Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKenzie, Roddy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 589
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.931
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - thi, yi, a, tae, in, it, that, and, jist, like,

List of texts in corpus

Cataracts
northwordsnow.co.uk (2018-10-01) in Central (Dundee) dialect (DUN), categorised as prose (589 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
thi	39	66,213.92	439.765
yi	29	49,235.99	268.731
ther	5	8,488.96	42.090
yir	6	10,186.76	36.643
thim	3	5,093.38	34.386
work	4	6,791.17	21.533
lenses	2	3,395.59	20.447
bar	3	5,093.38	17.343
jist	7	11,884.55	16.833
dinnae	4	6,791.17	15.656
een	5	8,488.96	15.565
crowd	2	3,395.59	14.343
them	6	10,186.76	12.143
eh	3	5,093.38	11.638
being	2	3,395.59	10.635
like	7	11,884.55	10.413
wiz	4	6,791.17	10.029
before	2	3,395.59	9.961
bairns	3	5,093.38	8.646
see	5	8,488.96	8.619
when	4	6,791.17	8.275
wha	3	5,093.38	7.898
ur	2	3,395.59	7.851
an	6	10,186.76	7.355
ken	4	6,791.17	6.956
mean	2	3,395.59	6.288
o	5	8,488.96	5.542
thit	2	3,395.59	5.398
gang	2	3,395.59	5.260
kin	2	3,395.59	5.189
road	2	3,395.59	4.952
fur	5	8,488.96	4.933
yer	4	6,791.17	4.812
thae	2	3,395.59	4.762
so	3	5,093.38	4.700
keep	2	3,395.59	4.548
dae	3	5,093.38	4.186
but	6	10,186.76	4.169
roon	2	3,395.59	3.909
get	3	5,093.38	3.773
auld	3	5,093.38	3.685
and	8	13,582.34	3.366
gie	2	3,395.59	2.967
tae	19	32,258.06	2.824
noo	3	5,093.38	2.772
hame	2	3,395.59	2.688
they	5	8,488.96	2.405
heid	2	3,395.59	2.161
day	3	5,093.38	2.121
guid	2	3,395.59	1.964
back	3	5,093.38	1.914
mair	3	5,093.38	1.850
wee	3	5,093.38	1.806
here	2	3,395.59	1.799
whit	3	5,093.38	1.737
were	2	3,395.59	1.674
awa	2	3,395.59	1.557
that	9	15,280.14	1.507
oan	2	3,395.59	1.296
it	10	16,977.93	1.223
fowk	2	3,395.59	1.028
on	2	3,395.59	0.897
wi	3	5,093.38	0.509
a	20	33,955.86	0.416
her	2	3,395.59	0.390
in	11	18,675.72	0.341
she	4	6,791.17	0.314
this	3	5,093.38	0.223
up	3	5,093.38	0.215
ye	4	6,791.17	0.204
bit	2	3,395.59	0.144
megic	2	3,395.59	nan
as	3	5,093.38	0.111
oot	3	5,093.38	0.106
aboot	2	3,395.59	0.032