Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hume, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 279
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.701
Tagged as BUL (Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, they, frae, in, hae, he, d, doon, o,

List of texts in corpus

Aince the corncrake caa’ed
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ballycarry) dialect (BUL), categorised as poetry (114 words)

The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ballycarry) dialect (BUL), categorised as poetry (165 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
caa	4	14,336.92	31.401
coal	3	10,752.69	27.361
brae	3	10,752.69	21.643
wus	3	10,752.69	20.814
boy	3	10,752.69	20.048
frae	6	21,505.38	18.273
wile	2	7,168.46	18.098
braes	2	7,168.46	17.372
aul	2	7,168.46	16.665
thon	4	14,336.92	16.403
hear	3	10,752.69	14.728
d	5	17,921.15	14.637
they	7	25,089.61	14.510
bits	2	7,168.46	13.359
doon	5	17,921.15	12.433
hae	5	17,921.15	11.755
aince	2	7,168.46	10.282
dug	2	7,168.46	9.973
days	2	7,168.46	6.753
telt	2	7,168.46	6.113
aa	3	10,752.69	5.615
mak	2	7,168.46	5.365
come	2	7,168.46	5.043
fur	3	10,752.69	4.009
by	2	7,168.46	3.015
their	2	7,168.46	2.722
he	5	17,921.15	2.121
corncrake	2	7,168.46	nan
a	13	46,594.98	2.500
ower	2	7,168.46	1.921
an	4	14,336.92	1.627
aboot	2	7,168.46	1.191
me	2	7,168.46	0.958
tae	4	14,336.92	0.749
but	2	7,168.46	0.605
o	4	14,336.92	0.602
in	6	21,505.38	0.571
the	19	68,100.36	0.473
s	3	10,752.69	0.337
his	2	7,168.46	0.100
at	2	7,168.46	0.025
that	3	10,752.69	0.022
and	2	7,168.46	0.009