A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McCrory, Pat

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,193
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 485
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.46
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, it, in, he, said, that, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (601 words)
Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (163 words)
Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (429 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
worm8 6,705.7882.585
jaickit6 5,029.3472.315
soup6 5,029.3447.568
school7 5,867.5637.978
class6 5,029.3437.967
maw6 5,029.3437.826
andy5 4,191.1136.685
said14 11,735.1235.582
embdy3 2,514.6733.921
oan13 10,896.9030.808
a'll5 4,191.1127.682
roun4 3,352.8926.264
wae9 7,544.0124.869
boy5 4,191.1123.917
o5 4,191.1123.489
ae12 10,058.6823.353
wi'oot2 1,676.4523.279
wa's2 1,676.4523.279
heidmaister2 1,676.4521.555
vindication2 1,676.4521.555
maw's2 1,676.4520.373
hour3 2,514.6719.420
teacher4 3,352.8919.258
heidie2 1,676.4518.112
flour2 1,676.4517.577
lost4 3,352.8917.440
newspapers2 1,676.4515.959
meals2 1,676.4515.959
studied2 1,676.4515.959
wan6 5,029.3415.767
experiment2 1,676.4515.640
cawed3 2,514.6715.089
sums2 1,676.4515.071
right5 4,191.1115.011
how5 4,191.1114.737
get8 6,705.7813.214
jimsie's7 5,867.56nan
nou6 5,029.3419.955
a58 48,616.9313.105
wheels2 1,676.4512.602
it's6 5,029.3412.209
that's4 3,352.8912.006
bowl2 1,676.4511.956
don't2 1,676.4510.743
aw10 8,382.2310.726
sell2 1,676.4510.491
wrote2 1,676.4510.411
professor2 1,676.4510.411
a've2 1,676.4510.333
caw2 1,676.4510.034
daen2 1,676.459.963
health2 1,676.459.691
take3 2,514.679.618
queen2 1,676.459.562
secret2 1,676.459.201
try3 2,514.679.025
hall2 1,676.458.978
thin2 1,676.458.717
if7 5,867.568.491
service2 1,676.458.201
see7 5,867.568.000
he's2 1,676.457.948
tale2 1,676.457.563
well3 2,514.677.414
got5 4,191.117.309
tell4 3,352.897.063
came3 2,514.677.045
big4 3,352.896.952
it25 20,955.576.908
know3 2,514.676.776
he'd2 1,676.456.609
doctor2 1,676.456.526
stood2 1,676.456.291
so5 4,191.116.235
near3 2,514.676.180
can6 5,029.345.932
even4 3,352.895.814
best3 2,514.675.793
done2 1,676.455.776
put2 1,676.455.712
other2 1,676.455.648
each2 1,676.455.546
stertit2 1,676.455.506
gied3 2,514.675.450
night2 1,676.455.388
word2 1,676.455.238
less2 1,676.454.924
went3 2,514.674.923
ten2 1,676.454.843
say4 3,352.894.770
last3 2,514.674.759
yer6 5,029.344.674
tryin2 1,676.454.595
hard2 1,676.453.979
feet2 1,676.453.979
ye12 10,058.683.878
then4 3,352.893.852
she2 1,676.453.849
oot10 8,382.233.842
her2 1,676.453.776
oh2 1,676.453.671
when4 3,352.893.586
wee6 5,029.343.522
be11 9,220.453.342
made3 2,514.673.259
whaur3 2,514.673.259
dae4 3,352.893.124
gie3 2,514.673.053
end2 1,676.453.033
hiv2 1,676.452.784
never2 1,676.452.769
let2 1,676.452.717
could3 2,514.672.684
for3 2,514.672.589
look2 1,676.452.532
my3 2,514.672.470
some4 3,352.892.367
aye4 3,352.892.294
lik2 1,676.452.268
fur6 5,029.342.151
jist4 3,352.892.132
this8 6,705.782.124
at4 3,352.892.112
through2 1,676.452.067
tae33 27,661.362.051
we2 1,676.452.008
his10 8,382.231.335
he14 11,735.121.168
up7 5,867.561.119
or2 1,676.451.101
had3 2,514.670.990
him5 4,191.110.909
tak2 1,676.450.853
oor3 2,514.670.801
fae5 4,191.110.744
nae2 1,676.450.671
they3 2,514.670.636
ower4 3,352.890.582
them3 2,514.670.563
was2 1,676.450.550
their3 2,514.670.411
wis10 8,382.230.395
is9 7,544.010.343
wid2 1,676.450.327
jannie2 1,676.45nan
than2 1,676.450.375
here2 1,676.450.310
you3 2,514.670.249
me3 2,514.670.236
whit2 1,676.450.149
us2 1,676.450.143
are2 1,676.450.134
that13 10,896.900.127
back3 2,514.670.116
aff2 1,676.450.111
ma6 5,029.340.104
as8 6,705.780.074
day2 1,676.450.047
the68 56,999.160.032
but5 4,191.110.022
like3 2,514.670.008
no3 2,514.670.006
there3 2,514.670.002
intae2 1,676.450.001
andy's2 1,676.45nan
in20 16,764.460.106
jimsie2 1,676.45nan
an35 29,337.800.721