Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Ileene

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 587
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 321
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.829
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, that, tae, but, i, in, have,

List of texts in corpus

Fit’s it aa aboot?
The Sair Fecht (29-12-2014) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (587 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
pro-independence	4	6,814.31	41.341
have	7	11,925.04	38.934
movement	4	6,814.31	36.065
referendum	5	8,517.89	32.008
become	4	6,814.31	28.944
has	6	10,221.47	26.602
voices	3	5,110.73	25.222
blogs	2	3,407.16	24.389
beginning	2	3,407.16	19.932
emerged	2	3,407.16	19.129
reading	2	3,407.16	18.781
politics	3	5,110.73	17.886
political	3	5,110.73	17.659
twitter	2	3,407.16	15.551
result	2	3,407.16	13.355
chynged	2	3,407.16	11.844
campaign	2	3,407.16	11.466
yes	2	3,407.16	10.805
country	2	3,407.16	9.955
media	2	3,407.16	9.955
pynt	2	3,407.16	9.530
question	2	3,407.16	8.986
by	5	8,517.89	8.935
but	8	13,628.62	8.602
scotland	4	6,814.31	8.160
puir	2	3,407.16	8.050
monie	2	3,407.16	7.641
been	5	8,517.89	7.512
way	2	3,407.16	6.913
bein	3	5,110.73	6.887
this	7	11,925.04	6.466
new	3	5,110.73	6.343
much	2	3,407.16	5.911
coorse	2	3,407.16	5.823
end	2	3,407.16	5.455
hiv	2	3,407.16	5.169
frae	4	6,814.31	4.452
far	2	3,407.16	4.332
i	8	13,628.62	4.284
wur	2	3,407.16	4.100
aboot	5	8,517.89	4.056
to	3	5,110.73	3.898
are	3	5,110.73	3.826
fir	2	3,407.16	3.602
wis	2	3,407.16	3.581
of	3	5,110.73	3.431
hae	4	6,814.31	3.322
could	2	3,407.16	2.670
their	3	5,110.73	2.620
o	18	30,664.40	2.583
first	2	3,407.16	2.364
nae	4	6,814.31	2.344
we	5	8,517.89	2.329
aa	3	5,110.73	2.275
haes	2	3,407.16	2.213
ane	2	3,407.16	2.196
tae	8	13,628.62	1.937
scots	4	6,814.31	1.543
that	9	15,332.20	1.541
it	4	6,814.31	1.491
aff	2	3,407.16	1.362
an	11	18,739.35	1.148
fowk	2	3,407.16	1.065
and	6	10,221.47	0.947
noo	2	3,407.16	0.882
ae	2	3,407.16	0.841
his	2	3,407.16	0.631
or	3	5,110.73	0.539
s	3	5,110.73	0.526
on	5	8,517.89	0.484
commonweal	2	3,407.16	nan
is	5	8,517.89	0.472
mair	2	3,407.16	0.445
the	38	64,735.95	0.440
be	4	6,814.31	0.334
at	3	5,110.73	0.166
in	8	13,628.62	0.153
oot	3	5,110.73	0.107
as	4	6,814.31	0.050
a	18	30,664.40	0.038
wi	4	6,814.31	0.033