A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKinlay, Kieran

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 820
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 352
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.33
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, ma, a, tae, in, it, wis, n, up,

List of texts in corpus

Walk Way to Fame
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (820 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
n14 17,073.1781.426
baw8 9,756.1063.861
ah31 37,804.8862.993
ma27 32,926.8362.751
team7 8,536.5956.274
fitbaw5 6,097.5651.658
eh9 10,975.6148.085
heeds4 4,878.0546.124
oan12 14,634.1534.690
couldny3 3,658.5433.348
commentators3 3,658.5431.454
then10 12,195.1231.104
game5 6,097.5630.553
penalty3 3,658.5429.420
screamed3 3,658.5427.909
changing2 2,439.0224.781
dah2 2,439.0224.781
lads4 4,878.0524.265
heart3 3,658.5420.279
haunds3 3,658.5418.502
two4 4,878.0517.957
winners2 2,439.0217.801
gonna2 2,439.0217.801
an5 6,097.5617.649
maw3 3,658.5417.362
coach2 2,439.0217.135
heed3 3,658.5416.799
changin2 2,439.0216.564
lungs2 2,439.0216.066
tunnel2 2,439.0216.066
self2 2,439.0215.420
player2 2,439.0215.226
pressure2 2,439.0214.865
up12 14,634.1514.572
pitch2 2,439.0214.086
stomach2 2,439.0213.813
mates2 2,439.0213.813
cmon4 4,878.05nan
since3 3,658.5413.167
high3 3,658.5413.132
even5 6,097.5612.318
used3 3,658.5412.262
top2 2,439.0212.214
take3 3,658.5411.751
could5 6,097.5611.437
spot2 2,439.0211.357
part2 2,439.0211.287
mah2 2,439.0210.486
shook2 2,439.0210.218
felt3 3,658.5410.072
walked2 2,439.0210.066
after2 2,439.029.872
cup2 2,439.029.068
thought2 2,439.028.776
room3 3,658.548.070
world2 2,439.027.717
hud3 3,658.547.666
cos2 2,439.027.488
tea2 2,439.027.205
oor5 6,097.566.890
until2 2,439.026.840
was4 4,878.056.722
one2 2,439.026.680
play2 2,439.026.010
life3 3,658.545.832
were4 4,878.055.469
am2 2,439.025.245
bein3 3,658.545.202
took2 2,439.024.933
me7 8,536.594.785
the63 76,829.274.730
of4 4,878.054.315
heard2 2,439.024.083
gointy2 2,439.02nan
new3 3,658.544.695
feel2 2,439.024.083
got3 3,658.543.783
which2 2,439.023.751
look2 2,439.023.713
set2 2,439.023.401
keep2 2,439.023.401
we7 8,536.593.280
wis14 17,073.173.265
only2 2,439.023.245
so3 3,658.543.161
a16 19,512.203.120
when3 3,658.543.059
here3 3,658.543.026
just2 2,439.022.931
like5 6,097.562.707
that4 4,878.052.568
us3 3,658.542.447
seen2 2,439.022.260
made2 2,439.022.097
it14 17,073.171.692
aw4 4,878.051.592
pit2 2,439.021.550
fur4 4,878.051.312
man2 2,439.021.170
his3 3,658.540.687
aff2 2,439.020.629
oot5 6,097.560.613
said2 2,439.020.548
but2 2,439.020.530
they2 2,439.020.501
in15 18,292.680.375
at4 4,878.050.328
see2 2,439.020.310
s5 6,097.560.252
is4 4,878.050.239
their2 2,439.020.236
as6 7,317.070.190
time2 2,439.020.174
tae16 19,512.200.142
wi7 8,536.590.127
he8 9,756.100.106
day2 2,439.020.095
aboot2 2,439.020.082
and6 7,317.070.048
or3 3,658.540.043
him2 2,439.020.014
there2 2,439.020.006
be4 4,878.050.004