A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McDermid, Val

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,458
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 495
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.945
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, tae, heid, o, high, in, claes,

List of texts in corpus

The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks
Itchy Coo (2020-09-24 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,458 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
high24 16,460.91172.742
claes23 15,775.03153.124
heid31 21,262.00131.492
yin's7 4,801.1086.027
yin19 13,031.5575.730
lawyer6 4,115.2360.973
scud6 4,115.2355.235
an3 2,057.6153.680
a'8 5,486.9747.570
onyhing4 2,743.4844.961
threid5 3,429.3640.347
gowd6 4,115.2339.630
pearls4 2,743.4839.150
like21 14,403.2937.001
gowk4 2,743.4835.226
breeks5 3,429.3634.697
see16 10,973.9434.257
and33 22,633.7434.233
naebdy4 2,743.4831.781
he37 25,377.2331.076
glaikit4 2,743.4827.114
royal4 2,743.4826.087
baillie3 2,057.6125.972
them13 8,916.3223.655
gaggin2 1,371.7422.478
foremaist3 2,057.6119.809
buff2 1,371.7419.572
couldnae5 3,429.3619.431
you're3 2,057.6119.057
mile4 2,743.4818.312
hied2 1,371.7417.932
junior2 1,371.7417.932
jotters2 1,371.7417.313
sleekit3 2,057.6117.252
then9 6,172.8417.093
presses2 1,371.7416.779
guids2 1,371.7416.779
big7 4,801.1016.390
ah'm4 2,743.4816.374
tapster6 4,115.23nan
swanky2 1,371.7416.779
tellt4 2,743.4816.062
braw5 3,429.3615.739
his22 15,089.1615.617
smert2 1,371.7414.844
silk2 1,371.7414.844
invisible2 1,371.7414.550
single3 2,057.6114.145
kists2 1,371.7414.021
buttons2 1,371.7414.021
mak7 4,801.1013.834
blink2 1,371.7413.781
kingdom2 1,371.7413.555
jist9 6,172.8412.197
gonnae3 2,057.6112.161
awfie2 1,371.7412.105
he'll2 1,371.7412.105
swatch2 1,371.7411.957
show3 2,057.6111.617
gan3 2,057.6111.387
laddie3 2,057.6111.210
he'd3 2,057.6111.039
new6 4,115.2310.467
the115 78,875.1710.261
wid7 4,801.109.961
cheer2 1,371.749.878
wurds2 1,371.749.634
hoose6 4,115.239.366
keek2 1,371.749.259
cannae4 2,743.488.984
they14 9,602.198.826
whether2 1,371.748.791
wunner2 1,371.748.667
jouksters5 3,429.36nan
haill2 1,371.748.320
boys2 1,371.747.904
runnin2 1,371.747.759
said7 4,801.107.614
ye're2 1,371.747.400
wanted2 1,371.746.998
tak5 3,429.366.828
fowk7 4,801.106.745
ye'll2 1,371.746.671
were6 4,115.236.648
shair2 1,371.746.637
if7 4,801.106.488
took3 2,057.616.485
awa6 4,115.236.346
thocht5 3,429.366.273
greetin2 1,371.746.188
onybody2 1,371.745.820
her2 1,371.745.696
rid2 1,371.745.637
quo2 1,371.745.612
world2 1,371.745.562
kept2 1,371.745.346
deep2 1,371.745.300
doon8 5,486.975.211
whit8 5,486.975.146
room3 2,057.615.084
it9 6,172.844.827
a'bdy3 2,057.61nan
so5 3,429.364.792
look3 2,057.614.744
when5 3,429.364.634
held2 1,371.744.570
sicht2 1,371.744.552
yon3 2,057.614.275
bonnie2 1,371.744.150
himsel2 1,371.744.135
whiles2 1,371.743.998
makkin2 1,371.743.840
joukster5 3,429.36nan
iver3 2,057.6111.524
haein2 1,371.743.757
wan3 2,057.613.483
cried2 1,371.743.424
twa5 3,429.363.346
ee2 1,371.743.273
flunkies2 1,371.74nan
sun2 1,371.743.173
up2 1,371.743.059
aye5 3,429.362.998
wisnae2 1,371.742.914
than4 2,743.482.738
wis21 14,403.292.316
feel2 1,371.742.252
gien2 1,371.742.201
fur7 4,801.102.200
no7 4,801.102.099
on5 3,429.362.092
their5 3,429.361.989
could3 2,057.611.914
ah5 3,429.361.891
richt4 2,743.481.838
are4 2,743.481.835
need2 1,371.741.783
pit3 2,057.611.690
for5 3,429.361.450
this3 2,057.611.430
oor4 2,743.481.386
fae2 1,371.741.278
lang3 2,057.611.214
oot9 6,172.841.174
there6 4,115.231.133
wee5 3,429.361.043
ma9 6,172.840.931
be5 3,429.360.843
afore3 2,057.610.815
seen2 1,371.740.813
whaur2 1,371.740.695
ken3 2,057.610.617
gie2 1,371.740.604
think2 1,371.740.563
cam2 1,371.740.516
that12 8,230.450.419
back2 1,371.740.373
him5 3,429.360.306
day2 1,371.740.278
but7 4,801.100.270
at8 5,486.970.202
a40 27,434.840.181
ye9 6,172.840.164
noo3 2,057.610.161
guid2 1,371.740.142
as10 6,858.710.139
o28 19,204.390.139
wi12 8,230.450.117
we5 3,429.360.107
aboot5 3,429.360.101
hae4 2,743.480.098
ither2 1,371.740.079
yer3 2,057.610.056
dae2 1,371.740.038
sae2 1,371.740.035
ower3 2,057.610.020
me5 3,429.360.009
get2 1,371.740.004
in23 15,775.030.003
had2 1,371.740.002
tae31 21,262.000.001
mair3 2,057.610.000