Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curt_Kenobi

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 525
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 283
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, tae, a, the, me, it, ehs, fir, ay, sae,

List of texts in corpus

Mates
archiveofourown.org (2016-09-27) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (525 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
ehs	8	15,238.10	115.329
ah'm	6	11,428.57	41.692
ah	20	38,095.24	40.911
sick	4	7,619.05	32.460
n	6	11,428.57	30.056
fir	7	13,333.33	29.966
all	5	9,523.81	27.083
natural	3	5,714.29	23.305
compliment	2	3,809.52	22.008
blond	2	3,809.52	20.851
shite	3	5,714.29	20.141
eh's	6	11,428.57	nan
fucker	2	3,809.52	19.227
eh	4	7,619.05	18.506
ay	7	13,333.33	18.473
theory	2	3,809.52	18.079
kissed	2	3,809.52	17.609
long	3	5,714.29	16.193
fuckin	4	7,619.05	15.996
it's	5	9,523.81	15.901
me	9	17,142.86	15.300
chest	2	3,809.52	14.853
oan	6	11,428.57	14.782
wonder	2	3,809.52	14.744
almost	2	3,809.52	14.639
jist	6	11,428.57	14.286
makes	2	3,809.52	14.058
sae	6	11,428.57	13.589
ihm	5	9,523.81	nan
forward	2	3,809.52	15.320
ah've	2	3,809.52	12.900
when	5	9,523.81	12.870
birds	2	3,809.52	12.458
that's	3	5,714.29	12.046
the	14	26,666.67	11.819
colour	2	3,809.52	10.909
dinnae	3	5,714.29	10.766
go	3	5,714.29	9.966
mooth	2	3,809.52	9.901
fuck	2	3,809.52	9.310
boy	2	3,809.52	9.284
an	4	7,619.05	9.191
now	2	3,809.52	9.035
since	2	3,809.52	8.916
eyes	2	3,809.52	8.517
across	2	3,809.52	8.517
about	2	3,809.52	7.849
do	2	3,809.52	7.831
cunt	2	3,809.52	7.746
hair	2	3,809.52	7.271
am	2	3,809.52	6.866
in	2	3,809.52	6.804
git	2	3,809.52	6.330
masel	2	3,809.52	6.274
boy's	2	3,809.52	nan
though	2	3,809.52	6.123
face	2	3,809.52	4.605
ken	3	5,714.29	4.410
are	3	5,714.29	4.339
life	2	3,809.52	4.017
still	2	3,809.52	3.377
gie	2	3,809.52	3.301
think	2	3,809.52	3.228
but	5	9,523.81	3.011
aboot	4	7,619.05	2.677
us	2	3,809.52	1.738
had	2	3,809.52	1.605
no	3	5,714.29	1.424
outta	2	3,809.52	nan
like	3	5,714.29	1.406
tae	15	28,571.43	1.172
wi	2	3,809.52	1.145
his	5	9,523.81	1.136
it	9	17,142.86	1.115
ma	4	7,619.05	1.020
or	3	5,714.29	0.807
and	2	3,809.52	0.778
mair	2	3,809.52	0.639
back	2	3,809.52	0.632
wis	4	7,619.05	0.367
we	3	5,714.29	0.363
him	2	3,809.52	0.235
a	14	26,666.67	0.131
be	3	5,714.29	0.047
that	5	9,523.81	0.006