087
fowk7 8,620.6913.080
gien4 4,926.1113.068
woman2 2,463.0512.810
orange2 2,463.0512.710
bye2 2,463.0512.076
fechtin2 2,463.0511.679
sweet2 2,463.0510.250
his13 16,009.8510.246
wanted2 2,463.059.295
s15 18,472.919.211
bluid2 2,463.058.703
weans2 2,463.058.703
it20 24,630.548.692
thon4 4,926.118.583
playin2 2,463.058.440
hunner2 2,463.057.800
lost2 2,463.057.619
had5 6,157.647.499
ava2 2,463.057.259
went3 3,694.586.881
across2 2,463.056.870
an33 40,640.396.497
its4 4,926.115.438
wheen2 2,463.055.416
t3 3,694.584.913
wi12 14,778.334.591
comin2 2,463.054.565
o9 11,083.744.357
fae6 7,389.164.277
room2 2,463.054.001
go2 2,463.053.666
d4 4,926.113.313
through2 2,463.053.240
ll3 3,694.582.962
thing2 2,463.052.918
at2 2,463.052.592
big2 2,463.052.520
donaghadee2 2,463.05nan
a32 39,408.872.645
richt3 3,694.582.453
munched2 2,463.05nan
fin2 2,463.052.251
doon4 4,926.112.107
even2 2,463.052.001
think2 2,463.051.920
cam2 2,463.051.845
them3 3,694.581.676
on8 9,852.221.547
ye7 8,620.691.349
in9 11,083.741.192
when2 2,463.051.032
efter2 2,463.050.976
were2 2,463.050.916
but5 6,157.640.887
back3 3,694.580.864
wee3 3,694.580.813
aff2 2,463.050.652
get2 2,463.050.648
oot5 6,157.640.646
that6 7,389.160.556
and4 4,926.110.420
see2 2,463.050.323
their2 2,463.050.248
intae2 2,463.050.237
up4 4,926.110.236
nae3 3,694.580.190
time2 2,463.050.183
tae16 19,704.430.113
ma4 4,926.110.050
for5 6,157.640.041
the48 59,113.300.012
him2 2,463.050.011
no2 2,463.050.009