A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Duncan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,332
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 492
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.707
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, tae, that, cornish, we, language, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish
Lallans Magazine (2013 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,332 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
cornish26 19,519.52285.746
language19 14,264.2671.130
spikkers9 6,756.7671.091
staundart6 4,504.5056.318
dialecks6 4,504.5047.987
deifferent4 3,003.0045.683
ideological4 3,003.0045.683
medieval5 3,753.7544.784
staundarts4 3,003.0043.763
leivin5 3,753.7543.637
revival4 3,003.0036.590
activists4 3,003.0033.798
tung8 6,006.0132.296
debates3 2,252.2529.413
offeicial3 2,252.2529.413
fechts3 2,252.2527.786
attempts3 2,252.2527.114
we21 15,765.7726.745
minority5 3,753.7525.128
faction2 1,501.5022.839
schuills2 1,501.5022.839
scots18 13,513.5122.693
community5 3,753.7522.606
irish4 3,003.0022.482
nummer5 3,753.7522.304
o55 41,291.2921.985
rls2 1,501.5021.115
thrie3 2,252.2520.344
spik4 3,003.0020.052
ane9 6,756.7619.650
wir7 5,255.2618.533
hae13 9,759.7617.432
haes8 6,006.0115.949
brigs2 1,501.5015.867
stairt3 2,252.2515.829
ruits2 1,501.5015.521
soorces2 1,501.5015.203
classical2 1,501.5014.634
agin4 3,003.0014.340
threip2 1,501.5014.138
unlike2 1,501.5014.138
religious2 1,501.5013.119
spellin3 2,252.2512.890
sum3 2,252.2512.836
wurld2 1,501.5012.615
respeck2 1,501.5012.460
modren3 2,252.2512.323
unity2 1,501.5012.312
allooed2 1,501.5011.898
clesses2 1,501.5011.769
hie2 1,501.5011.645
that27 20,270.2711.312
i19 14,264.2611.150
bigg2 1,501.5011.076
dialeck2 1,501.5011.076
degree2 1,501.5011.076
forms2 1,501.5010.772
whit10 7,507.5110.577
this14 10,510.5110.554
fowk8 6,006.0110.299
major2 1,501.5010.228
languages3 2,252.259.503
warkin2 1,501.509.467
thaim6 4,504.509.158
mibbie2 1,501.509.138
as18 13,513.518.997
terms2 1,501.508.953
is18 13,513.518.719
in9 6,756.768.569
grammar2 1,501.508.347
dinna4 3,003.008.249
deid3 2,252.258.201
mak5 3,753.757.875
richts2 1,501.507.872
lest2 1,501.507.336
yaise2 1,501.507.297
example2 1,501.507.260
or11 8,258.267.222
dae6 4,504.507.138
common2 1,501.507.113
problem2 1,501.507.077
taewards2 1,501.507.042
biggin2 1,501.506.804
wull3 2,252.256.675
weys2 1,501.506.068
either2 1,501.505.814
nor4 3,003.005.760
written2 1,501.505.742
bring2 1,501.505.555
disna2 1,501.505.444
ye2 1,501.505.240
micht4 3,003.005.209
whan5 3,753.755.128
until2 1,501.505.035
kind2 1,501.504.691
culture2 1,501.504.673
monie2 1,501.504.623
for14 10,510.514.533
sic3 2,252.254.283
amang2 1,501.504.275
their6 4,504.504.244
tae40 30,030.034.220
are5 3,753.754.175
haein2 1,501.504.059
weill2 1,501.504.018
hauf2 1,501.503.898
turn2 1,501.503.859
brocht2 1,501.503.808
a51 38,288.293.458
lang4 3,003.003.406
eneuch2 1,501.503.260
at4 3,003.003.014
coorse2 1,501.503.005
mair6 4,504.502.930
though2 1,501.502.914
an44 33,033.032.885
the92 69,069.072.705
up2 1,501.502.456
it's3 2,252.252.435
pairt2 1,501.502.302
time5 3,753.752.168
thir2 1,501.502.093
muckle3 2,252.252.032
frae5 3,753.751.859
want2 1,501.501.849
wey3 2,252.251.775
wis9 6,756.761.731
gey2 1,501.501.722
it11 8,258.261.622
can4 3,003.001.470
by4 3,003.001.438
intae4 3,003.001.059
they3 2,252.251.047
aboot6 4,504.500.919
een2 1,501.500.860
aw5 3,753.750.859
no2 1,501.500.765
maist2 1,501.500.752
gin2 1,501.500.744
be9 6,756.760.711
could2 1,501.500.606
aye3 2,252.250.566
like5 3,753.750.549
hoose2 1,501.500.535
jist3 2,252.250.489
doon2 1,501.500.302
guid2 1,501.500.242
back2 1,501.500.217
been3 2,252.250.114
but6 4,504.500.111
wi9 6,756.760.088
on9 6,756.760.080
oot5 3,753.750.068
ken2 1,501.500.058
there3 2,252.250.057
twa2 1,501.500.028
nae4 3,003.000.012
ower3 2,252.250.000