A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Lucy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,589
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 677
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.824
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, wis, tae, ma, me, da, that, it,

List of texts in corpus

nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish
Association for Scottish Literature (2023-08-07 ) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (2,589 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
and100 38,624.95188.203
didnae23 8,883.7494.910
all19 7,338.7491.723
da43 16,608.7390.466
ad11 4,248.7483.284
me43 16,608.7372.890
fishes7 2,703.7571.805
always12 4,634.9971.338
wendy7 2,703.7569.606
a153 59,096.1863.043
ma45 17,381.2359.876
mad10 3,862.5058.817
of26 10,042.4958.467
wit10 3,862.5056.078
race9 3,476.2556.013
clyde7 2,703.7555.117
them26 10,042.4952.135
dug12 4,634.9950.072
old8 3,090.0048.326
having6 2,317.5046.951
pond6 2,317.5045.686
cos10 3,862.5045.582
when20 7,724.9945.173
fir16 6,179.9944.970
were20 7,724.9941.963
fish9 3,476.2541.857
beans5 1,931.2541.797
pups4 1,545.0040.371
crying4 1,545.0035.659
supper6 2,317.5035.281
swedish5 1,931.2535.080
saying5 1,931.2532.398
dugs7 2,703.7531.912
other8 3,090.0031.668
wee23 8,883.7431.506
anymare4 1,545.0030.657
wis58 22,402.4728.610
scones4 1,545.0028.063
feeding3 1,158.7527.696
school7 2,703.7527.437
jist18 6,952.4927.118
shaking3 1,158.7526.458
cute3 1,158.7525.438
thought6 2,317.5025.122
kitchen6 2,317.5025.023
one7 2,703.7524.478
floor4 1,545.0024.292
around4 1,545.0023.767
mattress3 1,158.7523.147
wisnae8 3,090.0022.967
die4 1,545.0022.171
belly4 1,545.0021.968
breakfast4 1,545.0021.771
sweeties4 1,545.0021.578
proud4 1,545.0021.207
ladies3 1,158.7521.046
bacon3 1,158.7521.046
lads5 1,931.2520.967
faster3 1,158.7520.620
those5 1,931.2520.576
coach3 1,158.7520.224
bonkers2 772.5020.184
trembling2 772.5020.184
ruffle2 772.5020.184
panting2 772.5020.184
fridays2 772.5020.184
went9 3,476.2519.565
scary3 1,158.7519.504
excited3 1,158.7519.504
making3 1,158.7519.174
porridge3 1,158.7519.174
like21 8,111.2419.091
whatever3 1,158.7518.863
ones2 772.5018.463
wit's2 772.5018.463
killing2 772.5018.463
bad6 2,317.5018.058
much7 2,703.7517.625
over4 1,545.0017.550
you16 6,179.9916.749
so12 4,634.9916.745
started5 1,931.2516.388
crumbs2 772.5016.380
sprinted2 772.5016.380
things8 3,090.0016.360
but25 9,656.2415.675
leash2 772.5015.647
aboot21 8,111.2415.457
ate3 1,158.7515.343
have6 2,317.5015.148
too5 1,931.2515.072
fast4 1,545.0015.042
babies2 772.5015.031
training2 772.5015.031
laughing2 772.5015.031
starting2 772.5015.031
anything3 1,158.7514.871
hug2 772.5014.030
playing2 772.5014.030
heeds2 772.5014.030
scared2 772.5013.612
pal4 1,545.0013.438
matter3 1,158.7513.417
morning3 1,158.7513.302
liked3 1,158.7512.865
going3 1,158.7512.761
bag4 1,545.0012.728
looked5 1,931.2512.634
window2 772.5012.575
legs4 1,545.0012.508
tin3 1,158.7512.363
said12 4,634.9912.337
biscuits2 772.5012.283
running2 772.5012.283
could9 3,476.2512.187
springs2 772.5012.011
hair5 1,931.2511.952
cupboard2 772.5011.758
sweetie2 772.5011.758
watching2 772.5011.758
sore2 772.5011.758
wioot3 1,158.7511.730
ground2 772.5011.296
spat2 772.5011.296
done4 1,545.0010.965
boys3 1,158.7510.866
sometimes3 1,158.7510.653
gave3 1,158.7510.516
after3 1,158.7510.448
bones2 772.5010.339
thinking2 772.5010.339
size3 1,158.7510.251
peas2 772.5010.174
slept2 772.5010.015
couldnae4 1,545.0010.009
trying2 772.509.863
pocket2 772.509.863
because4 1,545.009.863
big7 2,703.759.835
getting3 1,158.759.702
feed3 1,158.759.588
water3 1,158.759.588
being3 1,158.759.588
woke2 772.509.577
everything2 772.509.577
chips2 772.509.441
ootside4 1,545.009.345
baby2 772.509.062
shot3 1,158.758.521
whole2 772.508.506
maybe3 1,158.758.431
eat3 1,158.758.342
had10 3,862.508.153
how5 1,931.258.023
wendy's3 1,158.75nan
sat4 1,545.007.989
that41 15,836.237.979
stop3 1,158.757.961
even7 2,703.757.953
told2 772.507.935
he'd3 1,158.757.881
folk5 1,931.257.849
knew2 772.507.848
died2 772.507.763
eggs2 772.507.520
loved2 772.507.520
house2 772.507.442
cheek2 772.507.442
did7 2,703.757.397
plastic2 772.507.292
bedroom2 772.507.219
fed2 772.506.943
telt6 2,317.506.895
then8 3,090.006.849
son3 1,158.756.719
win5 1,931.256.702
feart3 1,158.756.688
line3 1,158.756.688
they'd2 772.506.686
that's4 1,545.006.602
eyes3 1,158.756.566
really4 1,545.006.561
say7 2,703.756.497
especially2 772.506.226
usual2 772.506.172
know4 1,545.006.154
throw2 772.506.119
would3 1,158.756.084
ran3 1,158.756.004
sent3 1,158.755.925
leg2 772.505.820
death2 772.505.726
walked2 772.505.726
jim2 772.505.590
nae2 772.505.545
family2 772.505.503
dae8 3,090.005.489
same5 1,931.255.460
deed2 772.505.460
grew2 772.505.375
stairs2 772.505.253
think6 2,317.505.211
realised2 772.505.097
where3 1,158.755.022
wanted2 772.504.985
something3 1,158.754.900
sure3 1,158.754.900
way3 1,158.754.840
get8 3,090.004.627
no13 5,021.244.537
listen2 772.504.417
hand2 772.504.387
might2 772.504.298
at9 3,476.254.269
hard3 1,158.754.238
fair4 1,545.004.226
am3 1,158.754.222
drink2 772.504.073
some8 3,090.003.980
got6 2,317.503.855
park2 772.503.815
sorry2 772.503.718
took3 1,158.753.610
as9 3,476.253.552
still5 1,931.253.467
leave2 772.503.300
wi12 4,634.993.298
now2 772.503.259
came3 1,158.753.240
real2 772.503.220
wae5 1,931.253.142
thing4 1,545.003.116
in30 11,587.492.960
oot17 6,566.242.942
the131 50,598.692.938
take2 772.502.888
night2 772.502.803
das2 772.50nan
dinnae3 1,158.752.779
his9 3,476.252.689
people2 772.502.689
away2 772.502.596
good2 772.502.550
tried2 772.502.477
look3 1,158.752.421
be8 3,090.002.273
go3 1,158.752.165
yer8 3,090.002.110
few2 772.501.989
next2 772.501.966
open2 772.501.910
cried2 772.501.713
felt2 772.501.580
up14 5,407.491.457
again4 1,545.001.446
they14 5,407.491.396
well2 772.501.375
ye10 3,862.501.182
though2 772.501.125
help2 772.501.105
cannae2 772.500.943
doon8 3,090.000.923
hear2 772.500.897
heard2 772.500.822
he27 10,428.740.788
saw2 772.500.756
there9 3,476.250.754
been3 1,158.750.739
room2 772.500.686
made3 1,158.750.621
we8 3,090.000.560
gie3 1,158.750.525
need2 772.500.525
while2 772.500.521
their6 2,317.500.509
back7 2,703.750.484
fae9 3,476.250.460
keep2 772.500.441
see3 1,158.750.348
trouts2 772.50nan
only2 772.500.343
three2 772.500.303
afore4 1,545.000.259
by5 1,931.250.221
it33 12,746.230.217
day6 2,317.500.189
him8 3,090.000.169
man2 772.500.150
tae58 22,402.470.107
aff4 1,545.000.097
fussing2 772.50nan
gummies2 772.50nan
intae5 1,931.250.087
time4 1,545.000.082
on17 6,566.240.064
or9 3,476.250.029
us3 1,158.750.027
ken3 1,158.750.026
loaf-ends2 772.50nan
her14 5,407.490.027
door2 772.500.019
bit7 2,703.750.017
she13 5,021.240.005
if4 1,545.000.004
it's2 772.500.000