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.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
th'14 26,119.40135.738
trio5 9,328.3663.422
beasts6 11,194.0352.643
n9 16,791.0451.931
cabin4 7,462.6949.533
thay8 14,925.3746.068
n'5 9,328.3644.429
jimmies3 5,597.0138.731
their11 20,522.3934.922
they15 27,985.0733.873
tree5 9,328.3629.677
sivin2 3,731.3426.484
miner2 3,731.3424.759
bear3 5,597.0123.061
climbed2 3,731.3419.499
below2 3,731.3417.317
grabbed2 3,731.3416.734
escape2 3,731.3415.122
sterted2 3,731.3414.166
thaim5 9,328.3613.893
hauf3 5,597.0113.073
came3 5,597.0111.481
to5 9,328.3611.442
family2 3,731.3411.390
o2 3,731.3411.356
et2 3,731.3410.603
and11 20,522.399.961
thair4 7,462.699.848
go3 5,597.019.823
billy2 3,731.349.649
another2 3,731.349.237
chance2 3,731.348.508
ran2 3,731.348.280
afore4 7,462.698.156
five2 3,731.347.937
yin3 5,597.017.365
aroon2 3,731.347.350
had4 7,462.697.249
wee5 9,328.367.221
o'2 3,731.346.808
cuid2 3,731.346.554
them4 7,462.696.136
was3 5,597.015.718
fur5 9,328.365.609
fae5 9,328.365.109
were3 5,597.014.746
through2 3,731.344.625
wan2 3,731.344.204
oan3 5,597.013.796
made2 3,731.343.396
howfur2 3,731.34nan
whit4 7,462.694.203
see3 5,597.013.235
the22 41,044.783.203
wae2 3,731.343.143
hame2 3,731.342.993
intae3 5,597.012.951
aboot4 7,462.692.576
then2 3,731.342.228
twa2 3,731.341.555
but4 7,462.691.365
like3 5,597.011.341
oot4 7,462.691.100
been2 3,731.340.801
in6 11,194.030.743
tae9 16,791.040.584
doon2 3,731.340.503
this3 5,597.010.390
up3 5,597.010.384
s3 5,597.010.304
wis5 9,328.360.036
a15 27,985.070.033
as3 5,597.010.023
it6 11,194.030.019
his3 5,597.010.001
for3 5,597.010.000