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 4,681.6563.451
ah33 30,898.8860.143
crackle4 3,745.3247.446
and32 29,962.5547.108
ae16 14,981.2741.873
wis37 34,644.1939.046
yased3 2,808.9934.582
an4 3,745.3231.848
me18 16,853.9331.032
huddin3 2,808.9929.863
maire4 3,745.3229.359
what8 7,490.6428.771
nuttin3 2,808.9923.537
though6 5,617.9822.741
presenter2 1,872.6621.995
unexpected2 1,872.6619.171
daughter2 1,872.6618.551
laugh3 2,808.9916.507
honestly2 1,872.6616.078
suttin2 1,872.6616.078
hud5 4,681.6515.410
musta2 1,872.6615.252
fitbaw2 1,872.6615.011
sat4 3,745.3214.329
oan8 7,490.6414.230
massel2 1,872.6614.173
dad3 2,808.9914.105
insteed2 1,872.6613.813
before3 2,808.9913.637
well4 3,745.3212.932
puss2 1,872.6612.764
soon3 2,808.9912.594
ah'm3 2,808.9912.432
thoat2 1,872.6612.158
obviously2 1,872.6612.047
start3 2,808.9911.826
now3 2,808.9911.755
foond2 1,872.6611.443
telly2 1,872.6611.443
never4 3,745.3211.235
fact3 2,808.9911.185
chance3 2,808.9911.154
ah'll2 1,872.6611.087
likes3 2,808.9911.060
loved2 1,872.6610.921
laughin2 1,872.6610.762
fuckin4 3,745.3210.686
the39 36,516.8510.591
so6 5,617.9810.220
certain2 1,872.6610.184
even5 4,681.6510.026
exactly2 1,872.669.926
she's2 1,872.669.684
change2 1,872.669.568
did5 4,681.659.562
thick2 1,872.668.895
wanted2 1,872.668.246
against2 1,872.668.129
that's3 2,808.998.017
as15 14,044.948.010
she'd2 1,872.667.835
quite2 1,872.667.596
playin2 1,872.667.466
aw8 7,490.647.421
answer2 1,872.667.161
jist6 5,617.987.115
right3 2,808.996.837
kent4 3,745.326.774
question2 1,872.666.748
kin3 2,808.996.695
there8 7,490.646.642
cos2 1,872.666.475
hing2 1,872.666.311
which3 2,808.996.281
pair2 1,872.666.199
other2 1,872.666.112
else2 1,872.666.048
each2 1,872.665.944
it22 20,599.255.885
she12 11,235.965.842
night2 1,872.665.804
least2 1,872.665.804
yae2 1,872.665.633
only3 2,808.995.470
table2 1,872.665.435
ever2 1,872.665.383
dad's2 1,872.66nan
cunt2 1,872.665.103
ma10 9,363.305.046
a20 18,726.594.731
huv2 1,872.664.691
fur7 6,554.314.679
if5 4,681.654.596
baith3 2,808.994.575
wife2 1,872.664.505
is2 1,872.664.428
hard2 1,872.664.403
by5 4,681.654.354
mean2 1,872.664.106
wae3 2,808.993.385
it's3 2,808.993.342
tae32 29,962.553.271
heard2 1,872.663.216
his11 10,299.633.152
how2 1,872.663.121
name2 1,872.663.021
but8 7,490.642.814
be2 1,872.662.813
him6 5,617.982.653
heid3 2,808.992.462
sae4 3,745.322.315
three2 1,872.662.295
wur2 1,872.662.263
then3 2,808.992.203
when3 2,808.992.154
that15 14,044.941.692
up7 6,554.311.684
yin2 1,872.661.478
they2 1,872.661.373
mind2 1,872.661.324
still2 1,872.661.314
again2 1,872.661.135
could2 1,872.661.051
see3 2,808.990.796
or5 4,681.650.563
aboot2 1,872.660.512
been3 2,808.990.477
no4 3,745.320.467
we3 2,808.990.412
dae2 1,872.660.366
her7 6,554.310.364
nae4 3,745.320.272
ken2 1,872.660.265
us2 1,872.660.263
bit2 1,872.660.226
this5 4,681.650.196
said2 1,872.660.177
in15 14,044.940.172
oot5 4,681.650.057
them2 1,872.660.053
he10 9,363.300.045
doon2 1,872.660.042
like3 2,808.990.015
at7 6,554.310.002
ladle'2 1,872.66nan
wee2 1,872.660.023
fae3 2,808.990.001