A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Duncan, Robert

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,737
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 642
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.706
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, in, o, a, tae, scots, and, i, s, is,

List of texts in corpus

The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?
autumnvoices.co.uk (2022-02-23) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (1,561 words)

Peeweep
Wigtown (2015-09-01) in Central (Lumphinnans) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (176 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
scots40 23,028.2185.528
dsl6 3,454.2365.329
an5 2,878.5357.340
speech8 4,605.6454.337
english15 8,635.5846.662
was16 9,211.2844.514
bairn10 5,757.0544.116
snd5 2,878.5340.452
parliament5 2,878.5338.175
leid12 6,908.4636.396
our7 4,029.9434.837
results5 2,878.5333.692
dost4 2,302.8232.673
search5 2,878.5332.262
lorimer4 2,302.8230.786
in60 34,542.3130.359
wullie7 4,029.9429.946
my12 6,908.4629.080
thochts6 3,454.2328.561
and32 18,422.5724.360
advanced3 1,727.1222.213
ilkanither2 1,151.4121.772
tollie2 1,151.4121.772
citations2 1,151.4121.772
sixteenth2 1,151.4121.772
harebell2 1,151.4121.772
heiven3 1,727.1221.218
bairnheid3 1,727.1221.218
pairlament5 2,878.5320.746
threap3 1,727.1220.110
commendit2 1,151.4120.049
scrieve4 2,302.8219.283
word5 2,878.5318.201
highly2 1,151.4117.963
spellin4 2,302.8217.604
sangschaw2 1,151.4117.228
wuids2 1,151.4117.228
i26 14,968.3416.826
online3 1,727.1216.615
instances2 1,151.4116.610
spell3 1,727.1216.216
house3 1,727.1216.089
same7 4,029.9416.003
even8 4,605.6415.835
dna2 1,151.4115.606
willie3 1,727.1215.271
loss3 1,727.1215.163
the141 81,174.4414.999
lairn3 1,727.1214.751
relation2 1,151.4113.851
what6 3,454.2313.376
pond2 1,151.4113.322
would4 2,302.8213.197
does3 1,727.1212.631
hou5 2,878.5312.487
creepin2 1,151.4112.442
hous2 1,151.4112.442
testament2 1,151.4112.442
scotsman2 1,151.4112.250
dictionars2 1,151.4112.067
swans2 1,151.4112.067
hus3 1,727.1211.874
cage2 1,151.4111.726
heidword5 2,878.53nan
bird3 1,727.1216.089
member2 1,151.4111.412
guide2 1,151.4111.412
speak4 2,302.8211.369
section2 1,151.4110.985
memmer2 1,151.4110.985
aulder3 1,727.1210.957
examples2 1,151.4110.725
no13 7,484.1710.396
o56 32,239.4910.039
yin6 3,454.239.847
orthography2 1,151.419.833
grown2 1,151.419.735
seem3 1,727.129.689
bible2 1,151.419.546
both2 1,151.419.367
dictionary2 1,151.419.032
abune2 1,151.418.953
sang3 1,727.128.934
paul2 1,151.418.876
century3 1,727.128.770
honest2 1,151.418.725
hill3 1,727.128.518
schule2 1,151.418.511
number2 1,151.418.442
at3 1,727.128.433
flee2 1,151.418.309
aathing2 1,151.418.117
fields2 1,151.418.117
scrievin2 1,151.417.876
scottish5 2,878.537.799
matthew2 1,151.417.706
neither2 1,151.417.706
includin2 1,151.417.706
text2 1,151.417.596
workin2 1,151.417.490
single2 1,151.417.337
your4 2,302.827.325
found2 1,151.417.238
poetry2 1,151.416.658
ettlin2 1,151.416.536
c2 1,151.416.497
corinthians3 1,727.12nan
is20 11,514.106.454
kìngdom3 1,727.12nan
why3 1,727.128.308
mind5 2,878.536.246
common2 1,151.416.197
had7 4,029.946.150
leids3 1,727.126.121
cry2 1,151.416.091
mony4 2,302.825.917
poems2 1,151.415.792
maitter2 1,151.415.792
aiblins2 1,151.415.792
speakin2 1,151.415.577
pi-rip3 1,727.12nan
words3 1,727.126.085
oor7 4,029.945.507
peeweep3 1,727.12nan
he7 4,029.945.448
laddie2 1,151.415.403
language5 2,878.535.135
full2 1,151.415.007
uise2 1,151.414.933
say5 2,878.534.895
luik2 1,151.414.885
lost2 1,151.414.838
fun2 1,151.414.838
case2 1,151.414.677
burns2 1,151.414.611
his4 2,302.824.550
aften2 1,151.414.525
dinnae3 1,727.124.479
nou3 1,727.124.467
isnae2 1,151.414.462
for17 9,786.994.432
are6 3,454.234.385
never3 1,727.124.313
has3 1,727.123.829
throu3 1,727.123.829
tho3 1,727.123.769
naebody2 1,151.413.516
gin4 2,302.823.512
set3 1,727.123.495
did4 2,302.823.334
only3 1,727.123.301
deid2 1,151.413.208
s20 11,514.103.142
or2 1,151.413.136
sae6 3,454.232.962
yet2 1,151.412.852
am2 1,151.412.730
should2 1,151.412.719
wey4 2,302.822.482
on6 3,454.232.448
this11 6,332.762.406
nae2 1,151.412.267
john2 1,151.412.226
but11 6,332.762.184
him2 1,151.411.878
fae8 4,605.641.752
let2 1,151.411.653
road2 1,151.411.609
by5 2,878.531.603
tae45 25,906.741.590
pee-weep2 1,151.41nan
were4 2,302.821.555
we4 2,302.821.419
come3 1,727.121.233
things2 1,151.411.228
sic2 1,151.411.041
first3 1,727.121.018
days2 1,151.410.959
thing2 1,151.410.883
descrivit2 1,151.41nan
of4 2,302.820.853
aa5 2,878.530.849
wi10 5,757.050.729
they9 5,181.350.719
fowk4 2,302.820.667
than3 1,727.120.633
says2 1,151.410.606
re2 1,151.410.581
when3 1,727.120.549
ither3 1,727.120.498
nor2 1,151.410.490
there6 3,454.230.470
time2 1,151.410.458
piggery2 1,151.41nan
tumshie2 1,151.41nan
up5 2,878.530.448
like6 3,454.230.395
thon2 1,151.410.380
awa3 1,727.120.368
still2 1,151.410.357
micht2 1,151.410.349
their4 2,302.820.341
d2 1,151.410.338
maist2 1,151.410.305
to3 1,727.120.272
ye8 4,605.640.204
juist2 1,151.410.195
twa3 1,727.120.188
as12 6,908.460.188
been4 2,302.820.186
can2 1,151.410.179
surroonds2 1,151.41nan
kinmont2 1,151.41nan
whaur2 1,151.410.394
creengin-crabbit2 1,151.41nan
manmuckle2 1,151.41nan
né2 1,151.41nan
new2 1,151.410.302
hoose2 1,151.410.164
muckle2 1,151.410.146
bairnlie2 1,151.41nan
pit2 1,151.410.141
some3 1,727.120.134
it19 10,938.400.121
mair3 1,727.120.091
that18 10,362.690.044
get2 1,151.410.037
lang2 1,151.410.033
richt2 1,151.410.023
guid2 1,151.410.021
m2 1,151.410.019
me6 3,454.230.015
scotland2 1,151.410.013
ower4 2,302.820.004
efter2 1,151.410.002
hae4 2,302.820.001
barbarik2 1,151.41nan
its2 1,151.410.000
salbe2 1,151.41nan
a52 29,936.670.025