Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dempster, Michael

Punctuation analysis - Comparative word frequency analysis

Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,447
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 959
Ratio of total words to unique words - 4.637
Tagged as LAL (General Lallans) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, tae, o, it, in, ye, writin, thit,

List of texts in corpus

DIGNITY
Scots Language Centre (2021-06-01 ) in Lallans dialect, categorised as poetry (4,447 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	194	4362.49
an	184	4137.62
a	153	3440.52
tae	142	3193.16
o	107	2406.12
it	99	2226.22
in	72	1619.07
ye	67	1506.63
writin	63	1416.69
thit	61	1371.71
wey	57	1281.76
fir	55	1236.79
language	52	1169.33
wis	45	1011.92
aw	45	1011.92
as	44	989.43
scots	41	921.97
wi	41	921.97
that	41	921.97
fowk	40	899.48
english	33	742.07
whit	32	719.59
fae	31	697.1
their	29	652.13
juist	29	652.13
ain	29	652.13
it's	28	629.64
write	28	629.64
aboot	27	607.15
we	26	584.66
wir	26	584.66
they	26	584.66
on	24	539.69
talk	24	539.69
doon	24	539.69
kin	22	494.72
daein	21	472.23
there	21	472.23
mair	21	472.23
ma	21	472.23
or	20	449.74
is	20	449.74
wirds	20	449.74
no	20	449.74
thaim	19	427.25
oot	18	404.77
speakers	18	404.77
hou	18	404.77
them	18	404.77
ye'r	17	382.28
but	17	382.28
a'd	16	359.79
yer	15	337.31
see	15	337.31
hings	15	337.31
wan	15	337.31
lik	15	337.31
some	14	314.82
-	14	314.82
uise	14	314.82
richt	14	314.82
sae	13	292.33
at	13	292.33
dae	13	292.33
say	13	292.33
ither	12	269.84
masel	12	269.84
mibbie	12	269.84
stertit	12	269.84
same	12	269.84
then	12	269.84
readin	11	247.36
aye	11	247.36
throu	11	247.36
be	11	247.36
wans	10	224.87
wee	10	224.87
wirk	10	224.87
this	10	224.87
auld	9	202.38
talkin	9	202.38
disnae	9	202.38
afore	9	202.38
faur	9	202.38
were	9	202.38
yersel	9	202.38
intae	9	202.38
time	9	202.38
cuid	9	202.38
bit	9	202.38
me	9	202.38
pit	8	179.9
wance	8	179.9
read	8	179.9
got	8	179.9
wrote	8	179.9
uisin	8	179.9
ithers	8	179.9
pairt	8	179.9
if	8	179.9
nae	8	179.9
get	8	179.9
anither	8	179.9
talked	7	157.41
unnerstaun	7	157.41
up	7	157.41
been	7	157.41
lairnt	7	157.41
buiks	7	157.41
that's	7	157.41
whan	7	157.41
maist	7	157.41
want	7	157.41
ken	7	157.41
lairn	7	157.41
different	7	157.41
even	7	157.41
grammar	7	157.41
luik	7	157.41
literacy	6	134.92
wantit	6	134.92
wid	6	134.92
they're	6	134.92
efter	6	134.92
pittin	6	134.92
languages	6	134.92
wird	6	134.92
cannae	6	134.92
haed	6	134.92
latin	6	134.92
bits	6	134.92
wantin	6	134.92
are	5	112.44
here	5	112.44
thit's	5	112.44
cam	5	112.44
spellin	5	112.44
hiv	5	112.44
guid	5	112.44
mairks	5	112.44
spoken	5	112.44
ye'd	5	112.44
when	5	112.44
ye'v	5	112.44
luikin	5	112.44
stert	5	112.44
yit	5	112.44
wirkin	5	112.44
giein	5	112.44
went	5	112.44
spellins	5	112.44
vocabulary	5	112.44
vernacular	5	112.44
taen	5	112.44
us	5	112.44
like	5	112.44
somehin	5	112.44
sangs	5	112.44
thae	5	112.44
noo	5	112.44
writin's	5	112.44
by	5	112.44
communicatin	5	112.44
weys	5	112.44
tak	5	112.44
bein	5	112.44
knawledge	5	112.44
wisnae	5	112.44
for	5	112.44
aften	5	112.44
aff	4	89.95
literature	4	89.95
sing	4	89.95
sae's	4	89.95
stick	4	89.95
writing	4	89.95
wrang	4	89.95
dialects	4	89.95
normal	4	89.95
ainly	4	89.95
keep	4	89.95
tho	4	89.95
fun	4	89.95
memory	4	89.95
nummers	4	89.95
yins	4	89.95
caipture	4	89.95
we'v	4	89.95
spikkers	4	89.95
better	4	89.95
hit's	4	89.95
dinnae	4	89.95
weil	4	89.95
mind	4	89.95
wheen	4	89.95
need	4	89.95
day	4	89.95
stuff	4	89.95
mak	4	89.95
theirsels	3	67.46
expression	3	67.46
maistly	3	67.46
whaur	3	67.46
first	3	67.46
singers	3	67.46
awey	3	67.46
drap	3	67.46
ower	3	67.46
ask	3	67.46
century	3	67.46
proper	3	67.46
exactly	3	67.46
literate	3	67.46
to	3	67.46
opinions	3	67.46
forret	3	67.46
exceptions	3	67.46
actual	3	67.46
we'r	3	67.46
properly	3	67.46
come	3	67.46
soonds	3	67.46
process	3	67.46
eneuch	3	67.46
hunners	3	67.46
bother	3	67.46
year	3	67.46
haud	3	67.46
oniehin	3	67.46
translate	3	67.46
acause	3	67.46
features	3	67.46
faimily	3	67.46
pals	3	67.46
thon	3	67.46
listen	3	67.46
expressive	3	67.46
design	3	67.46
dignity	3	67.46
bad	3	67.46
tellin	3	67.46
culture	3	67.46
sumb'dy	3	67.46
pitten	3	67.46
fin	3	67.46
either	3	67.46
translatit	3	67.46
care	3	67.46
every	3	67.46
new	3	67.46
sorts	3	67.46
codification	3	67.46
lairnin	3	67.46
french	3	67.46
alphabet	3	67.46
hing	3	67.46
ur	3	67.46
dis	3	67.46
gie	3	67.46
athoot	3	67.46
centuries	3	67.46
comics	3	67.46
expectations	3	67.46
record	3	67.46
public	2	44.97
monie	2	44.97
common	2	44.97
heid	2	44.97
raelised	2	44.97
raelly	2	44.97
mistakes	2	44.97
writers	2	44.97
lot	2	44.97
duin	2	44.97
load	2	44.97
bi	2	44.97
hale	2	44.97
its	2	44.97
showin	2	44.97
explainin	2	44.97
stories	2	44.97
basically	2	44.97
tryin	2	44.97
experience	2	44.97
effective	2	44.97
pleys	2	44.97
ay	2	44.97
ye've	2	44.97
skills	2	44.97
comes	2	44.97
staunnart	2	44.97
urnae	2	44.97
unnerlyin	2	44.97
uised	2	44.97
oor	2	44.97
gien	2	44.97
onie	2	44.97
dictionaries	2	44.97
someb'dy	2	44.97
they'd	2	44.97
actors	2	44.97
seein	2	44.97
translation	2	44.97
lang	2	44.97
conventions	2	44.97
decidin	2	44.97
ne'er	2	44.97
sees	2	44.97
we've	2	44.97
they'v	2	44.97
skill	2	44.97
tried	2	44.97
feart	2	44.97
tool	2	44.97
easy	2	44.97
spoke	2	44.97
essays	2	44.97
haunnle	2	44.97
documents	2	44.97
abstraction	2	44.97
convincin	2	44.97
suits	2	44.97
communication	2	44.97
sayin	2	44.97
writer	2	44.97
across	2	44.97
growin	2	44.97
later	2	44.97
these	2	44.97
creative	2	44.97
haun	2	44.97
few	2	44.97
fowerteent	2	44.97
psychology	2	44.97
means	2	44.97
codified	2	44.97
a'll	2	44.97
hunner	2	44.97
ahin	2	44.97
than	2	44.97
daud	2	44.97
express	2	44.97
quite	2	44.97
cut	2	44.97
study	2	44.97
written	2	44.97
rael	2	44.97
whilst	2	44.97
stull	2	44.97
avoid	2	44.97
wirsels	2	44.97
so's	2	44.97
haunfae	2	44.97
variations	2	44.97
list	2	44.97
single	2	44.97
thegither	2	44.97
thoosans	2	44.97
settlin	2	44.97
simple	2	44.97
available	2	44.97
accent	2	44.97
believe	2	44.97
value	2	44.97
everyday	2	44.97
t	2	44.97
pincil	2	44.97
scientific	2	44.97
studyin	2	44.97
based	2	44.97
full	2	44.97
haes	2	44.97
idea	2	44.97
raelise	2	44.97
pynt	2	44.97
they've	2	44.97
nearhaun	2	44.97
names	2	44.97
jist	2	44.97
how	2	44.97
somethin	2	44.97
soond	2	44.97
thocht	2	44.97
appropriate	2	44.97
story	2	44.97
hauf	2	44.97
heard	2	44.97
lairning	2	44.97
haein	2	44.97
hear	2	44.97
won't	2	44.97
travel	2	44.97
ye're	2	44.97
classical	2	44.97
naen	2	44.97
wad	2	44.97
big	2	44.97
rock	2	44.97
self	2	44.97
wurnae	2	44.97
sense	2	44.97
makkin	2	44.97
else	2	44.97
hink	2	44.97
mean	2	44.97
evolved	2	44.97
generation	2	44.97
freeze	2	44.97
really	2	44.97
recordin	2	44.97
hae	2	44.97
gied	2	44.97
engine	2	44.97
a'm	2	44.97
didnae	2	44.97
cuidnae	2	44.97
paper	2	44.97
adays	2	44.97
clessroom	2	44.97
kept	2	44.97
iz	2	44.97
make	2	44.97
people	2	44.97
letters	2	44.97
twinty	2	44.97
not	2	44.97
ought	2	44.97
fair	2	44.97
name	2	44.97
best	2	44.97
phrases	2	44.97
stertin	2	44.97
challenges	2	44.97
aginst	2	44.97
representin	2	44.97
a'v	2	44.97