Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McAlpine, Joan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,544
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 914
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.783
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, scots, i, tae, that, is,

List of texts in corpus

Meeting of the Parliament
The Scottish Parliament (06-11-2019) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as government (2,544 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per million
the	141	55,424.53
a	62	24,371.07
and	60	23,584.91
in	58	22,798.74
o	46	18,081.76
scots	45	17,688.68
i	44	17,295.60
tae	44	17,295.60
that	43	16,902.52
is	41	16,116.35
an	34	13,364.78
it	31	12,185.53
language	30	11,792.45
they	26	10,220.13
doric	23	9,040.88
are	22	8,647.80
s	19	7,468.55
was	18	7,075.47
for	17	6,682.39
to	17	6,682.39
leid	15	5,896.23
there	15	5,896.23
have	15	5,896.23
this	14	5,503.14
as	14	5,503.14
but	14	5,503.14
spik	13	5,110.06
we	13	5,110.06
my	13	5,110.06
on	13	5,110.06
wi	12	4,716.98
be	12	4,716.98
folk	11	4,323.90
at	11	4,323.90
of	11	4,323.90
has	10	3,930.82
by	10	3,930.82
he	10	3,930.82
scottish	9	3,537.74
their	9	3,537.74
who	9	3,537.74
ye	9	3,537.74
motion	9	3,537.74
been	9	3,537.74
or	9	3,537.74
like	9	3,537.74
no	9	3,537.74
written	9	3,537.74
up	9	3,537.74
when	9	3,537.74
me	8	3,144.65
great	8	3,144.65
which	8	3,144.65
if	8	3,144.65
board	7	2,751.57
nae	7	2,751.57
scotland	7	2,751.57
government	7	2,751.57
national	7	2,751.57
english	7	2,751.57
support	6	2,358.49
gaelic	6	2,358.49
wis	6	2,358.49
poetry	6	2,358.49
just	6	2,358.49
macdonald	6	2,358.49
oor	6	2,358.49
had	6	2,358.49
first	6	2,358.49
year	5	1,965.41
she	5	1,965.41
dinna	5	1,965.41
parliament	5	1,965.41
spikkin	5	1,965.41
official	5	1,965.41
words	5	1,965.41
fae	5	1,965.41
here	5	1,965.41
his	5	1,965.41
fur	5	1,965.41
am	5	1,965.41
hae	5	1,965.41
guid	5	1,965.41
angus	5	1,965.41
ah	5	1,965.41
can	4	1,572.33
north-east	4	1,572.33
bit	4	1,572.33
him	4	1,572.33
mony	4	1,572.33
census	4	1,572.33
you	4	1,572.33
yin	4	1,572.33
were	4	1,572.33
wee	4	1,572.33
wid	4	1,572.33
group	4	1,572.33
think	4	1,572.33
one	4	1,572.33
dae	4	1,572.33
get	4	1,572.33
with	4	1,572.33
says	4	1,572.33
its	4	1,572.33
oh	4	1,572.33
could	4	1,572.33
better	4	1,572.33
pan	4	1,572.33
loaf	4	1,572.33
new	4	1,572.33
them	4	1,572.33
aa	4	1,572.33
would	4	1,572.33
spoke	4	1,572.33
braw	4	1,572.33
time	4	1,572.33
speak	3	1,179.25
ain	3	1,179.25
should	3	1,179.25
such	3	1,179.25
try	3	1,179.25
awards	3	1,179.25
long	3	1,179.25
through	3	1,179.25
hear	3	1,179.25
day	3	1,179.25
thank	3	1,179.25
very	3	1,179.25
part	3	1,179.25
poems	3	1,179.25
whit	3	1,179.25
culture	3	1,179.25
peter	3	1,179.25
happy	3	1,179.25
mair	3	1,179.25
so	3	1,179.25
book	3	1,179.25
vyce	3	1,179.25
from	3	1,179.25
jack	3	1,179.25
leids	3	1,179.25
lot	3	1,179.25
uk	3	1,179.25
speaker	3	1,179.25
susi	3	1,179.25
weans	3	1,179.25
richt	3	1,179.25
yer	3	1,179.25
help	3	1,179.25
gies	3	1,179.25
ma	3	1,179.25
not	3	1,179.25
few	3	1,179.25
bòrd	3	1,179.25
gàidhlig	3	1,179.25
thanks	3	1,179.25
na	3	1,179.25
twa	3	1,179.25
seen	3	1,179.25
recognition	3	1,179.25
buchan	3	1,179.25
also	3	1,179.25
absolutely	3	1,179.25
already	3	1,179.25
joan	3	1,179.25
mcalpine	3	1,179.25
didna	3	1,179.25
though	3	1,179.25
debate	3	1,179.25
posh	3	1,179.25
noo	3	1,179.25
say	3	1,179.25
indigenous	3	1,179.25
ither	3	1,179.25
born	3	1,179.25
spoken	3	1,179.25
oot	2	786.16
aye	2	786.16
artists	2	786.16
gie	2	786.16
supported	2	786.16
our	2	786.16
month	2	786.16
tryin	2	786.16
creative	2	786.16
fair	2	786.16
scrievit	2	786.16
annoys	2	786.16
history	2	786.16
stuff	2	786.16
working	2	786.16
institute	2	786.16
award	2	786.16
higher	2	786.16
opportunity	2	786.16
some	2	786.16
elphinstone	2	786.16
til	2	786.16
stand	2	786.16
fir	2	786.16
wants	2	786.16
mine	2	786.16
once	2	786.16
nip	2	786.16
public	2	786.16
bred	2	786.16
brocht	2	786.16
skweel	2	786.16
meaning	2	786.16
went	2	786.16
heard	2	786.16
specific	2	786.16
sma	2	786.16
nebs	2	786.16
ask	2	786.16
really	2	786.16
campaign	2	786.16
thocht	2	786.16
forrit	2	786.16
mentioned	2	786.16
capener	2	786.16
chamber	2	786.16
cross-party	2	786.16
her	2	786.16
aboot	2	786.16
last	2	786.16
funding	2	786.16
previous	2	786.16
session	2	786.16
unique	2	786.16
ian	2	786.16
erse	2	786.16
henderson	2	786.16
hole	2	786.16
carrying	2	786.16
torn	2	786.16
stream	2	786.16
hamish	2	786.16
legacy	2	786.16
ever	2	786.16
held	2	786.16
these	2	786.16
pressure	2	786.16
said	2	786.16
under	2	786.16
ve	2	786.16
miss	2	786.16
evening	2	786.16
short	2	786.16
loonie	2	786.16
us	2	786.16
suddenly	2	786.16
five	2	786.16
school	2	786.16
chapman	2	786.16
fit	2	786.16
please	2	786.16
action	2	786.16
teacher	2	786.16
realise	2	786.16
bringing	2	786.16
course	2	786.16
qualifications	2	786.16
work	2	786.16
galloway	2	786.16
yon	2	786.16
diet	2	786.16
do	2	786.16
kent	2	786.16
awfy	2	786.16
ll	2	786.16
fowk	2	786.16
stuart	2	786.16
maist	2	786.16
intae	2	786.16
look	2	786.16
dinnae	2	786.16
freen	2	786.16
among	2	786.16
million	2	786.16
efter	2	786.16
wheen	2	786.16
nicht	2	786.16
speech	2	786.16
telt	2	786.16
makkin	2	786.16
will	2	786.16
unnerstaun	2	786.16
use	2	786.16
read	2	786.16
syne	2	786.16
atween	2	786.16
local	2	786.16
little	2	786.16
ca	2	786.16
ony	2	786.16
d	2	786.16
ower	2	786.16
weel	2	786.16
wrote	2	786.16
much	2	786.16
snp	2	786.16
where	2	786.16
sang	2	786.16
recently	2	786.16
south	2	786.16
looked	2	786.16
number	2	786.16
court	2	786.16
languages	2	786.16
back	2	786.16
media	2	786.16
way	2	786.16
growin	2	786.16
middleton	2	786.16