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 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
tower4 3,384.0935.765
stranraer3 2,538.0732.401
stane6 5,076.1432.375
forest4 3,384.0931.073
its12 10,152.2830.723
stanes5 4,230.1230.373
fir9 7,614.2128.840
wa4 3,384.0926.679
wrapt2 1,692.0523.323
nevir2 1,692.0523.323
tide3 2,538.0720.134
feel6 5,076.1419.992
pier2 1,692.0519.510
gemme3 2,538.0718.369
aa11 9,306.2617.958
histories2 1,692.0517.620
abbey2 1,692.0517.149
pages3 2,538.0717.120
we16 13,536.3816.806
upon3 2,538.0715.152
years5 4,230.1214.570
museum2 1,692.0514.391
wey7 5,922.1714.100
cottage2 1,692.0513.974
victory2 1,692.0513.781
frien2 1,692.0513.781
deeper2 1,692.0513.421
landscape2 1,692.0513.092
waarm2 1,692.0512.507
sel2 1,692.0511.882
luik3 2,538.0711.594
deep3 2,538.0711.299
line3 2,538.0710.691
aald2 1,692.0510.375
dyke2 1,692.0510.005
yer8 6,768.199.519
throu4 3,384.099.482
is17 14,382.409.446
team2 1,692.059.419
yon4 3,384.098.979
new5 4,230.128.965
nae10 8,460.248.558
tak5 4,230.128.496
touch2 1,692.058.468
slowly2 1,692.058.468
tells2 1,692.058.243
lane2 1,692.058.199
walkin2 1,692.058.114
read3 2,538.078.095
wha4 3,384.097.742
are6 5,076.147.583
page2 1,692.057.567
space2 1,692.057.391
auld6 5,076.147.222
he3 2,538.077.182
staunin2 1,692.056.734
this11 9,306.266.652
trees2 1,692.056.407
ah'm2 1,692.056.407
and2 1,692.056.327
haun3 2,538.076.173
tuik2 1,692.056.134
doun3 2,538.076.013
road3 2,538.075.989
leave2 1,692.055.948
son2 1,692.055.709
an18 15,228.435.703
each2 1,692.055.565
too2 1,692.055.447
alang3 2,538.075.419
lik3 2,538.075.337
sense2 1,692.055.295
miss2 1,692.055.240
juist4 3,384.095.223
time6 5,076.144.746
place3 2,538.074.696
but10 8,460.244.682
thair4 3,384.094.659
somethin2 1,692.054.321
oan5 4,230.124.321
yet2 1,692.054.089
sun2 1,692.053.863
mair6 5,076.143.764
eneuch2 1,692.053.654
anither3 2,538.073.629
fuin2 1,692.05nan
at3 2,538.073.604
here4 3,384.093.593
nor3 2,538.073.566
air2 1,692.053.499
yin3 2,538.073.479
came2 1,692.053.372
een3 2,538.073.271
on3 2,538.073.217
still3 2,538.073.198
rain2 1,692.053.025
nou2 1,692.052.903
o33 27,918.782.874
cauld2 1,692.052.841
name2 1,692.052.691
side2 1,692.052.585
thae2 1,692.052.497
while2 1,692.052.477
thir2 1,692.052.444
first3 2,538.072.322
binds2 1,692.05nan
tae18 15,228.432.376
keep2 1,692.052.264
things2 1,692.052.246
there6 5,076.142.228
triers2 1,692.05nan
haes3 2,538.072.127
mony2 1,692.052.033
last2 1,692.051.980
can4 3,384.091.974
same2 1,692.051.826
than3 2,538.071.776
life2 1,692.051.556
dunbae2 1,692.05nan
intae4 3,384.091.497
bi3 2,538.071.454
ma3 2,538.071.099
mind2 1,692.051.077
or2 1,692.051.062
wi6 5,076.141.008
it's2 1,692.050.943
oot3 2,538.070.918
hame2 1,692.050.866
oor3 2,538.070.828
wis9 7,614.210.819
aboot2 1,692.050.767
be4 3,384.090.727
it17 14,382.400.612
like2 1,692.050.465
no2 1,692.050.458
up6 5,076.140.436
guid2 1,692.050.411
the74 62,605.750.403
ain2 1,692.050.397
scotland2 1,692.050.379
so2 1,692.050.370
in21 17,766.500.355
ither2 1,692.050.304
weel2 1,692.050.262
hae2 1,692.050.230
frae3 2,538.070.228
me3 2,538.070.218
as6 5,076.140.214
a32 27,072.760.210
ower2 1,692.050.166
us2 1,692.050.152
doon2 1,692.050.131
had2 1,692.050.107
wee2 1,692.050.098
his6 5,076.140.082
said2 1,692.050.080
whit3 2,538.070.067
ye7 5,922.170.060
day2 1,692.050.041
sae2 1,692.050.013
that12 10,152.280.010
see2 1,692.050.006
ah7 5,922.170.001