A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ross, Derek

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,182
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 586
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.017
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, in, tae, an, it, is, we, that,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,182 words)

Author word usage frequencies

WordCount Normalised
per million
the7462,605.75
o3327,918.78
a3227,072.76
in2117,766.50
tae1815,228.43
an1815,228.43
it1714,382.40
is1714,382.40
we1613,536.38
that1210,152.28
its1210,152.28
aa119,306.26
this119,306.26
but108,460.24
nae108,460.24
wis97,614.21
fir97,614.21
yer86,768.19
ah75,922.17
wey75,922.17
ye75,922.17
there65,076.14
feel65,076.14
stane65,076.14
up65,076.14
auld65,076.14
his65,076.14
wi65,076.14
as65,076.14
are65,076.14
time65,076.14
mair65,076.14
oan54,230.12
new54,230.12
tak54,230.12
stanes54,230.12
years54,230.12
tower43,384.09
thair43,384.09
wha43,384.09
yon43,384.09
throu43,384.09
here43,384.09
be43,384.09
intae43,384.09
wa43,384.09
juist43,384.09
forest43,384.09
can43,384.09
than32,538.07
place32,538.07
still32,538.07
yin32,538.07
oot32,538.07
read32,538.07
me32,538.07
he32,538.07
een32,538.07
frae32,538.07
alang32,538.07
tide32,538.07
nor32,538.07
anither32,538.07
upon32,538.07
haun32,538.07
ma32,538.07
luik32,538.07
whit32,538.07
bi32,538.07
line32,538.07
deep32,538.07
pages32,538.07
at32,538.07
gemme32,538.07
first32,538.07
on32,538.07
road32,538.07
doun32,538.07
stranraer32,538.07
oor32,538.07
haes32,538.07
lik32,538.07
scotland21,692.05
guid21,692.05
ain21,692.05
fuin21,692.05
doon21,692.05
day21,692.05
life21,692.05
side21,692.05
sae21,692.05
cottage21,692.05
eneuch21,692.05
things21,692.05
nevir21,692.05
ower21,692.05
tells21,692.05
same21,692.05
thae21,692.05
museum21,692.05
binds21,692.05
touch21,692.05
pier21,692.05
sel21,692.05
frien21,692.05
and21,692.05
wrapt21,692.05
son21,692.05
triers21,692.05
nou21,692.05
sun21,692.05
mony21,692.05
staunin21,692.05
name21,692.05
had21,692.05
wee21,692.05
victory21,692.05
deeper21,692.05
miss21,692.05
hae21,692.05
dunbae21,692.05
hame21,692.05
abbey21,692.05
team21,692.05
so21,692.05
waarm21,692.05
tuik21,692.05
aald21,692.05
said21,692.05
keep21,692.05
page21,692.05
yet21,692.05
while21,692.05
it's21,692.05
each21,692.05
air21,692.05
aboot21,692.05
somethin21,692.05
thir21,692.05
came21,692.05
no21,692.05
see21,692.05
trees21,692.05
rain21,692.05
lane21,692.05
walkin21,692.05
like21,692.05
leave21,692.05
too21,692.05
cauld21,692.05
landscape21,692.05
space21,692.05
dyke21,692.05
slowly21,692.05
histories21,692.05
us21,692.05
mind21,692.05
weel21,692.05
ah'm21,692.05
or21,692.05
ither21,692.05
last21,692.05
sense21,692.05