A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ross, Derek

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,182
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 586
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.017
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, in, tae, an, it, is, we, that,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,182 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
tower4 3,384.0935.748
stranraer3 2,538.0732.388
stane6 5,076.1432.264
forest4 3,384.0931.056
its12 10,152.2830.402
stanes5 4,230.1230.352
fir9 7,614.2128.805
wa4 3,384.0926.662
wrapt2 1,692.0523.314
nevir2 1,692.0523.314
feel6 5,076.1420.338
tide3 2,538.0720.121
pier2 1,692.0518.766
gemme3 2,538.0718.357
histories2 1,692.0517.612
aa11 9,306.2617.428
abbey2 1,692.0517.141
pages3 2,538.0717.006
we16 13,536.3816.654
upon3 2,538.0715.140
years5 4,230.1214.573
wey7 5,922.1714.015
museum2 1,692.0513.965
cottage2 1,692.0513.965
frien2 1,692.0513.772
victory2 1,692.0513.772
deeper2 1,692.0513.413
landscape2 1,692.0513.083
waarm2 1,692.0512.499
sel2 1,692.0511.873
luik3 2,538.0711.620
deep3 2,538.0711.433
line3 2,538.0710.941
aald2 1,692.0510.367
dyke2 1,692.059.858
yer8 6,768.199.710
is17 14,382.409.423
throu4 3,384.099.421
team2 1,692.059.351
new5 4,230.128.989
yon4 3,384.098.922
touch2 1,692.058.554
nae10 8,460.248.512
slowly2 1,692.058.507
tells2 1,692.058.460
tak5 4,230.128.384
lane2 1,692.058.191
walkin2 1,692.058.106
read3 2,538.077.915
are6 5,076.147.803
wha4 3,384.097.762
page2 1,692.057.523
space2 1,692.057.315
he3 2,538.077.302
auld6 5,076.147.235
staunin2 1,692.056.726
this11 9,306.266.661
ah'm2 1,692.056.400
trees2 1,692.056.374
haun3 2,538.076.315
and2 1,692.056.255
tuik2 1,692.056.126
leave2 1,692.056.009
doun3 2,538.075.979
an18 15,228.435.967
road3 2,538.075.919
son2 1,692.055.829
too2 1,692.055.577
each2 1,692.055.577
alang3 2,538.075.378
miss2 1,692.055.363
lik3 2,538.075.326
sense2 1,692.055.325
juist4 3,384.095.106
time6 5,076.144.801
but10 8,460.244.768
place3 2,538.074.626
thair4 3,384.094.610
oan5 4,230.124.573
somethin2 1,692.054.287
yet2 1,692.054.057
sun2 1,692.053.867
mair6 5,076.143.692
at3 2,538.073.656
eneuch2 1,692.053.594
fuin2 1,692.05nan
here4 3,384.093.577
anither3 2,538.073.575
air2 1,692.053.523
nor3 2,538.073.513
came2 1,692.053.318
on3 2,538.073.274
een3 2,538.073.217
still3 2,538.073.178
rain2 1,692.053.018
cauld2 1,692.052.865
nou2 1,692.052.857
o33 27,918.782.804
binds2 1,692.05nan
yin3 2,538.073.463
name2 1,692.052.707
side2 1,692.052.572
thir2 1,692.052.445
thae2 1,692.052.445
tae18 15,228.432.429
while2 1,692.052.412
first3 2,538.072.335
there6 5,076.142.259
things2 1,692.052.205
haes3 2,538.072.016
can4 3,384.091.998
last2 1,692.051.979
mony2 1,692.051.974
than3 2,538.071.833
triers2 1,692.05nan
keep2 1,692.052.270
same2 1,692.051.820
intae4 3,384.091.559
bi3 2,538.071.447
or2 1,692.051.112
mind2 1,692.051.085
wi6 5,076.141.051
it's2 1,692.050.936
oot3 2,538.070.911
ma3 2,538.070.903
hame2 1,692.050.872
wis9 7,614.210.835
oor3 2,538.070.814
aboot2 1,692.050.787
be4 3,384.090.730
it17 14,382.400.660
like2 1,692.050.441
no2 1,692.050.435
guid2 1,692.050.425
up6 5,076.140.423
ain2 1,692.050.394
the74 62,605.750.384
scotland2 1,692.050.376
dunbae2 1,692.05nan
life2 1,692.051.563
so2 1,692.050.368
in21 17,766.500.348
ither2 1,692.050.288
weel2 1,692.050.260
hae2 1,692.050.236
as6 5,076.140.230
frae3 2,538.070.210
a32 27,072.760.196
ower2 1,692.050.175
me3 2,538.070.162
us2 1,692.050.148
doon2 1,692.050.127
had2 1,692.050.104
his6 5,076.140.093
wee2 1,692.050.092
said2 1,692.050.084
whit3 2,538.070.076
ye7 5,922.170.072
day2 1,692.050.036
ah7 5,922.170.036
sae2 1,692.050.011
that12 10,152.280.010
see2 1,692.050.006