Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McClelland, Ben

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 536
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 289
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, they, a, th', and, their, tae, n, thay, in,

List of texts in corpus

Chicagof Island
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Ayr) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (536 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
th'	14	26,119.40	135.692
trio	5	9,328.36	63.406
beasts	6	11,194.03	52.624
n	9	16,791.04	51.950
cabin	4	7,462.69	49.520
thay	8	14,925.37	46.042
n'	5	9,328.36	44.413
jimmies	3	5,597.01	38.721
their	11	20,522.39	34.924
they	15	27,985.07	33.960
tree	5	9,328.36	29.661
sivin	2	3,731.34	26.478
miner	2	3,731.34	24.753
bear	3	5,597.01	23.051
climbed	2	3,731.34	19.493
below	2	3,731.34	17.311
grabbed	2	3,731.34	16.727
escape	2	3,731.34	15.116
sterted	2	3,731.34	14.160
thaim	5	9,328.36	13.879
hauf	3	5,597.01	13.087
billy	2	3,731.34	11.980
came	3	5,597.01	11.472
to	5	9,328.36	11.428
o	2	3,731.34	11.386
family	2	3,731.34	11.384
et	2	3,731.34	10.596
and	11	20,522.39	9.939
go	3	5,597.01	9.851
thair	4	7,462.69	9.836
another	2	3,731.34	9.256
chance	2	3,731.34	8.501
ran	2	3,731.34	8.335
afore	4	7,462.69	8.150
five	2	3,731.34	7.967
yin	3	5,597.01	7.364
aroon	2	3,731.34	7.360
had	4	7,462.69	7.239
wee	5	9,328.36	7.227
o'	2	3,731.34	6.802
cuid	2	3,731.34	6.548
them	4	7,462.69	6.152
was	3	5,597.01	5.710
fur	5	9,328.36	5.624
fae	5	9,328.36	5.122
were	3	5,597.01	4.742
through	2	3,731.34	4.632
wan	2	3,731.34	4.234
oan	3	5,597.01	3.847
made	2	3,731.34	3.391
howfur	2	3,731.34	nan
whit	4	7,462.69	4.209
see	3	5,597.01	3.233
the	22	41,044.78	3.198
wae	2	3,731.34	3.142
hame	2	3,731.34	2.992
intae	3	5,597.01	2.956
aboot	4	7,462.69	2.576
then	2	3,731.34	2.234
twa	2	3,731.34	1.555
but	4	7,462.69	1.360
like	3	5,597.01	1.339
oot	4	7,462.69	1.102
been	2	3,731.34	0.801
in	6	11,194.03	0.746
tae	9	16,791.04	0.585
doon	2	3,731.34	0.502
this	3	5,597.01	0.389
up	3	5,597.01	0.386
s	3	5,597.01	0.300
wis	5	9,328.36	0.037
a	15	27,985.07	0.033
as	3	5,597.01	0.022
it	6	11,194.03	0.019
his	3	5,597.01	0.001
for	3	5,597.01	0.000