A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sands, Finn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 508
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 259
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.961
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - he, the, wis, his, tam, a, tae, an, as, him,

List of texts in corpus

THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (508 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
tam13 25,590.55103.751
he35 68,897.6485.348
fitbaw5 9,842.5256.581
et7 13,779.5355.573
stadium4 7,874.0250.062
ghaistly3 5,905.5135.275
his16 31,496.0628.723
ghouls2 3,937.0126.748
heidless2 3,937.0125.023
wis19 37,401.5722.556
guisin2 3,937.0121.038
spied2 3,937.0117.182
speed2 3,937.0115.632
oan6 11,811.0215.533
him8 15,748.0315.285
ran3 5,905.5115.161
through4 7,874.0214.849
decidit2 3,937.0113.290
reached2 3,937.0112.703
hall2 3,937.0112.584
baw2 3,937.0112.300
git3 5,905.5111.873
wae4 7,874.0211.155
heard3 5,905.5110.986
game2 3,937.0110.642
rinnin2 3,937.0110.114
rin2 3,937.018.760
shoack2 3,937.01nan
aw6 11,811.029.786
fell2 3,937.017.583
heid3 5,905.515.844
saw2 3,937.015.693
as8 15,748.035.374
alang2 3,937.015.096
oot6 11,811.024.716
gaun2 3,937.014.132
whaur2 3,937.013.612
kent2 3,937.013.590
up5 9,842.523.317
was2 3,937.012.510
that2 3,937.012.376
ain2 3,937.012.367
whit3 5,905.512.281
efter2 3,937.012.186
afore2 3,937.012.013
awa2 3,937.011.954
richt2 3,937.011.811
in5 9,842.521.263
s2 3,937.011.006
mair2 3,937.010.678
o8 15,748.030.662
tae13 25,590.550.384
a13 25,590.550.265
an12 23,622.050.094
and3 5,905.510.038
they2 3,937.010.000
horrur2 3,937.01nan
the29 57,086.610.005