A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Duncan, Robert

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,737
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 642
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.706
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, in, o, a, tae, scots, and, i, s, is,

List of texts in corpus

The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?
autumnvoices.co.uk (2022-02-23) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (1,561 words)

Peeweep
Wigtown (2015-09-01) in Central (Lumphinnans) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (176 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
scots40 23,028.2185.673
dsl6 3,454.2365.496
an5 2,878.5358.532
speech8 4,605.6455.094
english15 8,635.5847.044
bairn10 5,757.0543.935
was16 9,211.2842.897
snd5 2,878.5340.590
parliament5 2,878.5338.314
our7 4,029.9435.232
leid12 6,908.4634.517
results5 2,878.5333.576
dost4 2,302.8232.783
search5 2,878.5332.180
lorimer4 2,302.8230.896
wullie7 4,029.9430.345
in60 34,542.3130.269
my12 6,908.4629.397
thochts6 3,454.2328.813
and32 18,422.5724.993
advanced3 1,727.1222.668
citations2 1,151.4121.827
tollie2 1,151.4121.827
ilkanither2 1,151.4121.827
harebell2 1,151.4121.827
sixteenth2 1,151.4121.827
heiven3 1,727.1221.301
bairnheid3 1,727.1221.301
pairlament5 2,878.5320.749
threap3 1,727.1220.192
commendit2 1,151.4120.104
scrieve4 2,302.8219.391
highly2 1,151.4118.923
word5 2,878.5318.332
spellin4 2,302.8217.561
i26 14,968.3417.468
wuids2 1,151.4117.284
sangschaw2 1,151.4117.284
online3 1,727.1216.837
instances2 1,151.4116.665
spell3 1,727.1216.297
house3 1,727.1216.170
same7 4,029.9416.086
bird3 1,727.1216.046
even8 4,605.6415.987
dna2 1,151.4115.661
willie3 1,727.1215.574
heidword5 2,878.53nan
the141 81,174.4415.554
loss3 1,727.1214.637
lairn3 1,727.1214.266
relation2 1,151.4113.906
pond2 1,151.4113.377
what6 3,454.2313.376
would4 2,302.8213.220
does3 1,727.1212.711
hus3 1,727.1212.577
hou5 2,878.5312.536
creepin2 1,151.4112.497
hous2 1,151.4112.497
scotsman2 1,151.4112.497
testament2 1,151.4112.122
dictionars2 1,151.4112.122
swans2 1,151.4112.122
guide2 1,151.4111.466
member2 1,151.4111.319
memmer2 1,151.4111.039
section2 1,151.4111.039
speak4 2,302.8210.967
cage2 1,151.4110.907
aulder3 1,727.1210.841
examples2 1,151.4110.779
no13 7,484.1710.657
orthography2 1,151.419.887
o56 32,239.499.848
seem3 1,727.129.804
grown2 1,151.419.693
bible2 1,151.419.600
both2 1,151.419.509
yin6 3,454.239.217
dictionary2 1,151.419.086
sang3 1,727.129.010
abune2 1,151.419.006
paul2 1,151.418.929
century3 1,727.128.910
honest2 1,151.418.779
number2 1,151.418.706
at3 1,727.128.468
kìngdom3 1,727.12nan
why3 1,727.128.442
schule2 1,151.418.428
flee2 1,151.418.362
hill3 1,727.128.324
aathing2 1,151.418.170
fields2 1,151.418.108
scottish5 2,878.538.104
corinthians3 1,727.12nan
scrievin2 1,151.418.047
text2 1,151.417.871
matthew2 1,151.417.758
neither2 1,151.417.703
includin2 1,151.417.649
your4 2,302.827.625
workin2 1,151.417.595
single2 1,151.417.290
found2 1,151.417.290
poetry2 1,151.416.709
ettlin2 1,151.416.588
c2 1,151.416.509
is20 11,514.106.462
mind5 2,878.536.301
words3 1,727.126.120
common2 1,151.416.107
cry2 1,151.416.005
had7 4,029.945.942
maitter2 1,151.415.907
mony4 2,302.825.839
pi-rip3 1,727.12nan
poems2 1,151.415.780
aiblins2 1,151.415.627
he7 4,029.945.586
leids3 1,727.125.565
speakin2 1,151.415.510
peeweep3 1,727.12nan
laddie2 1,151.415.453
oor7 4,029.945.281
language5 2,878.535.233
full2 1,151.415.081
say5 2,878.535.014
luik2 1,151.414.910
lost2 1,151.414.794
fun2 1,151.414.726
burns2 1,151.414.726
uise2 1,151.414.726
case2 1,151.414.660
his4 2,302.824.641
are6 3,454.234.625
never3 1,727.124.581
aften2 1,151.414.573
isnae2 1,151.414.552
dinnae3 1,727.124.472
for17 9,786.994.444
nou3 1,727.124.425
has3 1,727.123.852
tho3 1,727.123.783
throu3 1,727.123.754
gin4 2,302.823.560
naebody2 1,151.413.517
set3 1,727.123.448
s20 11,514.103.404
did4 2,302.823.388
or2 1,151.413.268
only3 1,727.123.219
deid2 1,151.413.213
sae6 3,454.232.933
yet2 1,151.412.861
should2 1,151.412.805
am2 1,151.412.772
on6 3,454.232.526
wey4 2,302.822.480
this11 6,332.762.380
john2 1,151.412.293
nae2 1,151.412.280
but11 6,332.762.259
him2 1,151.411.888
fae8 4,605.641.867
let2 1,151.411.677
road2 1,151.411.560
pee-weep2 1,151.41nan
we4 2,302.821.537
by5 2,878.531.536
were4 2,302.821.531
tae45 25,906.741.518
come3 1,727.121.258
things2 1,151.411.139
first3 1,727.121.064
sic2 1,151.411.039
of4 2,302.820.940
thing2 1,151.410.802
wi10 5,757.050.754
says2 1,151.410.730
aa5 2,878.530.703
than3 1,727.120.684
they9 5,181.350.681
when3 1,727.120.661
fowk4 2,302.820.631
re2 1,151.410.628
descrivit2 1,151.41nan
days2 1,151.411.022
there6 3,454.230.481
tumshie2 1,151.41nan
up5 2,878.530.470
ither3 1,727.120.461
nor2 1,151.410.459
like6 3,454.230.447
time2 1,151.410.435
piggery2 1,151.41nan
whaur2 1,151.410.416
still2 1,151.410.343
micht2 1,151.410.343
awa3 1,727.120.339
their4 2,302.820.337
né2 1,151.41nan
new2 1,151.410.321
creengin-crabbit2 1,151.41nan
to3 1,727.120.332
kinmont2 1,151.41nan
d2 1,151.410.340
maist2 1,151.410.299
thon2 1,151.410.286
been4 2,302.820.209
surroonds2 1,151.41nan
ye8 4,605.640.203
juist2 1,151.410.184
twa3 1,727.120.169
as12 6,908.460.166
can2 1,151.410.165
muckle2 1,151.410.150
hoose2 1,151.410.144
manmuckle2 1,151.41nan
bairnlie2 1,151.41nan
some3 1,727.120.139
pit2 1,151.410.132
mair3 1,727.120.104
it19 10,938.400.100
that18 10,362.690.041
me6 3,454.230.039
lang2 1,151.410.031
get2 1,151.410.027
richt2 1,151.410.021
guid2 1,151.410.020
a52 29,936.670.020
salbe2 1,151.41nan
scotland2 1,151.410.018
m2 1,151.410.004
ower4 2,302.820.004
barbarik2 1,151.41nan
hae4 2,302.820.003
efter2 1,151.410.002
its2 1,151.410.001