A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Burnett, Mikey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,068
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 472
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.263
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, wis, ah, and, tae, it, a, me, ae, as,

List of texts in corpus

nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle
Association for Scottish Literature (2022-07-29 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,068 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
brooke5 4,681.6563.456
ah33 30,898.8855.675
crackle4 3,745.3247.450
and32 29,962.5546.729
ae16 14,981.2742.199
wis37 34,644.1939.097
yased3 2,808.9934.584
an4 3,745.3231.382
me18 16,853.9330.008
huddin3 2,808.9929.866
maire4 3,745.3229.363
what8 7,490.6428.867
nuttin3 2,808.9923.540
though6 5,617.9822.584
presenter2 1,872.6621.997
unexpected2 1,872.6619.173
daughter2 1,872.6618.018
laugh3 2,808.9916.428
honestly2 1,872.6616.080
suttin2 1,872.6616.080
musta2 1,872.6615.254
fitbaw2 1,872.6615.013
hud5 4,681.6514.908
sat4 3,745.3214.661
massel2 1,872.6614.175
dad3 2,808.9913.948
oan8 7,490.6413.891
insteed2 1,872.6613.815
before3 2,808.9913.071
puss2 1,872.6612.766
well4 3,745.3212.747
ah'm3 2,808.9912.434
soon3 2,808.9912.434
thoat2 1,872.6612.160
obviously2 1,872.6612.049
start3 2,808.9911.793
now3 2,808.9911.722
foond2 1,872.6611.445
telly2 1,872.6611.263
fact3 2,808.9911.220
ah'll2 1,872.6611.089
chance3 2,808.9911.063
likes3 2,808.9911.063
never4 3,745.3210.932
laughin2 1,872.6610.842
loved2 1,872.6610.686
fuckin4 3,745.3210.673
the39 36,516.8510.491
so6 5,617.9810.225
certain2 1,872.6610.186
even5 4,681.659.976
exactly2 1,872.669.866
she's2 1,872.669.686
did5 4,681.659.505
change2 1,872.669.458
thick2 1,872.668.897
wanted2 1,872.668.170
as15 14,044.948.152
against2 1,872.668.131
that's3 2,808.998.053
she'd2 1,872.667.837
quite2 1,872.667.598
playin2 1,872.667.343
aw8 7,490.647.326
jist6 5,617.987.287
answer2 1,872.667.020
right3 2,808.996.880
kent4 3,745.326.864
kin3 2,808.996.685
question2 1,872.666.673
there8 7,490.646.593
cos2 1,872.666.452
which3 2,808.996.307
pair2 1,872.666.223
hing2 1,872.666.157
other2 1,872.666.050
else2 1,872.666.029
each2 1,872.665.946
night2 1,872.665.787
it22 20,599.255.750
least2 1,872.665.729
she12 11,235.965.694
yae2 1,872.665.635
table2 1,872.665.635
only3 2,808.995.550
ever2 1,872.665.233
a20 18,726.594.792
dad's2 1,872.66nan
cunt2 1,872.665.105
baith3 2,808.994.677
fur7 6,554.314.546
ma10 9,363.304.529
wife2 1,872.664.493
if5 4,681.654.466
is2 1,872.664.426
by5 4,681.654.399
huv2 1,872.664.392
hard2 1,872.664.355
mean2 1,872.664.085
wae3 2,808.993.403
it's3 2,808.993.349
tae32 29,962.553.335
his11 10,299.633.233
heard2 1,872.663.194
how2 1,872.663.138
name2 1,872.663.007
be2 1,872.662.806
but8 7,490.642.744
him6 5,617.982.683
heid3 2,808.992.418
three2 1,872.662.341
sae4 3,745.322.334
wur2 1,872.662.200
then3 2,808.992.187
when3 2,808.992.006
up7 6,554.311.714
that15 14,044.941.692
yin2 1,872.661.487
they2 1,872.661.349
still2 1,872.661.322
mind2 1,872.661.315
again2 1,872.661.106
could2 1,872.661.057
see3 2,808.990.791
or5 4,681.650.600
aboot2 1,872.660.496
been3 2,808.990.467
no4 3,745.320.447
we3 2,808.990.396
her7 6,554.310.390
dae2 1,872.660.355
nae4 3,745.320.279
ken2 1,872.660.277
us2 1,872.660.269
bit2 1,872.660.224
this5 4,681.650.194
said2 1,872.660.183
in15 14,044.940.170
he10 9,363.300.057
them2 1,872.660.056
oot5 4,681.650.056
doon2 1,872.660.043
wee2 1,872.660.026
ladle'2 1,872.66nan
like3 2,808.990.011
at7 6,554.310.004
fae3 2,808.990.000