A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gibson, Darren

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 773
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 357
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.165
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, tha, tae, ye, an, o, aa, s, thole, that,

List of texts in corpus

Cannae Thole Ye!
lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ (2014-06-24) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as blog (221 words)

Oul money
Ullans Magazine (01-01-2013) in Ulster dialect (PUL), categorised as prose (373 words)

Oor ain strange lan
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (83 words)

Solace
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (96 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
tha24 31,047.87104.868
thole11 14,230.2787.828
the2 2,587.3275.479
oul8 10,349.2951.700
ye22 28,460.5438.112
wus7 9,055.6337.252
pence4 5,174.6436.553
shillins3 3,880.9835.017
coins4 5,174.6434.848
wurds4 5,174.6429.489
thur5 6,468.3128.145
pun3 3,880.9827.132
ed4 5,174.6425.928
worth4 5,174.6425.450
aa11 14,230.2725.083
loast3 3,880.9824.078
cum4 5,174.6423.353
solace2 2,587.3223.342
taak3 3,880.9822.902
caa4 5,174.6422.677
gan4 5,174.6421.822
half4 5,174.6421.650
money4 5,174.6420.949
lan3 3,880.9819.798
cannae5 6,468.3119.485
penny3 3,880.9819.393
bob3 3,880.9818.924
laik2 2,587.3217.123
shillin2 2,587.3216.848
bae3 3,880.9816.406
suffer2 2,587.3216.350
note3 3,880.9815.593
oniebodie2 2,587.3215.325
mine3 3,880.9814.251
twal2 2,587.3213.600
kep2 2,587.3213.059
aul2 2,587.3212.583
strange2 2,587.3212.081
ulster-scots2 2,587.3211.499
whun2 2,587.3211.301
plan2 2,587.3210.495
gled2 2,587.3210.149
mair7 9,055.639.919
wean2 2,587.329.831
fer3 3,880.989.768
whut2 2,587.329.459
iz2 2,587.329.459
a38 49,159.128.883
yins2 2,587.328.811
hae7 9,055.638.485
thon4 5,174.648.463
cud3 3,880.987.927
tongue2 2,587.327.733
whuch3 3,880.98nan
nixt2 2,587.327.987
bit7 9,055.637.664
oor5 6,468.317.146
unner2 2,587.326.592
ten2 2,587.326.522
wha3 3,880.986.470
noo5 6,468.316.340
ll4 5,174.646.059
haein2 2,587.325.994
ir2 2,587.325.267
hoo2 2,587.325.197
yin3 3,880.985.162
micht3 3,880.985.112
twa4 5,174.644.857
r2 2,587.324.745
folk2 2,587.324.092
s11 14,230.273.849
heid3 3,880.983.832
in6 7,761.973.795
ain3 3,880.983.489
then3 3,880.983.477
better2 2,587.323.438
roon2 2,587.323.024
tae24 31,047.872.962
afore3 3,880.982.961
foartie3 3,880.98nan
wheen2 2,587.325.363
m3 3,880.982.888
tell2 2,587.322.716
doon4 5,174.642.336
still2 2,587.322.162
gin2 2,587.322.100
is2 2,587.322.071
mak2 2,587.321.983
wae2 2,587.321.940
folliet2 2,587.32nan
oan3 3,880.982.452
hame2 2,587.321.897
by3 3,880.981.874
i2 2,587.321.774
thaim2 2,587.321.486
him4 5,174.641.449
yer3 3,880.981.425
fae4 5,174.641.345
man2 2,587.321.338
and3 3,880.981.018
weel2 2,587.320.973
we5 6,468.310.963
o20 25,873.220.959
ay2 2,587.320.545
can2 2,587.320.485
no3 3,880.980.433
up2 2,587.320.364
as6 7,761.970.311
their2 2,587.320.310
nae3 3,880.980.261
time2 2,587.320.253
that9 11,642.950.233
at4 5,174.640.201
ma4 5,174.640.174
frae2 2,587.320.155
it8 10,349.290.135
or3 3,880.980.075
an21 27,166.880.061
wi6 7,761.970.008
sim2 2,587.32nan
bein2 2,587.322.407