Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Logan, Kirsty

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 947
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.473
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, it, we, i, ma, her, tae, an, she,

List of texts in corpus

Lego
Scots Hoose (01-01-2017) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as weans (947 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
we	27	28,511.09	59.934
sister	8	8,447.73	48.489
mammy	5	5,279.83	39.108
ma	21	22,175.29	36.436
i	24	25,343.19	33.993
cos	6	6,335.80	33.876
boxes	4	4,223.86	33.540
looked	6	6,335.80	28.889
anyhin	3	3,167.90	28.083
her	19	20,063.36	23.853
didna	7	7,391.76	21.935
ahin	4	4,223.86	21.691
lego	2	2,111.93	20.440
it	29	30,623.02	20.201
cell	2	2,111.93	19.705
kane	2	2,111.93	18.549
moved	3	3,167.90	18.096
prison	2	2,111.93	18.078
away	4	4,223.86	17.403
menu	2	2,111.93	17.276
ordered	2	2,111.93	15.783
summin	2	2,111.93	15.542
when	7	7,391.76	15.512
sat	4	4,223.86	15.393
waiter	2	2,111.93	15.315
pointed	2	2,111.93	15.100
order	3	3,167.90	14.667
drove	2	2,111.93	14.519
shop	3	3,167.90	14.262
were	7	7,391.76	14.220
off	3	3,167.90	14.165
couldna	3	3,167.90	13.279
picture	2	2,111.93	12.573
would	3	3,167.90	11.693
look	4	4,223.86	11.684
then	6	6,335.80	11.606
one	3	3,167.90	11.602
loved	2	2,111.93	11.363
glasgow	2	2,111.93	11.131
didnae	4	4,223.86	11.089
tried	3	3,167.90	11.060
o	7	7,391.76	10.931
worse	2	2,111.93	10.912
fleer	2	2,111.93	10.705
silence	2	2,111.93	10.383
wee	8	8,447.73	10.335
could	5	5,279.83	10.305
few	3	3,167.90	10.119
laugh	2	2,111.93	10.029
went	4	4,223.86	10.029
change	2	2,111.93	9.974
lookin	3	3,167.90	9.919
busy	2	2,111.93	9.759
university	2	2,111.93	9.655
she	13	13,727.56	9.598
tears	2	2,111.93	9.269
past	3	3,167.90	9.114
really	3	3,167.90	8.704
wanted	2	2,111.93	8.601
dad	2	2,111.93	8.414
gonnae	2	2,111.93	8.378
fan	3	3,167.90	8.342
playin	2	2,111.93	7.876
like	8	8,447.73	7.834
made	4	4,223.86	7.645
but	10	10,559.66	7.406
even	4	4,223.86	7.400
seein	2	2,111.93	7.300
passed	2	2,111.93	7.273
room	3	3,167.90	7.178
kept	2	2,111.93	6.970
he	2	2,111.93	6.930
car	2	2,111.93	6.805
high	2	2,111.93	6.625
other	2	2,111.93	6.625
take	2	2,111.93	6.434
aside	2	2,111.93	6.413
each	2	2,111.93	6.393
across	2	2,111.93	6.352
seemed	2	2,111.93	6.332
through	3	3,167.90	6.200
table	2	2,111.93	5.865
turned	2	2,111.93	5.645
wur	3	3,167.90	5.615
sittin	2	2,111.93	5.471
jist	5	5,279.83	5.448
ah	11	11,615.63	5.047
big	3	3,167.90	4.865
git	2	2,111.93	4.175
though	2	2,111.93	4.115
came	2	2,111.93	4.096
us	4	4,223.86	3.911
did	3	3,167.90	3.902
cannae	2	2,111.93	3.753
there	6	6,335.80	3.719
hid	4	4,223.86	3.690
how	2	2,111.93	3.568
say	3	3,167.90	3.416
an	16	16,895.46	3.365
fae	6	6,335.80	3.295
got	3	3,167.90	3.112
while	2	2,111.93	3.066
doon	5	5,279.83	3.040
what	2	2,111.93	2.830
things	2	2,111.93	2.800
face	2	2,111.93	2.752
the	44	46,462.51	2.405
you	4	4,223.86	2.283
afore	3	3,167.90	2.152
telt	2	2,111.93	2.072
be	2	2,111.93	2.063
in	10	10,559.66	1.770
back	4	4,223.86	1.709
of	3	3,167.90	1.653
said	3	3,167.90	1.643
still	2	2,111.93	1.605
s	4	4,223.86	1.550
think	2	2,111.93	1.499
hame	2	2,111.93	1.366
if	3	3,167.90	1.325
hoose	2	2,111.93	1.198
pit	2	2,111.93	1.170
and	9	9,503.70	1.081
d	3	3,167.90	0.969
was	2	2,111.93	0.891
fit	2	2,111.93	0.779
so	2	2,111.93	0.775
wis	12	12,671.59	0.605
at	8	8,447.73	0.557
to	2	2,111.93	0.514
for	4	4,223.86	0.358
some	2	2,111.93	0.315
me	4	4,223.86	0.293
tae	18	19,007.39	0.288
that	11	11,615.63	0.277
aboot	2	2,111.93	0.270
oot	3	3,167.90	0.262
a	30	31,678.99	0.174
them	2	2,111.93	0.140
on	5	5,279.83	0.135
they	3	3,167.90	0.135
as	5	5,279.83	0.118
intae	2	2,111.93	0.098
their	2	2,111.93	0.089
been	2	2,111.93	0.043
up	4	4,223.86	0.033
aw	2	2,111.93	0.025
day	2	2,111.93	0.017