A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curran, Doug

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,120
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 904
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.345
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, a, o, wi, in, they, by, her,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,120 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
ina7 3,301.8962.791
window7 3,301.8961.844
the208 98,113.2151.122
by23 10,849.0649.941
sits7 3,301.8943.790
smiddy5 2,358.4943.785
horses5 2,358.4934.370
thir11 5,188.6834.111
whar7 3,301.8933.780
amangst4 1,886.7930.100
liam4 1,886.7929.215
heichts3 1,415.0927.651
huif3 1,415.0925.763
silent4 1,886.7924.845
bare5 2,358.4923.612
hemmer2 943.4020.981
dug's2 943.4020.981
anvil2 943.4020.981
auld13 6,132.0819.388
pu'd2 943.4019.259
wands2 943.4019.259
sperks2 943.4019.259
simmer5 2,358.4918.871
days8 3,773.5818.167
burnside2 943.4018.078
dancin3 1,415.0918.011
they23 10,849.0617.830
waarm3 1,415.0917.597
high5 2,358.4917.387
chris3 1,415.0917.212
soople2 943.4017.174
huifs2 943.4017.174
close5 2,358.4916.456
forge2 943.4016.441
wunnert2 943.4016.441
and2 943.4016.402
naa2 943.4015.823
caa'd2 943.4015.823
fireside2 943.4015.823
risin3 1,415.0914.935
getherin2 943.4014.821
slips2 943.4014.821
ower15 7,075.4713.980
watches2 943.4013.362
echo2 943.4013.362
lugs4 1,886.7913.352
stood4 1,886.7913.302
empty3 1,415.0913.225
chair3 1,415.0913.134
a36 16,981.1313.112
dances2 943.4013.069
ticht3 1,415.0912.869
dawn2 943.4012.796
sees3 1,415.0912.783
hears2 943.4012.542
growin3 1,415.0912.534
daurk3 1,415.0912.454
cam8 3,773.5812.408
while6 2,830.1912.115
glow2 943.4012.078
aye11 5,188.6812.013
she'll2 943.4011.866
folks2 943.4011.866
bleezin2 943.4011.866
danced2 943.4011.866
it10 4,716.9811.642
is3 1,415.0911.361
anither7 3,301.8911.148
lichtit2 943.4011.117
wid9 4,245.2811.050
aince4 1,886.7910.455
place6 2,830.1910.279
horse3 1,415.0910.205
granfaither2 943.4010.083
frae12 5,660.3810.046
stauns2 943.409.955
weans3 1,415.099.755
begins2 943.409.713
aroon4 1,886.799.578
turn4 1,886.799.330
lang8 3,773.589.283
laund2 943.409.272
wind3 1,415.099.042
wife4 1,886.799.039
fire4 1,886.798.836
corn2 943.408.785
hot2 943.408.607
an77 36,320.758.600
ee4 1,886.798.592
wa2 943.408.437
bricht3 1,415.098.381
sky3 1,415.098.345
tongue3 1,415.098.345
mark2 943.408.275
kist2 943.408.275
cheek2 943.408.197
queer2 943.408.045
abune2 943.408.045
syne6 2,830.197.936
windaes2 943.407.899
prood2 943.407.829
sit3 1,415.097.768
wecht2 943.407.624
thegither4 1,886.797.293
radio2 943.407.248
her21 9,905.667.241
fields2 943.407.189
wark4 1,886.796.769
busy2 943.406.649
then7 3,301.896.623
askit2 943.406.551
wir5 2,358.496.505
ulster2 943.406.503
hame6 2,830.196.477
upon2 943.406.362
saft2 943.406.316
wun2 943.406.227
amang3 1,415.096.055
blaw2 943.405.774
were7 3,301.895.621
bits2 943.405.445
dugs2 943.405.275
lik4 1,886.795.225
awa7 3,301.895.155
whaur5 2,358.495.111
door5 2,358.495.111
watch2 943.404.732
licht3 1,415.094.722
gate2 943.404.544
airms2 943.404.544
stane2 943.404.518
that12 5,660.384.516
aa9 4,245.284.501
wait2 943.404.492
but15 7,075.474.469
wi25 11,792.454.458
when6 2,830.194.359
world2 943.404.343
again5 2,358.494.266
deep2 943.404.065
aboot2 943.404.051
lost2 943.404.043
watter3 1,415.093.959
their8 3,773.583.934
buik2 943.403.914
men3 1,415.093.909
pair2 943.403.792
ilka3 1,415.093.762
time8 3,773.583.582
across2 943.403.489
westlan2 943.40nan
cauld3 1,415.093.485
oot4 1,886.793.416
faither3 1,415.093.398
broon2 943.403.349
ran2 943.403.332
agin2 943.403.106
ane5 2,358.493.062
nor4 1,886.793.048
wis14 6,603.773.042
sea2 943.402.942
shae2 943.402.927
bit2 943.402.899
white2 943.402.857
in24 11,320.752.778
een4 1,886.792.706
twa6 2,830.192.651
yon3 1,415.092.618
me3 1,415.092.611
new4 1,886.792.512
through3 1,415.092.436
o34 16,037.742.383
nicht4 1,886.792.341
hert2 943.402.334
brocht2 943.402.301
hae2 943.402.293
last3 1,415.092.251
ah7 3,301.892.198
cairnfield2 943.40nan
o'2 943.402.064
jist6 2,830.192.015
whit2 943.401.837
i8 3,773.581.829
tae37 17,452.831.730
his17 8,018.871.723
them6 2,830.191.680
mair2 943.401.614
noo6 2,830.191.604
young2 943.401.549
him3 1,415.091.498
or4 1,886.791.491
be7 3,301.891.452
intae6 2,830.191.362
haun2 943.401.261
some5 2,358.491.183
let2 943.401.161
years2 943.401.144
still3 1,415.091.049
side2 943.401.022
throu2 943.400.938
tho2 943.400.924
she14 6,603.770.842
for9 4,245.280.832
ae2 943.400.794
atween2 943.400.779
year3 1,415.090.754
afore4 1,886.790.746
maun2 943.400.739
my3 1,415.090.642
up6 2,830.190.628
on16 7,547.170.607
left2 943.400.568
can2 943.400.536
wee3 1,415.090.510
aff4 1,886.790.460
yer5 2,358.490.387
gaed2 943.400.362
fir2 943.400.328
man3 1,415.090.316
we7 3,301.890.261
bendie2 943.40nan
oan2 943.400.301
richt2 943.400.211
at12 5,660.380.211
day5 2,358.490.188
fin2 943.400.188
are2 943.400.170
ye10 4,716.980.163
nae7 3,301.890.143
he17 8,018.870.135
mind2 943.400.120
ma8 3,773.580.092
gin2 943.400.086
as12 5,660.380.080
mak2 943.400.063
like5 2,358.490.055
doon5 2,358.490.039
could2 943.400.037
sae3 1,415.090.033
back4 1,886.790.030
ain2 943.400.023
hoose2 943.400.013
first2 943.400.004
said3 1,415.090.003
was2 943.400.003
wey2 943.400.000
shaen3 1,415.09nan
cairt2 943.407.829