A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Davidson, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,205
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 562
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.144
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, tae, an, a, is, i, it, for, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Mitterand Plan
The Sair Fecht (11-06-2016) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as blog (1,205 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
democracy8 6,639.0066.824
govrenments6 4,979.2561.170
socialism6 4,979.2557.671
social9 7,468.8854.384
state9 7,468.8852.420
european8 6,639.0050.212
callaghan4 3,319.5049.218
austerity4 3,319.5041.866
walth4 3,319.5041.866
eu5 4,149.3834.197
flicht4 3,319.5032.639
thatcher3 2,489.6332.352
denial3 2,489.6332.352
capital4 3,319.5031.008
pooerful3 2,489.6330.089
unemployment3 2,489.6327.790
voters4 3,319.5026.958
threit3 2,489.6326.640
financial3 2,489.6326.139
capitalists7 5,809.13nan
kintra5 4,149.3825.526
seistem3 2,489.6323.479
corbyn2 1,659.7523.290
programme3 2,489.6321.652
vailye2 1,659.7521.566
richt-wing2 1,659.7521.566
global3 2,489.6321.014
forced3 2,489.6320.625
profits2 1,659.7520.384
economics2 1,659.7520.384
europe4 3,319.5020.314
govrenment3 2,489.6319.592
finance2 1,659.7519.478
capitalist2 1,659.7519.478
radical3 2,489.6319.436
pooer3 2,489.6318.993
mercat3 2,489.6318.715
prime2 1,659.7517.588
income2 1,659.7517.117
capable2 1,659.7517.117
mercats2 1,659.7517.117
muivin2 1,659.7517.117
price3 2,489.6316.773
blair2 1,659.7516.696
mitterand4 3,319.50nan
collapse2 1,659.7516.696
spendin2 1,659.7516.316
across4 3,319.5016.130
lairge2 1,659.7515.969
currency2 1,659.7515.969
fend2 1,659.7515.082
naitional2 1,659.7514.826
meinister2 1,659.7514.585
tax2 1,659.7514.359
jouk2 1,659.7514.145
individual2 1,659.7513.941
create2 1,659.7513.941
failed2 1,659.7513.748
policy3 2,489.6313.705
kintras2 1,659.7512.756
muivement2 1,659.7512.613
foot2 1,659.7512.613
memmer2 1,659.7512.475
economic2 1,659.7512.088
left5 4,149.3812.012
bigg2 1,659.7511.736
ainlie2 1,659.7511.626
michael2 1,659.7511.518
were7 5,809.1311.430
wha5 4,149.3811.372
majority2 1,659.7511.117
is18 14,937.7610.822
becam2 1,659.7510.668
blame2 1,659.7510.668
i17 14,107.8810.193
control2 1,659.7510.191
itsel3 2,489.639.875
rich2 1,659.759.637
britain2 1,659.759.637
wioot2 1,659.759.328
experience2 1,659.758.935
gin5 4,149.388.898
apairt2 1,659.758.484
frae8 6,639.008.440
british2 1,659.758.256
by7 5,809.138.170
haed5 4,149.388.057
first5 4,149.387.543
common2 1,659.757.465
leukin2 1,659.757.430
political2 1,659.757.395
canna3 2,489.637.153
o39 32,365.156.967
winna2 1,659.756.879
haes5 4,149.386.820
warld3 2,489.636.719
acause2 1,659.756.564
til4 3,319.506.418
yaised2 1,659.756.404
françois2 1,659.75nan
can6 4,979.255.960
we11 9,128.635.727
cooncil2 1,659.755.638
puir2 1,659.755.476
want3 2,489.635.117
tae38 31,535.275.073
unner2 1,659.754.984
his2 1,659.754.878
kind2 1,659.754.868
weill2 1,659.754.417
ye2 1,659.754.276
in11 9,128.633.867
the86 71,369.293.787
hoo2 1,659.753.670
onie2 1,659.753.595
demaundit2 1,659.75nan
eneuch3 2,489.637.362
wi4 3,319.503.549
s4 3,319.503.460
for12 9,958.513.317
even3 2,489.633.097
ilka2 1,659.753.033
wis7 5,809.132.570
thir2 1,659.752.427
need2 1,659.752.401
win2 1,659.752.288
at4 3,319.502.207
maun2 1,659.752.147
thaim3 2,489.632.085
ane3 2,489.632.077
they2 1,659.751.971
be3 2,489.631.910
scotland3 2,489.631.731
ae4 3,319.501.581
an38 31,535.271.503
scots2 1,659.751.341
syne2 1,659.751.222
been4 3,319.501.206
nor2 1,659.751.195
are3 2,489.631.175
micht2 1,659.751.021
on5 4,149.380.927
cam2 1,659.750.910
sae3 2,489.630.553
hae4 3,319.500.411
efter2 1,659.750.280
aw2 1,659.750.279
or5 4,149.380.243
there4 3,319.500.243
it13 10,788.380.098
up4 3,319.500.093
this4 3,319.500.087
twa2 1,659.750.080
a37 30,705.390.075
of2 1,659.750.074
that11 9,128.630.071
whit3 2,489.630.067
nae3 2,489.630.057
as8 6,639.000.050
aye2 1,659.750.031
but5 4,149.380.021
redistribute2 1,659.75nan
oor2 1,659.750.030
fowk2 1,659.750.018
their2 1,659.750.001