A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Coyne, Hilary

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 738
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.139
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, it, to, i, s, that, she,

List of texts in corpus

The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked
hilarycoyne.com/ (2021-08-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (738 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
finn7 9,485.0985.224
to13 17,615.1844.671
all7 9,485.0937.835
causeway2 2,710.0325.174
ll8 10,840.1121.911
well5 6,775.0721.586
alright2 2,710.0320.002
about4 5,420.0518.421
ben4 5,420.0517.233
tae3 4,065.0415.849
was6 8,130.0815.239
he18 24,390.2414.138
put3 4,065.0413.627
already2 2,710.0313.164
two3 4,065.0412.560
needed2 2,710.0312.429
broken2 2,710.0312.429
mention2 2,710.0312.265
although2 2,710.0312.186
lucky2 2,710.0311.342
and14 18,970.1911.314
finger2 2,710.0311.280
of6 8,130.0811.245
i13 17,615.1811.167
pride2 2,710.0311.157
she12 16,260.1611.142
wife3 4,065.0410.989
over2 2,710.0310.868
but10 13,550.1410.653
him8 10,840.1110.492
turnin2 2,710.0310.447
if6 8,130.0810.345
then5 6,775.0710.308
when5 6,775.0710.015
o5 6,775.079.324
teeth2 2,710.039.296
heard3 4,065.048.817
maybe2 2,710.038.448
wind2 2,710.038.419
ask2 2,710.037.883
no7 9,485.097.875
now2 2,710.037.713
oonagh3 4,065.04nan
leave2 2,710.037.713
from2 2,710.037.666
not2 2,710.037.642
hill2 2,710.037.310
doot2 2,710.037.267
too2 2,710.037.185
with2 2,710.036.518
tell3 4,065.046.281
the28 37,940.386.253
enough2 2,710.036.197
benandonner3 4,065.04nan
something2 2,710.036.305
re3 4,065.046.053
few2 2,710.036.032
me7 9,485.095.717
out2 2,710.035.660
s12 16,260.165.572
sun2 2,710.035.495
these2 2,710.035.211
think3 4,065.045.143
came2 2,710.034.972
right2 2,710.034.461
say3 4,065.044.444
his9 12,195.124.135
gied2 2,710.033.899
d4 5,420.053.801
be8 10,840.113.710
her8 10,840.113.530
ahve2 2,710.03nan
bit5 6,775.073.476
fir2 2,710.032.886
big2 2,710.032.813
they6 8,130.082.657
that12 16,260.162.627
doon4 5,420.052.543
aye3 4,065.042.434
still2 2,710.032.314
by3 4,065.042.143
did2 2,710.032.109
aw4 5,420.052.060
my2 2,710.031.836
it13 17,615.181.816
their3 4,065.041.791
first2 2,710.031.716
ah2 2,710.031.697
man2 2,710.031.440
a27 36,585.371.267
in8 10,840.111.189
efter2 2,710.031.188
wee3 4,065.041.079
or4 5,420.050.902
said2 2,710.030.755
for6 8,130.080.728
is3 4,065.040.613
see2 2,710.030.466
mccool2 2,710.03nan
get2 2,710.030.838
oot2 2,710.030.459
at6 8,130.080.326
wis6 8,130.080.319
you2 2,710.030.246
mair2 2,710.030.147
back2 2,710.030.139
on4 5,420.050.065
as4 5,420.050.052
there2 2,710.030.005
nae2 2,710.030.005
like2 2,710.030.001