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 17,073.1781.293
ah31 37,804.8867.443
ma27 32,926.8364.978
baw8 9,756.1064.289
team7 8,536.5956.012
fitbaw5 6,097.5651.637
eh9 10,975.6148.224
heeds4 4,878.0546.107
oan12 14,634.1535.508
couldny3 3,658.5433.335
commentators3 3,658.5431.442
then10 12,195.1231.219
game5 6,097.5630.979
penalty3 3,658.5429.408
screamed3 3,658.5428.358
dah2 2,439.0224.773
lads4 4,878.0524.334
changing2 2,439.0223.048
heart3 3,658.5421.050
haunds3 3,658.5418.490
two4 4,878.0518.440
gonna2 2,439.0218.174
an5 6,097.5617.996
winners2 2,439.0217.793
maw3 3,658.5417.349
lungs2 2,439.0217.126
coach2 2,439.0217.126
changin2 2,439.0216.831
heed3 3,658.5416.787
tunnel2 2,439.0215.830
self2 2,439.0215.615
player2 2,439.0215.218
pressure2 2,439.0214.857
up12 14,634.1514.494
stomach2 2,439.0214.371
pitch2 2,439.0213.939
mates2 2,439.0213.805
cmon4 4,878.05nan
since3 3,658.5413.333
high3 3,658.5413.050
take3 3,658.5412.684
even5 6,097.5612.356
top2 2,439.0212.294
used3 3,658.5412.280
spot2 2,439.0211.564
could5 6,097.5611.439
part2 2,439.0211.419
mah2 2,439.0210.478
shook2 2,439.0210.158
walked2 2,439.0210.158
felt3 3,658.5410.080
after2 2,439.029.911
cup2 2,439.028.985
thought2 2,439.028.698
hud3 3,658.547.954
room3 3,658.547.916
world2 2,439.027.842
cos2 2,439.027.505
tea2 2,439.027.175
until2 2,439.026.893
oor5 6,097.566.848
one2 2,439.026.692
was4 4,878.056.458
play2 2,439.026.035
life3 3,658.545.846
were4 4,878.055.456
am2 2,439.025.340
gointy2 2,439.02nan
bein3 3,658.545.247
me7 8,536.595.089
took2 2,439.024.858
new3 3,658.544.709
the63 76,829.274.672
of4 4,878.054.415
feel2 2,439.024.189
heard2 2,439.024.102
look2 2,439.023.877
got3 3,658.543.811
which2 2,439.023.729
keep2 2,439.023.408
set2 2,439.023.354
wis14 17,073.173.235
when3 3,658.543.230
we7 8,536.593.229
only2 2,439.023.201
so3 3,658.543.156
a16 19,512.203.078
just2 2,439.023.056
here3 3,658.543.013
like5 6,097.562.768
that4 4,878.052.562
us3 3,658.542.430
seen2 2,439.022.246
made2 2,439.022.114
it14 17,073.171.761
aw4 4,878.051.642
pit2 2,439.021.528
fur4 4,878.051.379
man2 2,439.021.200
his3 3,658.540.712
aff2 2,439.020.627
oot5 6,097.560.618
said2 2,439.020.557
but2 2,439.020.511
they2 2,439.020.506
in15 18,292.680.370
at4 4,878.050.343
see2 2,439.020.312
is4 4,878.050.241
their2 2,439.020.228
s5 6,097.560.205
time2 2,439.020.181
as6 7,317.070.177
tae16 19,512.200.153
wi7 8,536.590.114
day2 2,439.020.102
he8 9,756.100.092
aboot2 2,439.020.088
and6 7,317.070.055
or3 3,658.540.034
him2 2,439.020.016
there2 2,439.020.005
be4 4,878.050.004