Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Evie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 648
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 323
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.006
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, wiz, that, ah, it, and, tae, an, wi,

List of texts in corpus

OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET
Largs Writers Group (2015-12-23) in Central (Largs) dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (648 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
wiz	17	26,234.57	85.767
helen	3	4,629.63	30.285
thur	5	7,716.05	29.758
hur	4	6,172.84	28.513
evie	2	3,086.42	25.724
hud	6	9,259.26	25.713
shair	4	6,172.84	25.083
crackers	2	3,086.42	23.999
glebe	2	3,086.42	23.999
jack	3	4,629.63	22.606
theatre	3	4,629.63	19.897
steve	2	3,086.42	18.741
did	6	9,259.26	18.672
tony	2	3,086.42	18.073
played	3	4,629.63	18.053
hats	2	3,086.42	17.503
broons	2	3,086.42	17.245
bucket	2	3,086.42	17.245
bloomin	2	3,086.42	17.245
hoaspital	2	3,086.42	17.245
quite	3	4,629.63	16.761
goat	4	6,172.84	16.650
jeanie	2	3,086.42	15.978
ah	14	21,604.94	15.855
kicked	2	3,086.42	15.020
tartan	2	3,086.42	13.708
but	10	15,432.10	12.604
magic	2	3,086.42	12.573
george	2	3,086.42	12.424
and	13	20,061.73	11.372
really	3	4,629.63	10.790
aw	7	10,802.47	10.162
pure	2	3,086.42	9.719
no	7	10,802.47	9.221
didnae	3	4,629.63	8.660
that	15	23,148.15	8.493
paper	2	3,086.42	8.259
sang	2	3,086.42	8.117
seems	2	3,086.42	7.849
wan	3	4,629.63	7.433
o	5	7,716.05	6.943
m	4	6,172.84	6.337
huv	2	3,086.42	6.069
wee	5	7,716.05	5.784
well	2	3,086.42	5.682
they	7	10,802.47	5.428
right	2	3,086.42	4.896
bill	2	3,086.42	4.852
wi	10	15,432.10	4.274
at	9	13,888.89	4.271
it	14	21,604.94	4.254
fae	5	7,716.05	3.827
she	7	10,802.47	3.039
oan	3	4,629.63	2.970
oanywey	2	3,086.42	nan
get	3	4,629.63	3.269
jist	3	4,629.63	2.815
made	2	3,086.42	2.795
mind	2	3,086.42	2.706
sayed	2	3,086.42	2.690
ve	2	3,086.42	2.463
wis	3	4,629.63	2.456
pit	2	3,086.42	2.194
doublt	2	3,086.42	nan
even	2	3,086.42	2.666
as	7	10,802.47	1.928
the	30	46,296.30	1.804
bi	2	3,086.42	1.432
an	12	18,518.52	1.350
some	2	3,086.42	0.998
there	3	4,629.63	0.857
lisp	2	3,086.42	nan
bit	3	4,629.63	0.869
grandpaw	2	3,086.42	nan
in	6	9,259.26	1.971
up	4	6,172.84	0.787
them	2	3,086.42	0.727
noo	2	3,086.42	0.685
he	4	6,172.84	0.527
time	2	3,086.42	0.501
mair	2	3,086.42	0.300
s	6	9,259.26	0.232
whit	2	3,086.42	0.217
a	21	32,407.41	0.214
fur	2	3,086.42	0.057
tae	13	20,061.73	0.056
oot	3	4,629.63	0.026
ma	3	4,629.63	0.008
or	2	3,086.42	0.005
aboot	2	3,086.42	0.003