Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McClelland, Ben

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 536
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 289
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, they, a, th', and, their, tae, n, thay, in,

List of texts in corpus

Chicagof Island
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Ayr) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (536 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
th'	14	26,119.40	136.081
trio	5	9,328.36	63.545
beasts	6	11,194.03	52.790
n	9	16,791.04	51.959
cabin	4	7,462.69	51.160
thay	8	14,925.37	45.932
n'	5	9,328.36	44.552
jimmies	3	5,597.01	38.805
their	11	20,522.39	34.886
they	15	27,985.07	33.744
tree	5	9,328.36	29.694
sivin	2	3,731.34	26.533
miner	2	3,731.34	24.808
bear	3	5,597.01	23.134
climbed	2	3,731.34	19.200
below	2	3,731.34	17.162
grabbed	2	3,731.34	16.782
escape	2	3,731.34	15.171
sterted	2	3,731.34	14.215
thaim	5	9,328.36	13.941
hauf	3	5,597.01	13.351
to	5	9,328.36	11.737
family	2	3,731.34	11.532
o	2	3,731.34	11.472
came	3	5,597.01	11.435
et	2	3,731.34	10.613
and	11	20,522.39	10.168
go	3	5,597.01	9.891
billy	2	3,731.34	9.875
thair	4	7,462.69	9.630
another	2	3,731.34	9.498
chance	2	3,731.34	8.619
ran	2	3,731.34	8.327
afore	4	7,462.69	8.025
five	2	3,731.34	7.929
aroon	2	3,731.34	7.290
wee	5	9,328.36	7.218
had	4	7,462.69	7.093
yin	3	5,597.01	7.019
o'	2	3,731.34	6.762
cuid	2	3,731.34	6.711
them	4	7,462.69	6.051
fur	5	9,328.36	5.605
was	3	5,597.01	5.432
fae	5	9,328.36	5.247
were	3	5,597.01	4.714
through	2	3,731.34	4.694
whit	4	7,462.69	4.316
wan	2	3,731.34	4.281
howfur	2	3,731.34	nan
oan	3	5,597.01	4.018
made	2	3,731.34	3.410
see	3	5,597.01	3.244
the	22	41,044.78	3.072
intae	3	5,597.01	3.035
wae	2	3,731.34	3.028
hame	2	3,731.34	2.980
aboot	4	7,462.69	2.544
then	2	3,731.34	2.203
twa	2	3,731.34	1.519
like	3	5,597.01	1.397
but	4	7,462.69	1.394
oot	4	7,462.69	1.111
been	2	3,731.34	0.830
in	6	11,194.03	0.753
tae	9	16,791.04	0.608
doon	2	3,731.34	0.503
this	3	5,597.01	0.383
up	3	5,597.01	0.374
s	3	5,597.01	0.262
a	15	27,985.07	0.036
wis	5	9,328.36	0.029
as	3	5,597.01	0.026
it	6	11,194.03	0.014
his	3	5,597.01	0.002
for	3	5,597.01	0.000