Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Letford, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 663
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 353
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.878
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, it, an, tae, in, am, it's, is, yur,

List of texts in corpus

This Is It
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2016) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (175 words)

Bevel
Carcanet (2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (488 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
eez	7	10,558.07	93.574
yur	9	13,574.66	76.408
wit	8	12,066.37	65.109
am	10	15,082.96	61.183
it's	10	15,082.96	40.508
eh	7	10,558.07	36.893
frank	3	4,524.89	28.344
yi	5	7,541.48	26.824
nut	3	4,524.89	25.134
listen	4	6,033.18	24.312
macaroni	2	3,016.59	23.901
beady	2	3,016.59	22.717
gon	2	3,016.59	21.074
kin	5	7,541.48	20.255
look	5	7,541.48	19.509
cement	2	3,016.59	19.446
heed	3	4,524.89	18.041
brick	2	3,016.59	17.148
av	2	3,016.59	16.906
burds	2	3,016.59	16.259
standin	2	3,016.59	15.880
pie	2	3,016.59	15.067
sade	5	7,541.48	nan
thur	3	4,524.89	14.715
cause	3	4,524.89	14.246
ur	3	4,524.89	13.564
one	3	4,524.89	13.534
eatin	2	3,016.59	13.511
where	3	4,524.89	12.460
oan	6	9,049.77	12.351
bit	8	12,066.37	12.226
eye	2	3,016.59	12.047
throw	2	3,016.59	11.423
singin	2	3,016.59	11.040
many	2	3,016.59	10.989
ivery	2	3,016.59	10.740
that's	3	4,524.89	10.725
behind	2	3,016.59	10.507
know	3	4,524.89	9.985
gonnae	2	3,016.59	9.660
thit	3	4,524.89	9.623
watchin	2	3,016.59	9.483
go	3	4,524.89	8.681
sky	2	3,016.59	8.440
a	33	49,773.76	8.126
it	17	25,641.03	8.125
son	2	3,016.59	7.910
wur	3	4,524.89	7.632
too	2	3,016.59	7.609
then	4	6,033.18	7.477
people	2	3,016.59	7.429
ootside	2	3,016.59	7.111
don	2	3,016.59	6.597
this	7	10,558.07	5.333
the	26	39,215.69	4.905
hud	2	3,016.59	4.427
is	9	13,574.66	4.415
fur	5	7,541.48	4.146
want	2	3,016.59	4.012
up	6	9,049.77	3.425
life	2	3,016.59	3.248
tell	2	3,016.59	3.202
jist	3	4,524.89	2.728
t	2	3,016.59	2.639
wae	2	3,016.59	2.485
hame	2	3,016.59	2.345
time	3	4,524.89	1.939
thurs	2	3,016.59	nan
like	4	6,033.18	2.115
man	2	3,016.59	1.718
when	2	3,016.59	1.519
wee	3	4,524.89	1.408
on	2	3,016.59	1.308
his	2	3,016.59	1.010
aw	3	4,524.89	0.984
tae	11	16,591.25	0.790
if	2	3,016.59	0.749
no	3	4,524.89	0.746
fae	3	4,524.89	0.614
aboot	3	4,524.89	0.470
oot	4	6,033.18	0.466
that	5	7,541.48	0.397
we	2	3,016.59	0.162
woop	2	3,016.59	nan
they	4	6,033.18	0.699
caerry	2	3,016.59	nan
he	3	4,524.89	1.610
be	4	6,033.18	0.124
an	16	24,132.73	0.042
me	2	3,016.59	0.015
in	10	15,082.96	0.011
ma	3	4,524.89	0.002