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 14,510.28160.055
fir16 19,347.0480.319
deaf6 7,255.1470.573
bairnie4 4,836.7640.404
latin5 6,045.9538.385
tick4 4,836.7632.557
french5 6,045.9531.008
helicopter3 3,627.5727.029
thon8 9,673.5226.880
rebellion3 3,627.5725.969
diet3 3,627.5724.799
stereotype2 2,418.3823.023
jaikit2 2,418.3823.023
instagram2 2,418.3821.840
joke3 3,627.5721.599
concepts2 2,418.3820.933
oniebody2 2,418.3820.933
column2 2,418.3818.569
culture4 4,836.7618.118
airticle3 3,627.5717.461
deif2 2,418.3816.530
a46 55,622.7316.060
luiks2 2,418.3814.346
baby2 2,418.3813.779
journey2 2,418.3813.779
photies2 2,418.3813.524
labour3 3,627.5713.224
stert3 3,627.5713.083
generation2 2,418.3812.547
english5 6,045.9512.300
greek2 2,418.3812.094
monie3 3,627.5711.840
freens2 2,418.3811.613
follae2 2,418.3810.989
terms2 2,418.3810.926
usual2 2,418.3810.623
aw8 9,673.5210.257
frae7 8,464.3310.099
oan6 7,255.1410.033
hings2 2,418.389.479
feed2 2,418.389.271
sort2 2,418.389.230
yaise2 2,418.389.191
s15 18,137.858.854
warld3 3,627.578.655
modren2 2,418.388.572
minority2 2,418.388.472
box2 2,418.388.344
disnae2 2,418.387.312
aften2 2,418.387.219
agin2 2,418.386.422
claes2 2,418.386.297
bonnie2 2,418.386.194
o28 33,857.326.115
speak2 2,418.385.854
haein2 2,418.385.763
leids2 2,418.385.253
wis3 3,627.574.639
coorse2 2,418.384.610
wirds2 2,418.384.071
ma8 9,673.523.919
fowk4 4,836.763.918
wey3 3,627.573.712
is10 12,091.903.705
thae2 2,418.383.633
lik2 2,418.383.414
and2 2,418.383.004
whan3 3,627.572.950
leid2 2,418.382.498
the38 45,949.212.444
ken3 3,627.572.444
syne2 2,418.382.235
hid3 3,627.572.121
some3 3,627.572.066
whit4 4,836.761.991
but6 7,255.141.888
jist3 3,627.571.872
did2 2,418.381.793
year2 2,418.381.691
them3 3,627.571.604
me5 6,045.951.541
millennial2 2,418.38nan
gin2 2,418.381.891
no4 4,836.761.222
in17 20,556.231.219
scotland2 2,418.381.059
ll2 2,418.380.909
that11 13,301.090.901
wi4 4,836.760.869
dae2 2,418.380.798
m2 2,418.380.684
us2 2,418.380.683
aff2 2,418.380.613
fatphobia2 2,418.38nan
oot2 2,418.380.748
ower3 3,627.570.612
up2 2,418.380.497
fluffy-luggit2 2,418.38nan
oor2 2,418.380.471
tae15 18,137.850.440
scots4 4,836.760.438
if2 2,418.380.366
can2 2,418.380.365
at4 4,836.760.350
like3 3,627.570.273
as4 4,836.760.233
d2 2,418.380.230
this4 4,836.760.208
an19 22,974.610.196
time2 2,418.380.165
his4 4,836.760.113
aboot2 2,418.380.089
it9 10,882.710.066
mair2 2,418.380.055
or3 3,627.570.037
doon2 2,418.380.024
they3 3,627.570.013
hae2 2,418.380.003