Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Logan, Kirsty

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 947
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.473
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, it, we, i, ma, her, tae, an, she,

List of texts in corpus

Lego
Scots Hoose (01-01-2017) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as weans (947 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
we	27	28,511.09	60.564
sister	8	8,447.73	48.263
mammy	5	5,279.83	38.965
ma	21	22,175.29	36.271
boxes	4	4,223.86	34.091
i	24	25,343.19	33.731
cos	6	6,335.80	33.707
looked	6	6,335.80	28.722
anyhin	3	3,167.90	27.997
her	19	20,063.36	23.544
didna	7	7,391.76	21.750
ahin	4	4,223.86	21.578
lego	2	2,111.93	20.383
it	29	30,623.02	20.197
cell	2	2,111.93	19.647
prison	2	2,111.93	18.492
kane	2	2,111.93	18.492
moved	3	3,167.90	18.107
away	4	4,223.86	17.293
menu	2	2,111.93	17.219
ordered	2	2,111.93	15.726
summin	2	2,111.93	15.485
when	7	7,391.76	15.405
sat	4	4,223.86	15.344
pointed	2	2,111.93	15.258
waiter	2	2,111.93	15.258
order	3	3,167.90	14.689
drove	2	2,111.93	14.462
were	7	7,391.76	14.275
shop	3	3,167.90	14.179
off	3	3,167.90	14.082
couldna	3	3,167.90	13.197
picture	2	2,111.93	12.627
then	6	6,335.80	11.756
look	4	4,223.86	11.614
would	3	3,167.90	11.611
loved	2	2,111.93	11.554
one	3	3,167.90	11.520
didnae	4	4,223.86	11.178
tried	3	3,167.90	11.088
glasgow	2	2,111.93	11.074
worse	2	2,111.93	11.000
o	7	7,391.76	10.871
fleer	2	2,111.93	10.648
wee	8	8,447.73	10.410
silence	2	2,111.93	10.327
could	5	5,279.83	10.203
change	2	2,111.93	10.146
went	4	4,223.86	10.131
few	3	3,167.90	10.130
laugh	2	2,111.93	10.030
lookin	3	3,167.90	9.861
busy	2	2,111.93	9.809
university	2	2,111.93	9.703
she	13	13,727.56	9.435
tears	2	2,111.93	9.354
past	3	3,167.90	9.110
wanted	2	2,111.93	8.782
really	3	3,167.90	8.678
dad	2	2,111.93	8.396
gonnae	2	2,111.93	8.323
fan	3	3,167.90	8.280
playin	2	2,111.93	7.981
like	8	8,447.73	7.760
made	4	4,223.86	7.657
but	10	10,559.66	7.410
even	4	4,223.86	7.365
seein	2	2,111.93	7.354
passed	2	2,111.93	7.272
room	3	3,167.90	7.152
kept	2	2,111.93	6.965
he	2	2,111.93	6.936
car	2	2,111.93	6.752
high	2	2,111.93	6.616
other	2	2,111.93	6.594
aside	2	2,111.93	6.465
each	2	2,111.93	6.422
take	2	2,111.93	6.381
across	2	2,111.93	6.340
seemed	2	2,111.93	6.319
through	3	3,167.90	6.147
table	2	2,111.93	5.901
wur	3	3,167.90	5.895
turned	2	2,111.93	5.643
sittin	2	2,111.93	5.513
jist	5	5,279.83	5.496
big	3	3,167.90	4.994
ah	11	11,615.63	4.887
git	2	2,111.93	4.198
though	2	2,111.93	4.087
came	2	2,111.93	4.067
us	4	4,223.86	4.021
did	3	3,167.90	3.887
cannae	2	2,111.93	3.812
there	6	6,335.80	3.728
hid	4	4,223.86	3.612
how	2	2,111.93	3.521
say	3	3,167.90	3.474
an	16	16,895.46	3.281
fae	6	6,335.80	3.244
got	3	3,167.90	3.178
while	2	2,111.93	3.102
doon	5	5,279.83	3.054
things	2	2,111.93	2.878
what	2	2,111.93	2.810
face	2	2,111.93	2.714
the	44	46,462.51	2.604
you	4	4,223.86	2.236
afore	3	3,167.90	2.153
be	2	2,111.93	2.075
telt	2	2,111.93	2.045
in	10	10,559.66	1.762
back	4	4,223.86	1.665
said	3	3,167.90	1.632
of	3	3,167.90	1.625
still	2	2,111.93	1.622
s	4	4,223.86	1.550
think	2	2,111.93	1.503
hame	2	2,111.93	1.383
if	3	3,167.90	1.334
hoose	2	2,111.93	1.197
pit	2	2,111.93	1.174
and	9	9,503.70	1.038
d	3	3,167.90	0.992
was	2	2,111.93	0.926
fit	2	2,111.93	0.766
so	2	2,111.93	0.755
wis	12	12,671.59	0.550
at	8	8,447.73	0.542
to	2	2,111.93	0.500
for	4	4,223.86	0.385
some	2	2,111.93	0.308
me	4	4,223.86	0.300
that	11	11,615.63	0.283
tae	18	19,007.39	0.283
aboot	2	2,111.93	0.270
oot	3	3,167.90	0.265
a	30	31,678.99	0.197
them	2	2,111.93	0.151
they	3	3,167.90	0.131
on	5	5,279.83	0.130
as	5	5,279.83	0.119
intae	2	2,111.93	0.094
their	2	2,111.93	0.085
been	2	2,111.93	0.038
up	4	4,223.86	0.034
aw	2	2,111.93	0.031
day	2	2,111.93	0.016