A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKinlay, Kieran

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 820
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 352
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.33
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, ma, a, tae, in, it, wis, n, up,

List of texts in corpus

Walk Way to Fame
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (820 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
n14 17,073.1781.466
ah31 37,804.8868.173
ma27 32,926.8365.205
baw8 9,756.1064.285
team7 8,536.5956.212
fitbaw5 6,097.5651.781
eh9 10,975.6148.418
heeds4 4,878.0546.222
oan12 14,634.1535.761
couldny3 3,658.5433.421
commentators3 3,658.5431.528
game5 6,097.5631.030
then10 12,195.1230.944
penalty3 3,658.5429.494
screamed3 3,658.5428.445
dah2 2,439.0224.831
lads4 4,878.0524.277
changing2 2,439.0223.106
heart3 3,658.5420.997
haunds3 3,658.5418.485
two4 4,878.0518.471
gonna2 2,439.0218.231
an5 6,097.5618.159
winners2 2,439.0217.850
maw3 3,658.5417.434
coach2 2,439.0217.183
lungs2 2,439.0217.183
changin2 2,439.0216.888
heed3 3,658.5416.673
tunnel2 2,439.0215.888
self2 2,439.0215.673
player2 2,439.0215.275
pressure2 2,439.0214.914
up12 14,634.1514.472
stomach2 2,439.0214.428
pitch2 2,439.0213.996
mates2 2,439.0213.862
since3 3,658.5413.273
cmon4 4,878.05nan
high3 3,658.5413.064
take3 3,658.5412.766
even5 6,097.5612.403
top2 2,439.0212.351
used3 3,658.5412.185
spot2 2,439.0211.620
could5 6,097.5611.544
part2 2,439.0211.475
mah2 2,439.0210.534
walked2 2,439.0210.214
shook2 2,439.0210.214
felt3 3,658.5410.121
after2 2,439.029.919
cup2 2,439.028.858
thought2 2,439.028.719
hud3 3,658.548.031
room3 3,658.547.942
world2 2,439.027.843
cos2 2,439.027.559
tea2 2,439.027.228
until2 2,439.026.926
one2 2,439.026.745
oor5 6,097.566.691
was4 4,878.056.353
play2 2,439.026.023
life3 3,658.545.846
were4 4,878.055.427
am2 2,439.025.289
bein3 3,658.545.235
me7 8,536.595.060
the63 76,829.274.951
took2 2,439.024.908
new3 3,658.544.753
of4 4,878.054.462
heard2 2,439.024.133
gointy2 2,439.02nan
feel2 2,439.024.212
look2 2,439.023.909
which2 2,439.023.769
got3 3,658.543.741
keep2 2,439.023.434
wis14 17,073.173.365
set2 2,439.023.362
when3 3,658.543.268
so3 3,658.543.198
only2 2,439.023.191
a16 19,512.203.161
we7 8,536.593.129
just2 2,439.023.084
here3 3,658.543.008
like5 6,097.562.807
that4 4,878.052.578
us3 3,658.542.353
seen2 2,439.022.275
made2 2,439.022.109
it14 17,073.171.762
aw4 4,878.051.690
pit2 2,439.021.523
fur4 4,878.051.310
man2 2,439.021.196
his3 3,658.540.710
aff2 2,439.020.628
oot5 6,097.560.623
said2 2,439.020.563
they2 2,439.020.513
but2 2,439.020.512
in15 18,292.680.366
at4 4,878.050.333
see2 2,439.020.313
is4 4,878.050.240
their2 2,439.020.233
s5 6,097.560.205
time2 2,439.020.184
as6 7,317.070.178
tae16 19,512.200.157
wi7 8,536.590.118
day2 2,439.020.106
he8 9,756.100.093
aboot2 2,439.020.088
and6 7,317.070.064
or3 3,658.540.031
him2 2,439.020.015
there2 2,439.020.005
be4 4,878.050.004