Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Geddes, Jenny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 845
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 393
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.15
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, the, a, an, we, s, ah, o, in, it,

List of texts in corpus

Fling the creepie in January
McRenegade.Scots (2018-01-18) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (845 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
social	8	9,467.46	52.148
identity	5	5,917.16	36.528
fer	7	8,284.02	34.764
identities	3	3,550.30	31.264
friendship	3	3,550.30	30.506
media	5	5,917.16	30.418
we	16	18,934.91	25.029
wha	7	8,284.02	24.839
those	4	4,733.73	23.440
cry	4	4,733.73	23.054
ta'en	2	2,366.86	21.747
git	5	5,917.16	19.990
ahm	2	2,366.86	17.675
which	5	5,917.16	17.269
facebook	2	2,366.86	16.181
sich	2	2,366.86	15.498
virtual	2	2,366.86	15.101
prose	2	2,366.86	14.916
january	2	2,366.86	14.740
an'	4	4,733.73	14.296
oan	7	8,284.02	13.369
positive	2	2,366.86	13.079
personal	2	2,366.86	12.361
surely	2	2,366.86	12.178
pan	2	2,366.86	11.836
culture	3	3,550.30	11.792
ithers	3	3,550.30	11.681
dae	6	7,100.59	11.491
tae	34	40,236.69	11.435
simply	2	2,366.86	11.375
tryin	3	3,550.30	11.032
ah've	2	2,366.86	11.029
try	3	3,550.30	11.008
some	6	7,100.59	9.975
intil	3	3,550.30	9.666
view	2	2,366.86	9.305
being	2	2,366.86	9.222
s	15	17,751.48	8.505
seem	2	2,366.86	7.623
best	3	3,550.30	7.608
us	5	5,917.16	7.581
are	5	5,917.16	7.510
boy	2	2,366.86	7.469
poem	2	2,366.86	7.296
want	3	3,550.30	6.859
until	2	2,366.86	6.722
sense	2	2,366.86	6.543
word	2	2,366.86	6.524
place	3	3,550.30	6.373
emoticon	3	3,550.30	nan
fowk	5	5,917.16	6.348
so	4	4,733.73	5.750
be	10	11,834.32	5.649
way	2	2,366.86	5.577
the	34	40,236.69	5.559
all	2	2,366.86	5.534
re	3	3,550.30	5.397
their	5	5,917.16	5.386
ah	11	13,017.75	5.257
who	2	2,366.86	5.157
o'	2	2,366.86	5.145
wis	3	3,550.30	4.895
me	7	8,284.02	4.524
ve	3	3,550.30	4.358
aye	4	4,733.73	4.085
will	3	3,550.30	4.022
oor	4	4,733.73	4.013
while	2	2,366.86	3.535
is	10	11,834.32	3.485
see	4	4,733.73	3.386
dinna	2	2,366.86	3.353
things	2	2,366.86	3.279
abused	2	2,366.86	nan
fb	3	3,550.30	nan
lik	2	2,366.86	3.339
hae	5	5,917.16	3.257
ither	3	3,550.30	2.836
o	11	13,017.75	2.752
no	5	5,917.16	2.566
as	9	10,650.89	2.383
m	3	3,550.30	2.333
fin	2	2,366.86	2.136
wee	4	4,733.73	2.076
for	2	2,366.86	2.046
mak	2	2,366.86	1.794
if	3	3,550.30	1.647
by	3	3,550.30	1.613
or	5	5,917.16	1.501
heid	2	2,366.86	1.190
ye	7	8,284.02	1.145
on	3	3,550.30	1.098
fae	4	4,733.73	0.964
nae	4	4,733.73	0.889
oot	2	2,366.86	0.812
they	5	5,917.16	0.804
awa	2	2,366.86	0.761
i	7	8,284.02	0.694
to	2	2,366.86	0.655
richt	2	2,366.86	0.627
an	18	21,301.78	0.599
get	2	2,366.86	0.576
of	2	2,366.86	0.470
in	11	13,017.75	0.384
can	2	2,366.86	0.331
sae	2	2,366.86	0.303
a	27	31,952.66	0.204
d	2	2,366.86	0.203
this	4	4,733.73	0.172
ma	3	3,550.30	0.148
yer	2	2,366.86	0.143
time	2	2,366.86	0.142
wi	7	8,284.02	0.077
that	9	10,650.89	0.053
mair	2	2,366.86	0.041
like	2	2,366.86	0.026
and	6	7,100.59	0.021
there	2	2,366.86	0.015
bit	2	2,366.86	0.014
whit	2	2,366.86	0.014
scots	3	3,550.30	0.004
it	10	11,834.32	0.000