Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dempster, Michael

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,431
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 957
Ratio of total words to unique words - 4.63
Tagged as LAL (General Central) 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 Central dialect, categorised as poetry (4,431 words)

Author word usage frequencies

Word	Count	Normalised per 100,000
the	194	4378.24
an	184	4152.56
a	153	3452.95
tae	142	3204.69
o	107	2414.8
it	99	2234.26
in	72	1624.92
ye	67	1512.07
writin	63	1421.8
thit	61	1376.66
wey	57	1286.39
fir	55	1241.25
language	52	1173.55
wis	45	1015.57
aw	45	1015.57
as	44	993
wi	41	925.3
that	41	925.3
scots	41	925.3
fowk	40	902.73
english	33	744.75
whit	32	722.18
fae	31	699.62
their	29	654.48
juist	29	654.48
ain	29	654.48
it's	28	631.91
write	28	631.91
aboot	27	609.34
they	26	586.77
we	26	586.77
wir	26	586.77
on	24	541.64
doon	24	541.64
talk	24	541.64
kin	22	496.5
daein	21	473.93
mair	21	473.93
ma	21	473.93
there	21	473.93
or	20	451.37
no	20	451.37
is	20	451.37
wirds	20	451.37
thaim	19	428.8
oot	18	406.23
speakers	18	406.23
them	18	406.23
hou	18	406.23
but	17	383.66
ye'r	17	383.66
a'd	16	361.09
hings	15	338.52
yer	15	338.52
lik	15	338.52
wan	15	338.52
see	15	338.52
uise	14	315.96
some	14	315.96
richt	14	315.96
sae	13	293.39
at	13	293.39
say	13	293.39
dae	13	293.39
same	12	270.82
masel	12	270.82
then	12	270.82
stertit	12	270.82
ither	12	270.82
mibbie	12	270.82
be	11	248.25
throu	11	248.25
readin	11	248.25
aye	11	248.25
this	10	225.68
wirk	10	225.68
wee	10	225.68
wans	10	225.68
disnae	9	203.11
me	9	203.11
auld	9	203.11
faur	9	203.11
talkin	9	203.11
cuid	9	203.11
were	9	203.11
time	9	203.11
intae	9	203.11
yersel	9	203.11
afore	9	203.11
bit	9	203.11
ithers	8	180.55
nae	8	180.55
wance	8	180.55
get	8	180.55
anither	8	180.55
wrote	8	180.55
pit	8	180.55
uisin	8	180.55
pairt	8	180.55
got	8	180.55
read	8	180.55
if	8	180.55
lairnt	7	157.98
talked	7	157.98
lairn	7	157.98
ken	7	157.98
unnerstaun	7	157.98
buiks	7	157.98
whan	7	157.98
that's	7	157.98
want	7	157.98
different	7	157.98
even	7	157.98
been	7	157.98
maist	7	157.98
grammar	7	157.98
luik	7	157.98
up	7	157.98
pittin	6	135.41
efter	6	135.41
latin	6	135.41
bits	6	135.41
languages	6	135.41
wird	6	135.41
they're	6	135.41
literacy	6	135.41
wantit	6	135.41
wid	6	135.41
wantin	6	135.41
cannae	6	135.41
haed	6	135.41
went	5	112.84
thit's	5	112.84
mairks	5	112.84
here	5	112.84
ye'd	5	112.84
us	5	112.84
wirkin	5	112.84
vocabulary	5	112.84
hiv	5	112.84
spellins	5	112.84
sangs	5	112.84
cam	5	112.84
somehin	5	112.84
giein	5	112.84
ye'v	5	112.84
taen	5	112.84
when	5	112.84
vernacular	5	112.84
are	5	112.84
stert	5	112.84
spoken	5	112.84
luikin	5	112.84
like	5	112.84
spellin	5	112.84
guid	5	112.84
thae	5	112.84
yit	5	112.84
noo	5	112.84
tak	5	112.84
for	5	112.84
communicatin	5	112.84
by	5	112.84
writin's	5	112.84
knawledge	5	112.84
weys	5	112.84
bein	5	112.84
wisnae	5	112.84
aften	5	112.84
fun	4	90.27
aff	4	90.27
stick	4	90.27
literature	4	90.27
tho	4	90.27
sae's	4	90.27
memory	4	90.27
wrang	4	90.27
dialects	4	90.27
normal	4	90.27
ainly	4	90.27
keep	4	90.27
writing	4	90.27
yins	4	90.27
sing	4	90.27
day	4	90.27
wheen	4	90.27
better	4	90.27
need	4	90.27
spikkers	4	90.27
dinnae	4	90.27
weil	4	90.27
hit's	4	90.27
we'v	4	90.27
caipture	4	90.27
mak	4	90.27
nummers	4	90.27
stuff	4	90.27
mind	4	90.27
drap	3	67.7
maistly	3	67.7
theirsels	3	67.7
whaur	3	67.7
expression	3	67.7
singers	3	67.7
ower	3	67.7
century	3	67.7
awey	3	67.7
first	3	67.7
ask	3	67.7
proper	3	67.7
to	3	67.7
exactly	3	67.7
opinions	3	67.7
exceptions	3	67.7
forret	3	67.7
literate	3	67.7
we'r	3	67.7
properly	3	67.7
come	3	67.7
process	3	67.7
eneuch	3	67.7
actual	3	67.7
hunners	3	67.7
bother	3	67.7
oniehin	3	67.7
haud	3	67.7
translate	3	67.7
year	3	67.7
acause	3	67.7
features	3	67.7
faimily	3	67.7
pals	3	67.7
thon	3	67.7
listen	3	67.7
design	3	67.7
expressive	3	67.7
dignity	3	67.7
bad	3	67.7
sumb'dy	3	67.7
culture	3	67.7
every	3	67.7
new	3	67.7
tellin	3	67.7
fin	3	67.7
translatit	3	67.7
soonds	3	67.7
gie	3	67.7
ur	3	67.7
french	3	67.7
pitten	3	67.7
dis	3	67.7
athoot	3	67.7
record	3	67.7
hing	3	67.7
alphabet	3	67.7
sorts	3	67.7
care	3	67.7
lairnin	3	67.7
either	3	67.7
codification	3	67.7
expectations	3	67.7
centuries	3	67.7
comics	3	67.7
decidin	2	45.14
lang	2	45.14
tryin	2	45.14
raelly	2	45.14
ne'er	2	45.14
comes	2	45.14
heid	2	45.14
seein	2	45.14
skill	2	45.14
staunnart	2	45.14
mistakes	2	45.14
haunfae	2	45.14
common	2	45.14
ay	2	45.14
load	2	45.14
basically	2	45.14
variations	2	45.14
hale	2	45.14
monie	2	45.14
list	2	45.14
skills	2	45.14
uised	2	45.14
duin	2	45.14
lot	2	45.14
psychology	2	45.14
writers	2	45.14
unnerlyin	2	45.14
public	2	45.14
experience	2	45.14
conventions	2	45.14
translation	2	45.14
they'v	2	45.14
raelised	2	45.14
means	2	45.14
stories	2	45.14
bi	2	45.14
communication	2	45.14
pleys	2	45.14
ye've	2	45.14
tool	2	45.14
tried	2	45.14
gien	2	45.14
sees	2	45.14
effective	2	45.14
oor	2	45.14
fowerteent	2	45.14
actors	2	45.14
they'd	2	45.14
feart	2	45.14
onie	2	45.14
dictionaries	2	45.14
we've	2	45.14
someb'dy	2	45.14
urnae	2	45.14
freeze	2	45.14
value	2	45.14
believe	2	45.14
everyday	2	45.14
haun	2	45.14
convincin	2	45.14
accent	2	45.14
daud	2	45.14
haes	2	45.14
than	2	45.14
idea	2	45.14
scientific	2	45.14
essays	2	45.14
creative	2	45.14
written	2	45.14
haunnle	2	45.14
easy	2	45.14
documents	2	45.14
sayin	2	45.14
a'll	2	45.14
these	2	45.14
writer	2	45.14
abstraction	2	45.14
study	2	45.14
across	2	45.14
later	2	45.14
growin	2	45.14
express	2	45.14
full	2	45.14
settlin	2	45.14
single	2	45.14
available	2	45.14
codified	2	45.14
few	2	45.14
thoosans	2	45.14
thegither	2	45.14
its	2	45.14
showin	2	45.14
explainin	2	45.14
hunner	2	45.14
raelise	2	45.14
simple	2	45.14
whilst	2	45.14
wirsels	2	45.14
pincil	2	45.14
based	2	45.14
studyin	2	45.14
quite	2	45.14
cut	2	45.14
stull	2	45.14
spoke	2	45.14
ahin	2	45.14
rael	2	45.14
avoid	2	45.14
so's	2	45.14
suits	2	45.14
pynt	2	45.14
they've	2	45.14
nearhaun	2	45.14
names	2	45.14
jist	2	45.14
how	2	45.14
somethin	2	45.14
soond	2	45.14
thocht	2	45.14
appropriate	2	45.14
hauf	2	45.14
story	2	45.14
heard	2	45.14
lairning	2	45.14
haein	2	45.14
hear	2	45.14
won't	2	45.14
travel	2	45.14
ye're	2	45.14
classical	2	45.14
naen	2	45.14
wad	2	45.14
big	2	45.14
rock	2	45.14
self	2	45.14
wurnae	2	45.14
sense	2	45.14
makkin	2	45.14
else	2	45.14
hink	2	45.14
mean	2	45.14
evolved	2	45.14
generation	2	45.14
phrases	2	45.14
really	2	45.14
recordin	2	45.14
hae	2	45.14
gied	2	45.14
engine	2	45.14
a'm	2	45.14
didnae	2	45.14
cuidnae	2	45.14
paper	2	45.14
adays	2	45.14
clessroom	2	45.14
kept	2	45.14
iz	2	45.14
make	2	45.14
people	2	45.14
letters	2	45.14
twinty	2	45.14
not	2	45.14
ought	2	45.14
fair	2	45.14
name	2	45.14
best	2	45.14
stertin	2	45.14
challenges	2	45.14
a'v	2	45.14
representin	2	45.14
aginst	2	45.14