A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Bryden, Hugh

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,674
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 877
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.909
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, ye, ah, in, an, yer, tae, o, mate,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,674 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
mate16 9,557.95114.865
yir12 7,168.4664.133
yer24 14,336.9257.878
paint6 3,584.2347.311
ye35 20,908.0043.196
art4 2,389.4930.697
ah32 19,115.8930.528
dumfries3 1,792.1126.429
van4 2,389.4921.520
misst2 1,194.7420.209
sublime2 1,194.7420.209
watcht2 1,194.7420.209
turner2 1,194.7420.209
metaphor2 1,194.7419.028
swirlin2 1,194.7419.028
whin5 2,986.8618.099
bairn's2 1,194.7417.388
wur7 4,181.6016.712
pint3 1,792.1116.451
ties2 1,194.7416.236
wuz2 1,194.7416.236
thit's2 1,194.7416.236
boab2 1,194.7414.967
airtists2 1,194.7414.621
balloon2 1,194.7414.621
louder2 1,194.7413.736
painted2 1,194.7413.481
jist10 5,973.7213.025
fags2 1,194.7413.016
voice4 2,389.4912.875
folks2 1,194.7412.600
hus3 1,792.1111.929
wir6 3,584.2311.922
chappin2 1,194.7411.883
fag2 1,194.7411.723
thum3 1,792.1111.651
vision2 1,194.7411.569
pure3 1,792.1111.335
drum2 1,194.7411.010
smile3 1,792.1110.619
true3 1,792.1110.316
gither2 1,194.7410.299
mental2 1,194.7410.299
ah'm3 1,792.119.911
faither's2 1,194.749.891
yous2 1,194.749.795
tae19 11,350.069.687
o18 10,752.699.622
wis6 3,584.239.524
soun2 1,194.749.351
thur3 1,792.119.324
burst2 1,194.749.268
late3 1,792.119.054
writers2 1,194.748.954
number2 1,194.748.462
thit4 2,389.498.209
sound2 1,194.748.147
kin4 2,389.497.817
faces2 1,194.747.748
faither4 2,389.497.687
mi2 1,194.747.538
she2 1,194.747.469
thin2 1,194.747.438
on3 1,792.117.175
breath2 1,194.746.890
hair3 1,792.116.770
rembrandt3 1,792.11nan
bare2 1,194.746.933
th2 1,194.746.646
still5 2,986.866.519
those2 1,194.746.344
press2 1,194.746.238
ma15 8,960.576.108
face4 2,389.496.086
wee9 5,376.345.990
show2 1,194.745.752
an28 16,726.405.711
born2 1,194.745.692
light2 1,194.745.692
could5 2,986.865.651
gan2 1,194.745.605
form2 1,194.745.464
airt2 1,194.745.329
but13 7,765.834.927
must2 1,194.744.863
hiv3 1,792.114.490
each2 1,194.744.341
that9 5,376.344.133
miss2 1,194.744.033
thir3 1,792.113.921
inside2 1,194.743.866
at5 2,986.863.832
two2 1,194.743.802
a63 37,634.413.760
think4 2,389.493.668
aa7 4,181.603.620
things3 1,792.113.618
it's4 2,389.493.568
lassie2 1,194.743.145
see6 3,584.233.028
noo6 3,584.232.973
thing3 1,792.112.959
or2 1,194.742.858
o'2 1,194.742.842
ee2 1,194.742.842
words2 1,194.742.842
felt2 1,194.742.821
thet2 1,194.74nan
great2 1,194.742.735
mean2 1,194.742.643
life3 1,792.112.557
we3 1,792.112.495
whit7 4,181.602.423
shug'2 1,194.74nan
coat's2 1,194.74nan
air2 1,194.742.414
an'2 1,194.742.396
man4 2,389.492.237
as6 3,584.232.042
rain2 1,194.741.989
thon3 1,792.111.875
heard2 1,194.741.861
feel2 1,194.741.861
were4 2,389.491.702
your2 1,194.741.677
he10 5,973.721.599
look2 1,194.741.568
oot4 2,389.491.566
bit2 1,194.741.536
while2 1,194.741.511
tho2 1,194.741.483
fur7 4,181.601.371
what2 1,194.741.247
through2 1,194.741.182
fellay2 1,194.74nan
just2 1,194.740.988
wi16 9,557.950.928
aye4 2,389.490.927
wan2 1,194.740.909
aboot3 1,792.110.907
it16 9,557.950.795
be6 3,584.230.782
fir2 1,194.740.731
thet's2 1,194.74nan
his7 4,181.600.743
tell2 1,194.740.728
back2 1,194.740.713
so3 1,792.110.688
fae3 1,792.110.676
no6 3,584.230.514
bi3 1,792.110.502
awa3 1,792.110.441
intae4 2,389.490.398
they5 2,986.860.366
maist2 1,194.740.359
up5 2,986.860.337
in29 17,323.780.322
us3 1,792.110.322
richt3 1,792.110.310
did2 1,194.740.303
hae3 1,792.110.228
hoose2 1,194.740.206
frae4 2,389.490.193
thocht2 1,194.740.187
pit2 1,194.740.180
say2 1,194.740.164
oan3 1,792.110.159
the101 60,334.530.134
saatchi2 1,194.74nan
can2 1,194.740.132
and10 5,973.720.131
nae4 2,389.490.128
there5 2,986.860.103
fowk3 1,792.110.100
if3 1,792.110.073
like5 2,986.860.072
him4 2,389.490.045
me6 3,584.230.044
is11 6,571.090.044
hid2 1,194.740.038
then2 1,194.740.036
ain2 1,194.740.034
day3 1,792.110.021
get2 1,194.740.019
wid2 1,194.740.018
ither2 1,194.740.009
you3 1,792.110.004
afore2 1,194.740.002
its2 1,194.740.001
time3 1,792.110.000