A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Douglas, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,296
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,216
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.888
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, yer, and, tae, of, ye, an,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (01-01-2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,296 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
wuz6 2,613.2455.529
yer26 11,324.0452.792
an17 7,404.1842.165
sons6 2,613.2441.501
of19 8,275.2636.527
frogs4 1,742.1634.569
fleet4 1,742.1631.610
fer9 3,919.8630.218
thirs3 1,306.6229.997
woman5 2,177.7029.982
to16 6,968.6429.202
when14 6,097.5626.056
giraffe3 1,306.6224.531
th'5 2,177.7022.737
all7 3,048.7822.432
n'4 1,742.1621.448
o'7 3,048.7820.701
blush2 871.0820.663
seventh2 871.0820.663
tremble2 871.0820.663
friars2 871.0820.663
einstein2 871.0820.663
graces2 871.0820.663
informs2 871.0818.941
sinners2 871.0818.941
it8 3,484.3218.620
lake3 1,306.6217.987
tae23 10,017.4217.782
without3 1,306.6217.332
messenger2 871.0816.857
rust2 871.0816.857
cludgie2 871.0816.857
lover2 871.0816.124
ainly3 1,306.6215.570
one5 2,177.7015.530
sense5 2,177.7015.530
even9 3,919.8615.368
puffin2 871.0814.974
senga2 871.0814.974
oan12 5,226.4814.556
lik7 3,048.7814.529
about5 2,177.7014.502
with5 2,177.7014.336
waas3 1,306.6214.228
soun3 1,306.6214.228
man10 4,355.4013.931
ripe2 871.0813.708
flats2 871.0813.364
frae14 6,097.5613.117
yin8 3,484.3213.098
limbs2 871.0813.047
dogs2 871.0812.483
upun5 2,177.70nan
have5 2,177.7012.090
clappit2 871.0811.990
i3 1,306.6211.978
mistake2 871.0811.766
heaven2 871.0811.766
wide3 1,306.6211.616
well5 2,177.7011.296
gentle2 871.0811.162
field3 1,306.6211.055
body5 2,177.7010.915
monster2 871.0810.806
yince3 1,306.6210.669
award2 871.0810.640
spain2 871.0810.482
bull2 871.0810.482
lord3 1,306.6210.427
livin3 1,306.6210.196
more3 1,306.6210.196
young5 2,177.7010.184
faithers2 871.0810.182
sail2 871.0810.182
taken2 871.0810.182
three6 2,613.249.932
oot2 871.089.012
how5 2,177.708.996
its9 3,919.868.987
already2 871.088.966
ye'd2 871.088.667
best5 2,177.708.528
who4 1,742.168.291
odd2 871.088.218
summer2 871.088.053
roun2 871.087.973
wurds2 871.087.895
abune2 871.087.743
down2 871.087.670
from3 1,306.627.540
strong2 871.087.528
son3 1,306.627.346
winter3 1,306.627.314
simple2 871.087.133
chad3 1,306.62nan
each3 1,306.626.981
bigger2 871.086.778
yir3 1,306.626.616
moon2 871.086.613
blue3 1,306.626.458
person2 871.086.456
away3 1,306.626.432
was7 3,048.786.360
cannae4 1,742.166.326
such2 871.086.210
sweet2 871.086.210
boys2 871.086.210
owre3 1,306.626.205
that12 5,226.486.081
thin2 871.086.070
on6 2,613.246.052
surprise2 871.085.980
gave2 871.085.980
wun2 871.085.936
then7 3,048.785.871
river2 871.085.807
may2 871.085.487
getting2 871.085.449
bodies2 871.085.411
danse3 1,306.62nan
they3 1,306.625.281
and25 10,888.505.244
earth2 871.085.195
has4 1,742.165.120
she5 2,177.704.963
he11 4,790.944.960
space2 871.084.897
listen2 871.084.834
short2 871.084.834
out3 1,306.624.804
for6 2,613.244.748
should3 1,306.624.718
chiel2 871.084.712
born2 871.084.683
maybe2 871.084.624
gan2 871.084.401
billy2 871.084.375
ah6 2,613.244.360
our2 871.084.296
true2 871.084.296
fu2 871.084.245
fear2 871.084.245
talk2 871.084.169
just4 1,742.164.073
lang6 2,613.243.993
joes3 1,306.62nan
much3 1,306.623.968
put2 871.083.776
paper2 871.083.650
buik2 871.083.650
now2 871.083.650
real2 871.083.609
men3 1,306.623.552
burn2 871.083.549
eyes2 871.083.432
hear3 1,306.623.340
chance2 871.083.302
life4 1,742.163.272
be6 2,613.243.268
tree2 871.083.061
word2 871.083.045
your3 1,306.623.026
rackit2 871.08nan
road3 1,306.622.846
a54 23,519.162.806
can7 3,048.782.723
kind2 871.082.668
green2 871.082.668
at9 3,919.862.651
turned2 871.082.640
whaur4 1,742.162.508
sae7 3,048.782.505
run2 871.082.455
sure2 871.082.392
way2 871.082.356
ye18 7,839.722.343
barque2 871.08nan
ahint2 871.082.308
yon3 1,306.622.305
set3 1,306.622.274
huv2 871.082.226
to'oer2 871.08nan
or12 5,226.482.237
street2 871.082.181
what3 1,306.622.167
maist4 1,742.162.112
saif2 871.08nan
far3 1,306.622.002
hideyoshi2 871.08nan
o38 16,550.522.016
their7 3,048.781.961
last3 1,306.621.954
feet2 871.081.920
sun2 871.081.834
cuid2 871.081.806
great2 871.081.743
thing3 1,306.621.723
naw2 871.081.665
but13 5,662.021.637
bi5 2,177.701.633
watter2 871.081.307
are5 2,177.701.304
warld2 871.081.280
ken5 2,177.701.220
n2 871.081.177
wi13 5,662.021.136
haun2 871.081.075
ower3 1,306.621.058
folk2 871.080.965
doon3 1,306.620.895
eifter2 871.08nan
so4 1,742.160.823
nae9 3,919.860.822
the124 54,006.970.799
depart2 871.08nan
his10 4,355.400.833
thon3 1,306.620.779
thir2 871.080.764
like4 1,742.160.759
here4 1,742.160.721
think3 1,306.620.712
mak3 1,306.620.658
went2 871.080.534
him8 3,484.320.530
face2 871.080.514
some2 871.080.512
will3 1,306.620.499
donkeys2 871.08nan
could3 1,306.620.556
mony2 871.080.467
say3 1,306.620.463
noo5 2,177.700.418
get2 871.080.357
as12 5,226.480.326
her10 4,355.400.316
wir2 871.080.296
ma8 3,484.320.293
auld4 1,742.160.270
tell2 871.080.222
big2 871.080.211
afore2 871.080.210
dae2 871.080.206
time5 2,177.700.193
no5 2,177.700.173
weel2 871.080.173
were2 871.080.171
waunnert2 871.08nan
you5 2,177.700.168
this10 4,355.400.168
guid3 1,306.620.161
than3 1,306.620.152
up10 4,355.400.149
oor4 1,742.160.141
mair4 1,742.160.120
is13 5,662.020.099
door2 871.080.090
aa5 2,177.700.086
if3 1,306.620.059
jist3 1,306.620.054
day4 1,742.160.043
them4 1,742.160.035
see4 1,742.160.028
heid2 871.080.023
tak2 871.080.008
year2 871.080.008
intae4 1,742.160.004
us3 1,306.620.002
had3 1,306.620.001
in36 15,679.440.001
my2 871.080.001