A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thompson, Mark

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 812
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.12
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, he, it, tae, s, his, wi, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Address to a Nintendo DS
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (274 words)

The Lost Ness Monster
clydesburn.blogspot.com (02-08-2009) in Ulster (Ards Peninsula) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (538 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
nintendo9 11,083.74115.458
baste6 7,389.1680.204
charlie6 7,389.1660.187
oul8 9,852.2254.199
ate6 7,389.1653.919
monster4 4,926.1136.452
he27 33,251.2333.161
then10 12,315.2731.285
heedit2 2,463.0523.096
aa10 12,315.2721.062
ness2 2,463.0519.650
was7 8,620.6918.609
monks2 2,463.0517.174
so7 8,620.6917.087
hunger2 2,463.0515.663
roon5 6,157.6415.317
whun2 2,463.0514.574
boats2 2,463.0514.574
cannae4 4,926.1113.249
yin5 6,157.6413.132
near4 4,926.1113.099
fowk7 8,620.6913.099
gien4 4,926.1113.080
woman2 2,463.0512.816
orange2 2,463.0512.619
bye2 2,463.0512.082
fechtin2 2,463.0511.685
sweet2 2,463.0510.256
his13 16,009.8510.228
wanted2 2,463.059.301
s15 18,472.919.181
bluid2 2,463.058.709
it20 24,630.548.677
thon4 4,926.118.576
weans2 2,463.058.542
playin2 2,463.058.446
hunner2 2,463.057.807
lost2 2,463.057.625
had5 6,157.647.512
ava2 2,463.057.265
across2 2,463.056.876
went3 3,694.586.859
an33 40,640.396.518
its4 4,926.115.448
wheen2 2,463.055.422
t3 3,694.584.889
wi12 14,778.334.597
comin2 2,463.054.561
o9 11,083.744.331
fae6 7,389.164.263
room2 2,463.053.998
go2 2,463.053.650
d4 4,926.113.319
through2 2,463.053.233
ll3 3,694.582.941
thing2 2,463.052.923
at2 2,463.052.594
big2 2,463.052.498
donaghadee2 2,463.05nan
a32 39,408.872.646
richt3 3,694.582.459
munched2 2,463.05nan
fin2 2,463.052.256
doon4 4,926.112.109
even2 2,463.052.006
think2 2,463.051.924
cam2 2,463.051.850
them3 3,694.581.667
on8 9,852.221.557
ye7 8,620.691.335
in9 11,083.741.187
when2 2,463.051.032
efter2 2,463.050.976
were2 2,463.050.918
but5 6,157.640.891
back3 3,694.580.858
wee3 3,694.580.811
get2 2,463.050.649
aff2 2,463.050.647
oot5 6,157.640.644
that6 7,389.160.559
and4 4,926.110.416
see2 2,463.050.323
their2 2,463.050.248
intae2 2,463.050.235
up4 4,926.110.235
nae3 3,694.580.190
time2 2,463.050.184
tae16 19,704.430.113
ma4 4,926.110.050
for5 6,157.640.043
the48 59,113.300.012
him2 2,463.050.011
no2 2,463.050.009