A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gillen, Charles

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,119
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 460
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.433
Tagged as CUL (Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, i, an, a, for, tae, an', t, but, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Fifty Nine
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (77 words)

Whun A’ The Kye Had Names
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (637 words)

Oot Here Mae Lane
Words without Borders Magazine (01-06-2004) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as prose (405 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
an'18 16,085.79107.461
oul12 10,723.8683.513
i41 36,639.8681.842
t18 16,085.7977.304
mae9 8,042.9062.704
wus9 8,042.9057.568
al7 6,255.5956.192
lake6 5,361.9355.041
kye6 5,361.9349.262
wains4 3,574.6243.574
joost5 4,468.2837.742
mine6 5,361.9334.397
whut5 4,468.2833.199
whun4 3,574.6232.379
jamie4 3,574.6229.156
bak4 3,574.6225.385
naw6 5,361.9323.614
stud2 1,787.3123.508
lane4 3,574.6222.385
ouler2 1,787.3121.784
gyely2 1,787.3121.784
straps2 1,787.3121.784
polly2 1,787.3121.784
names4 3,574.6220.887
crocus2 1,787.3120.601
wud4 3,574.6219.964
for20 17,873.1019.037
knowed2 1,787.3118.340
rodden2 1,787.3117.805
min3 2,680.9717.600
och4 3,574.6217.582
shane2 1,787.3116.533
lent2 1,787.3116.533
but15 13,404.8315.758
mane2 1,787.3115.298
heaven2 1,787.3115.298
nice3 2,680.9714.871
mere2 1,787.3114.574
noo9 8,042.9014.559
dane2 1,787.3114.360
sich2 1,787.3114.360
gentle2 1,787.3114.360
spring3 2,680.9714.192
ploo2 1,787.3114.157
man7 6,255.5913.841
whur2 1,787.3113.780
fermin2 1,787.3113.604
o'4 3,574.6213.294
only5 4,468.2813.264
think6 5,361.9313.086
wae6 5,361.9312.995
shud2 1,787.3112.689
stan2 1,787.3112.689
wile2 1,787.3112.556
know4 3,574.6211.551
i'm3 2,680.9711.350
luk2 1,787.3111.329
han2 1,787.3111.329
fifty2 1,787.3110.966
lan2 1,787.3110.880
pipe2 1,787.3110.796
had7 6,255.5910.785
echt2 1,787.3110.555
blue3 2,680.9710.346
nine2 1,787.319.479
here6 5,361.939.477
ye15 13,404.839.461
o10 8,936.559.422
sure3 2,680.979.410
it's5 4,468.289.193
boys2 1,787.318.987
all3 2,680.978.956
quate2 1,787.318.886
grew2 1,787.318.645
meg2 1,787.318.508
hir3 2,680.978.193
milk2 1,787.317.928
yit2 1,787.317.235
be's3 2,680.97nan
earth2 1,787.317.852
iver2 1,787.317.204
ago2 1,787.317.052
gate2 1,787.316.905
maybe2 1,787.316.877
i'll2 1,787.316.657
rid2 1,787.316.631
seem2 1,787.316.578
years3 2,680.976.371
since2 1,787.316.049
clear2 1,787.315.752
grun2 1,787.315.442
wur3 2,680.974.944
somethin2 1,787.314.535
lang4 3,574.624.430
life3 2,680.974.341
if5 4,468.284.155
fae7 6,255.593.710
coorse2 1,787.313.571
niver2 1,787.313.437
men2 1,787.313.301
yer5 4,468.283.159
m4 3,574.623.121
richt4 3,574.623.086
dinnae2 1,787.313.080
best2 1,787.312.804
cud2 1,787.312.790
a24 21,447.722.693
go2 1,787.312.643
wye2 1,787.312.583
an37 33,065.242.415
roan2 1,787.31nan
things2 1,787.312.393
wee5 4,468.282.284
far2 1,787.312.258
better2 1,787.312.225
three2 1,787.312.197
e2 1,787.312.137
same2 1,787.311.982
thing2 1,787.311.972
in12 10,723.861.900
hae5 4,468.281.761
he6 5,361.931.681
she3 2,680.971.671
at4 3,574.621.660
weel3 2,680.971.657
bridgit2 1,787.31nan
time4 3,574.621.544
dae3 2,680.971.539
they7 6,255.591.410
as10 8,936.551.339
that15 13,404.831.326
on10 8,936.551.262
still2 1,787.311.206
him5 4,468.281.153
ony2 1,787.311.136
it10 8,936.550.893
nae5 4,468.280.886
s6 5,361.930.814
can3 2,680.970.798
warts2 1,787.31nan
tak2 1,787.310.994
first2 1,787.310.741
dake2 1,787.31nan
got2 1,787.310.710
tae20 17,873.100.703
d3 2,680.970.540
we3 2,680.970.510
me5 4,468.280.427
ll2 1,787.310.359
oot6 5,361.930.321
its2 1,787.310.317
the61 54,512.960.280
be5 4,468.280.078
by2 1,787.310.048
or4 3,574.620.037
mair2 1,787.310.037
oul'2 1,787.31nan
them2 1,787.310.028
his6 5,361.930.023
up4 3,574.620.021
day2 1,787.310.016
is7 6,255.590.001