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 16,085.79107.665
oul12 10,723.8683.650
i41 36,639.8681.635
t18 16,085.7977.504
mae9 8,042.9062.807
wus9 8,042.9057.671
al7 6,255.5956.273
lake6 5,361.9355.111
kye6 5,361.9349.331
wains4 3,574.6243.621
joost5 4,468.2837.800
mine6 5,361.9334.465
whut5 4,468.2833.256
whun4 3,574.6232.425
jamie4 3,574.6229.202
bak4 3,574.6225.431
naw6 5,361.9323.680
stud2 1,787.3123.531
lane4 3,574.6222.430
ouler2 1,787.3121.807
polly2 1,787.3121.807
gyely2 1,787.3121.807
straps2 1,787.3121.807
names4 3,574.6220.708
crocus2 1,787.3120.624
wud4 3,574.6220.009
for20 17,873.1019.074
knowed2 1,787.3118.363
rodden2 1,787.3117.828
min3 2,680.9717.634
och4 3,574.6217.626
lent2 1,787.3116.556
shane2 1,787.3116.556
but15 13,404.8315.787
mane2 1,787.3115.321
heaven2 1,787.3115.321
nice3 2,680.9714.905
mere2 1,787.3114.597
noo9 8,042.9014.573
sich2 1,787.3114.383
dane2 1,787.3114.383
gentle2 1,787.3114.383
spring3 2,680.9714.225
ploo2 1,787.3114.180
man7 6,255.5913.842
whur2 1,787.3113.802
fermin2 1,787.3113.627
only5 4,468.2813.316
o'4 3,574.6213.310
think6 5,361.9313.120
wae6 5,361.9313.055
shud2 1,787.3112.712
stan2 1,787.3112.712
wile2 1,787.3112.578
know4 3,574.6211.593
han2 1,787.3111.352
luk2 1,787.3111.352
i'm3 2,680.9711.314
lan2 1,787.3110.903
fifty2 1,787.3110.903
had7 6,255.5910.680
pipe2 1,787.3110.656
echt2 1,787.3110.578
blue3 2,680.9710.378
o10 8,936.559.531
ye15 13,404.839.520
here6 5,361.939.508
nine2 1,787.319.501
sure3 2,680.979.442
it's5 4,468.289.230
boys2 1,787.319.009
be's3 2,680.97nan
all3 2,680.978.987
quate2 1,787.318.908
grew2 1,787.318.667
meg2 1,787.318.530
hir3 2,680.978.224
milk2 1,787.317.912
earth2 1,787.317.874
yit2 1,787.317.257
iver2 1,787.317.226
ago2 1,787.317.073
gate2 1,787.316.927
maybe2 1,787.316.898
i'll2 1,787.316.679
rid2 1,787.316.652
seem2 1,787.316.574
years3 2,680.976.364
since2 1,787.316.071
clear2 1,787.315.773
grun2 1,787.315.463
wur3 2,680.974.963
somethin2 1,787.314.541
lang4 3,574.624.387
life3 2,680.974.315
if5 4,468.284.168
fae7 6,255.593.604
coorse2 1,787.313.581
niver2 1,787.313.456
men2 1,787.313.302
yer5 4,468.283.168
m4 3,574.623.147
richt4 3,574.623.100
dinnae2 1,787.313.091
cud2 1,787.312.807
best2 1,787.312.779
a24 21,447.722.668
go2 1,787.312.647
wye2 1,787.312.600
an37 33,065.242.450
roan2 1,787.31nan
things2 1,787.312.410
wee5 4,468.282.280
far2 1,787.312.269
better2 1,787.312.241
three2 1,787.312.213
e2 1,787.312.143
same2 1,787.311.979
thing2 1,787.311.969
in12 10,723.861.935
hae5 4,468.281.721
at4 3,574.621.678
he6 5,361.931.655
weel3 2,680.971.651
she3 2,680.971.643
dae3 2,680.971.540
time4 3,574.621.539
bridgit2 1,787.31nan
they7 6,255.591.413
as10 8,936.551.317
that15 13,404.831.297
on10 8,936.551.255
still2 1,787.311.213
him5 4,468.281.160
ony2 1,787.311.147
nae5 4,468.280.889
it10 8,936.550.875
s6 5,361.930.797
can3 2,680.970.791
warts2 1,787.31nan
tak2 1,787.310.993
first2 1,787.310.744
dake2 1,787.31nan
got2 1,787.310.705
tae20 17,873.100.701
d3 2,680.970.552
we3 2,680.970.521
me5 4,468.280.429
ll2 1,787.310.368
oot6 5,361.930.328
its2 1,787.310.318
the61 54,512.960.286
be5 4,468.280.074
by2 1,787.310.041
oul'2 1,787.31nan
mair2 1,787.310.038
or4 3,574.620.037
them2 1,787.310.030
his6 5,361.930.021
up4 3,574.620.019
day2 1,787.310.015
is7 6,255.590.001