A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McFarlane, Ishbel

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 827
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 405
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.042
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, o, an, in, fir, s, tae, blah, that,

List of texts in corpus

Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?
The National (05-03-2020) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (317 words)

Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame
The National (30-01-2020) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (92 words)

Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones
The National (17-10-2019) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (244 words)

Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?
The National (21-11-2019) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as newspaper (174 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
blah12 14,510.28160.004
fir16 19,347.0480.253
deaf6 7,255.1470.548
bairnie4 4,836.7640.387
latin5 6,045.9538.364
tick4 4,836.7632.792
french5 6,045.9530.987
helicopter3 3,627.5727.017
thon8 9,673.5226.323
rebellion3 3,627.5725.957
diet3 3,627.5724.787
stereotype2 2,418.3824.739
instagram2 2,418.3823.014
jaikit2 2,418.3823.014
joke3 3,627.5721.743
concepts2 2,418.3820.925
oniebody2 2,418.3820.925
column2 2,418.3818.561
culture4 4,836.7618.414
airticle3 3,627.5717.449
deif2 2,418.3816.522
a46 55,622.7316.175
luiks2 2,418.3814.337
baby2 2,418.3813.771
journey2 2,418.3813.771
photies2 2,418.3813.516
labour3 3,627.5713.357
stert3 3,627.5713.071
generation2 2,418.3812.539
english5 6,045.9512.304
greek2 2,418.3812.086
monie3 3,627.5711.856
freens2 2,418.3811.605
follae2 2,418.3810.794
terms2 2,418.3810.733
usual2 2,418.3810.615
aw8 9,673.5210.406
oan6 7,255.1410.398
frae7 8,464.339.967
hings2 2,418.389.784
sort2 2,418.389.263
feed2 2,418.389.263
yaise2 2,418.389.222
s15 18,137.859.215
warld3 3,627.578.704
modren2 2,418.388.563
box2 2,418.388.400
minority2 2,418.388.152
aften2 2,418.387.234
disnae2 2,418.387.143
agin2 2,418.386.397
claes2 2,418.386.272
bonnie2 2,418.386.118
o28 33,857.326.027
haein2 2,418.385.741
speak2 2,418.385.624
leids2 2,418.384.806
wis3 3,627.574.667
coorse2 2,418.384.592
ma8 9,673.524.341
wirds2 2,418.384.064
fowk4 4,836.763.849
is10 12,091.903.694
wey3 3,627.573.680
thae2 2,418.383.575
lik2 2,418.383.407
and2 2,418.382.961
whan3 3,627.572.920
the38 45,949.212.483
millennial2 2,418.38nan
ken3 3,627.572.403
leid2 2,418.382.205
syne2 2,418.382.193
hid3 3,627.572.113
some3 3,627.572.064
whit4 4,836.762.037
but6 7,255.141.933
gin2 2,418.381.889
did2 2,418.381.814
jist3 3,627.571.809
me5 6,045.951.704
year2 2,418.381.692
them3 3,627.571.597
no4 4,836.761.260
in17 20,556.231.209
scotland2 2,418.381.054
ll2 2,418.380.960
that11 13,301.090.905
wi4 4,836.760.902
fatphobia2 2,418.38nan
dae2 2,418.380.822
m2 2,418.380.792
oot2 2,418.380.743
us2 2,418.380.675
aff2 2,418.380.611
ower3 3,627.570.597
up2 2,418.380.508
oor2 2,418.380.462
tae15 18,137.850.460
fluffy-luggit2 2,418.38nan
scots4 4,836.760.407
if2 2,418.380.394
can2 2,418.380.373
at4 4,836.760.365
like3 3,627.570.290
as4 4,836.760.247
an19 22,974.610.241
d2 2,418.380.237
this4 4,836.760.209
time2 2,418.380.172
his4 4,836.760.123
aboot2 2,418.380.095
it9 10,882.710.054
mair2 2,418.380.049
or3 3,627.570.029
doon2 2,418.380.026
they3 3,627.570.014
hae2 2,418.380.002