Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Letford, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 663
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 353
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.878
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, it, an, tae, in, am, it's, is, yur,

List of texts in corpus

This Is It
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2016) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (175 words)

Bevel
Carcanet (2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (488 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
eez	7	10,558.07	93.768
yur	9	13,574.66	76.657
wit	8	12,066.37	64.744
am	10	15,082.96	61.456
it's	10	15,082.96	40.749
eh	7	10,558.07	37.082
frank	3	4,524.89	28.427
yi	5	7,541.48	26.960
nut	3	4,524.89	25.217
listen	4	6,033.18	24.561
macaroni	2	3,016.59	23.957
beady	2	3,016.59	22.773
gon	2	3,016.59	21.130
kin	5	7,541.48	20.387
look	5	7,541.48	20.017
cement	2	3,016.59	19.080
heed	3	4,524.89	17.925
brick	2	3,016.59	17.203
av	2	3,016.59	16.961
burds	2	3,016.59	16.314
standin	2	3,016.59	15.759
sade	5	7,541.48	nan
pie	2	3,016.59	15.122
thur	3	4,524.89	14.758
cause	3	4,524.89	14.293
one	3	4,524.89	13.645
ur	3	4,524.89	13.435
eatin	2	3,016.59	13.280
oan	6	9,049.77	12.735
where	3	4,524.89	12.490
eye	2	3,016.59	12.383
bit	8	12,066.37	12.246
throw	2	3,016.59	11.478
many	2	3,016.59	11.200
singin	2	3,016.59	11.095
that's	3	4,524.89	10.767
behind	2	3,016.59	10.607
ivery	2	3,016.59	10.561
know	3	4,524.89	10.094
gonnae	2	3,016.59	9.750
thit	3	4,524.89	9.670
watchin	2	3,016.59	9.402
go	3	4,524.89	8.721
sky	2	3,016.59	8.391
it	17	25,641.03	8.259
a	33	49,773.76	8.060
son	2	3,016.59	8.008
too	2	3,016.59	7.683
people	2	3,016.59	7.501
wur	3	4,524.89	7.450
then	4	6,033.18	7.406
ootside	2	3,016.59	7.181
don	2	3,016.59	6.727
this	7	10,558.07	5.305
the	26	39,215.69	4.733
hud	2	3,016.59	4.669
is	9	13,574.66	4.420
fur	5	7,541.48	4.129
want	2	3,016.59	4.045
up	6	9,049.77	3.380
life	2	3,016.59	3.262
tell	2	3,016.59	3.197
jist	3	4,524.89	2.623
t	2	3,016.59	2.572
wae	2	3,016.59	2.379
thurs	2	3,016.59	nan
hame	2	3,016.59	2.334
like	4	6,033.18	2.196
time	3	4,524.89	1.978
man	2	3,016.59	1.732
when	2	3,016.59	1.646
wee	3	4,524.89	1.404
on	2	3,016.59	1.342
aw	3	4,524.89	1.042
his	2	3,016.59	1.037
tae	11	16,591.25	0.820
no	3	4,524.89	0.785
if	2	3,016.59	0.782
fae	3	4,524.89	0.656
oot	4	6,033.18	0.472
aboot	3	4,524.89	0.456
that	5	7,541.48	0.403
we	2	3,016.59	0.188
woop	2	3,016.59	nan
they	4	6,033.18	0.675
caerry	2	3,016.59	nan
he	3	4,524.89	1.657
be	4	6,033.18	0.126
an	16	24,132.73	0.071
ma	3	4,524.89	0.019
in	10	15,082.96	0.012
me	2	3,016.59	0.006