A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Amy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,145
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 440
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.602
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, the, tae, her, and, she, in, a, it, o,

List of texts in corpus

Evelynn and Peter
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Ayr) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (1,145 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
ah61 53,275.11172.149
awmaist8 6,986.9068.045
her30 26,200.8750.318
disease4 3,493.4537.256
now6 5,240.1730.966
coudnae3 2,620.0930.395
going4 3,493.4526.220
forgetting2 1,746.7223.494
nurse4 3,493.4522.833
an8 6,986.9022.528
where5 4,366.8120.517
don5 4,366.8120.353
takes3 2,620.0919.587
looking3 2,620.0919.587
who5 4,366.8118.722
m9 7,860.2618.608
goodbye2 1,746.7217.792
leave4 3,493.4517.704
car4 3,493.4517.460
even7 6,113.5417.411
she18 15,720.5216.528
night4 3,493.4516.435
find4 3,493.4515.180
friends2 1,746.7214.347
and20 17,467.2514.241
has5 4,366.8114.230
patients2 1,746.7213.951
evelynn8 6,986.90nan
thought3 2,620.0913.515
trying2 1,746.7213.423
entrance2 1,746.7213.423
had8 6,986.9013.340
ve6 5,240.1713.195
t6 5,240.1713.117
time9 7,860.2612.930
small2 1,746.7212.543
ower10 8,733.6212.483
barely2 1,746.7212.289
aw10 8,733.6211.657
anely3 2,620.0911.507
give2 1,746.7211.413
round2 1,746.7211.317
feel4 3,493.4510.959
ages2 1,746.7210.867
notice2 1,746.7210.621
loved2 1,746.7210.621
one3 2,620.0910.531
caw2 1,746.7210.316
stopped2 1,746.7210.243
race2 1,746.7210.172
check2 1,746.729.966
go4 3,493.459.784
area2 1,746.729.466
meenits2 1,746.729.078
a18 15,720.528.976
straight2 1,746.728.824
into2 1,746.728.824
just4 3,493.458.551
have3 2,620.098.365
meet2 1,746.728.112
sort2 1,746.728.032
reason2 1,746.727.878
me10 8,733.627.522
times3 2,620.097.454
corner2 1,746.727.351
withoot2 1,746.727.099
show2 1,746.727.069
walk2 1,746.726.980
main2 1,746.726.980
when5 4,366.816.765
talk2 1,746.726.753
oors2 1,746.726.645
wid5 4,366.816.493
here5 4,366.816.303
lost2 1,746.726.291
since2 1,746.726.060
job2 1,746.725.950
ma11 9,606.995.944
other2 1,746.725.928
eyes2 1,746.725.864
believe2 1,746.725.781
are5 4,366.815.453
voice2 1,746.725.412
away2 1,746.725.394
two2 1,746.725.376
every2 1,746.725.304
things3 2,620.095.231
mrs2 1,746.725.048
last3 2,620.094.973
wan3 2,620.094.672
thing3 2,620.094.487
out2 1,746.724.186
tae35 30,567.693.981
ll4 3,493.453.733
door3 2,620.093.595
fae7 6,113.543.563
the52 45,414.853.492
still3 2,620.093.299
to4 3,493.453.244
maist3 2,620.093.163
been5 4,366.812.944
hame3 2,620.092.900
look2 1,746.722.830
come3 2,620.092.772
hoose3 2,620.092.614
i3 2,620.092.567
need2 1,746.722.553
first3 2,620.092.511
like6 5,240.172.382
alzheimer2 1,746.72nan
oor4 3,493.452.316
through2 1,746.722.243
face2 1,746.722.187
went2 1,746.722.144
o17 14,847.162.127
by4 3,493.452.015
place2 1,746.721.924
avery2 1,746.72nan
see4 3,493.451.923
them4 3,493.451.912
then3 2,620.091.896
for10 8,733.621.710
they2 1,746.721.708
up2 1,746.721.663
aboot6 5,240.171.597
it18 15,720.521.412
seen2 1,746.721.373
s12 10,480.351.299
get3 2,620.091.210
us3 2,620.091.190
mind2 1,746.721.170
as10 8,733.621.126
did2 1,746.721.016
some3 2,620.091.007
could2 1,746.720.927
be8 6,986.900.784
nae2 1,746.720.569
was2 1,746.720.526
is9 7,860.260.493
we6 5,240.170.379
there4 3,493.450.344
no4 3,493.450.327
oot6 5,240.170.277
ye5 4,366.810.233
wi10 8,733.620.231
on6 5,240.170.179
whit3 2,620.090.117
this5 4,366.810.082
back2 1,746.720.048
but4 3,493.450.047
if2 1,746.720.043
that12 10,480.350.042
wis12 10,480.350.021
day2 1,746.720.019
at7 6,113.540.017
d2 1,746.720.002
in18 15,720.520.001