A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matthews, Lily

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 904
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 407
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.221
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, an, tae, a, th, wis, in, me, fur,

List of texts in corpus

A SPARK O INSPIRATION
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (DUN), categorised as weans (904 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
th18 19,911.50162.879
ah31 34,292.0457.889
howff6 6,637.1755.103
mah7 7,743.3653.135
lecky4 4,424.7851.410
baxter4 4,424.7840.380
guest4 4,424.7837.367
lassie7 7,743.3634.978
lightning3 3,318.5833.994
floor4 4,424.7833.800
eh7 7,743.3632.669
donaldson3 3,318.5831.730
cook4 4,424.7830.898
cakes3 3,318.5830.101
fisher3 3,318.5827.315
carriage2 2,212.3924.385
meh2 2,212.3924.385
laurence2 2,212.3921.477
bessie2 2,212.3921.477
fur12 13,274.3420.053
study3 3,318.5819.814
searchin2 2,212.3919.215
me13 14,380.5318.461
thunder2 2,212.3917.406
reform2 2,212.3917.059
lamps2 2,212.3916.739
twas2 2,212.3916.739
hud5 5,530.9716.535
spark2 2,212.3915.445
cuid4 4,424.7814.388
hoose6 6,637.1714.229
drookit2 2,212.3913.693
brought2 2,212.3913.421
explained2 2,212.3913.166
toun3 3,318.5812.922
struck2 2,212.3912.287
gates2 2,212.3912.287
how4 4,424.7812.260
ran3 3,318.5811.848
ainlie2 2,212.3911.654
quickly2 2,212.3911.334
mrs3 3,318.5811.057
picked2 2,212.3910.635
dug3 3,318.5810.556
hur2 2,212.3910.156
mr3 3,318.5810.144
future2 2,212.399.004
by6 6,637.178.334
o8 8,849.567.833
heard3 3,318.587.726
kin3 3,318.587.593
mary2 2,212.397.558
wait2 2,212.397.558
tellt2 2,212.397.291
fun2 2,212.397.215
shuid2 2,212.397.165
time6 6,637.176.981
happened2 2,212.396.903
said5 5,530.976.505
puir2 2,212.396.432
night2 2,212.396.432
she11 12,168.146.220
couldnae2 2,212.396.200
back6 6,637.175.824
run2 2,212.395.588
street2 2,212.395.236
neist2 2,212.395.194
her10 11,061.954.683
wisnae2 2,212.394.508
body2 2,212.394.433
masel2 2,212.394.338
wis16 17,699.124.197
though2 2,212.394.197
the39 43,141.594.100
cannae2 2,212.393.784
oor4 4,424.783.640
doon5 5,530.973.316
win2 2,212.393.280
see4 4,424.783.034
as10 11,061.952.984
went2 2,212.392.889
then3 3,318.582.855
face2 2,212.392.812
wur2 2,212.392.703
wi3 3,318.582.632
wha2 2,212.392.526
afore3 3,318.582.402
life2 2,212.392.296
tae26 28,761.062.122
to3 3,318.582.099
get3 3,318.581.939
and3 3,318.581.903
kent2 2,212.391.855
made2 2,212.391.822
oan3 3,318.581.730
even2 2,212.391.708
tak2 2,212.391.501
s10 11,061.951.302
ma2 2,212.391.208
got2 2,212.391.162
wey2 2,212.391.145
an28 30,973.451.073
his3 3,318.581.056
there4 4,424.780.988
ye3 3,318.580.832
a22 24,336.280.829
wid2 2,212.390.810
when2 2,212.390.803
but2 2,212.390.803
efter2 2,212.390.752
fae4 4,424.780.751
day3 3,318.580.721
aboot4 4,424.780.566
he6 6,637.170.475
whit3 3,318.580.468
twa2 2,212.390.440
had2 2,212.390.438
hae3 3,318.580.331
if2 2,212.390.244
mcquarry2 2,212.39nan
sae2 2,212.390.217
oot3 3,318.580.184
intae2 2,212.390.122
at5 5,530.970.114
that8 8,849.560.098
they4 4,424.780.073
be4 4,424.780.070
him2 2,212.390.069
nae3 3,318.580.069
like2 2,212.390.068
up3 3,318.580.064
you2 2,212.390.057
we4 4,424.780.049
bit2 2,212.390.047
it10 11,061.950.047
in14 15,486.730.001
ower2 2,212.390.000