A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Scott, Hamish

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,155
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.572
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, wi, wis, it, he, a, his, for,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (807 words)
Lallans 82 - Edinburgh
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (51 words)
Lallans 75 - Televeision
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (297 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
lan7 6,060.6153.758
sum7 6,060.6143.556
thair12 10,389.6136.364
v6 5,194.8135.909
jeems5 4,329.0035.870
ceity4 3,463.2035.413
tales5 4,329.0034.859
life10 8,658.0134.693
an65 56,277.0632.570
thare7 6,060.6131.875
tv5 4,329.0031.759
naitur4 3,463.2027.546
sein4 3,463.2027.364
redd4 3,463.2025.602
ti12 10,389.6125.549
hame-gaun2 1,731.6023.405
se3 2,597.4023.352
thai6 5,194.8123.174
aa12 10,389.6121.143
wi25 21,645.0220.524
granbairns2 1,731.6019.593
wynd2 1,731.6018.857
fowk10 8,658.0118.521
towmond2 1,731.6018.238
steers2 1,731.6018.238
things6 5,194.8117.864
toun4 3,463.2017.338
bairns6 5,194.8117.263
souns2 1,731.6016.811
fields3 2,597.4016.567
tentie2 1,731.6016.431
stance2 1,731.6016.084
wark5 4,329.0015.680
the101 87,445.8915.559
stanes3 2,597.4015.420
eikin2 1,731.6015.197
smells2 1,731.6014.940
janet2 1,731.6014.473
apen2 1,731.6014.473
sichts2 1,731.6014.259
bein6 5,194.8114.025
throu5 4,329.0013.989
unco3 2,597.4013.986
tho5 4,329.0013.910
wirkit2 1,731.6013.862
existence2 1,731.6013.678
his18 15,584.4213.330
whar3 2,597.4013.184
hail3 2,597.4012.663
uised3 2,597.4012.618
our3 2,597.4012.529
we14 12,121.2112.487
edinburgh3 2,597.4011.944
haed6 5,194.8111.939
fremmit2 1,731.6011.739
its7 6,060.6111.618
ainlie2 1,731.6011.527
bible2 1,731.6010.954
hairst2 1,731.6010.229
wirkin2 1,731.609.439
lik4 3,463.209.194
growin2 1,731.609.154
hame5 4,329.008.694
mukkil2 1,731.608.594
field2 1,731.608.455
faimlie2 1,731.608.068
for15 12,987.018.013
hir3 2,597.408.001
a19 16,450.227.849
he20 17,316.027.580
thaim5 4,329.007.388
kintra-side3 2,597.40nan
warld3 2,597.406.897
bade2 1,731.606.868
land2 1,731.606.839
toun-bred3 2,597.40nan
kintra2 1,731.606.782
screin3 2,597.40nan
wis22 19,047.627.195
mynd2 1,731.606.782
factorie2 1,731.60nan
stane2 1,731.606.698
ain5 4,329.006.602
syne4 3,463.206.585
een4 3,463.206.160
bodie2 1,731.605.763
in9 7,792.215.599
close2 1,731.605.482
him8 6,926.415.456
year4 3,463.205.426
sense2 1,731.605.406
is2 1,731.605.192
place3 2,597.404.734
hert2 1,731.604.273
mair6 5,194.813.856
ferm-toun3 2,597.40nan
forby2 1,731.604.750
til3 2,597.403.728
wad4 3,463.203.701
eneuch2 1,731.603.669
it21 18,181.823.531
thon3 2,597.403.198
en2 1,731.603.184
maist3 2,597.403.122
nou2 1,731.602.936
faither2 1,731.602.874
saw2 1,731.602.874
aw6 5,194.812.869
auld4 3,463.202.741
cud2 1,731.602.697
o32 27,705.632.590
wey3 2,597.402.278
sic2 1,731.602.064
wir2 1,731.601.725
this2 1,731.601.656
ither3 2,597.401.610
tell2 1,731.601.577
afore3 2,597.401.447
on10 8,658.011.036
cam2 1,731.600.975
at10 8,658.010.798
thocht2 1,731.600.790
aboot2 1,731.600.719
watcht2 1,731.60nan
first2 1,731.600.690
got2 1,731.600.660
hae4 3,463.200.544
i5 4,329.000.519
as9 7,792.210.479
but6 5,194.810.463
no2 1,731.600.387
whan2 1,731.600.332
s7 6,060.610.303
bi2 1,731.600.285
that13 11,255.410.220
us2 1,731.600.173
whit3 2,597.400.098
aye2 1,731.600.052
day2 1,731.600.024
frae2 1,731.600.023
or4 3,463.200.011
fae3 2,597.400.010