A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Liam

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 435
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 184
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wiz, n, ma, tae, it, thit, aw, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Tam
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Bellshill) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (435 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
n17 39,080.46126.997
wiz18 41,379.31107.040
oure5 11,494.2572.455
thit7 16,091.9539.483
a40 91,954.0238.971
horse5 11,494.2537.741
ma15 34,482.7637.304
jamp3 6,896.5536.122
wiy3 6,896.5533.819
git5 11,494.2526.309
rapid2 4,597.7025.587
looked4 9,195.4022.021
goin3 6,896.5521.735
mi3 6,896.5521.735
witches2 4,597.7021.129
ir4 9,195.4020.358
hinkin2 4,597.7020.326
thi3 6,896.5518.997
saw4 9,195.4017.711
oan6 13,793.1017.085
go4 9,195.4016.935
witch2 4,597.7016.598
went4 9,195.4015.871
aw7 16,091.9514.898
so5 11,494.2514.771
shouted2 4,597.7014.458
pub2 4,597.7014.376
wife3 6,896.5514.046
goat3 6,896.5513.104
runnin2 4,597.7012.541
young3 6,896.5512.461
an2 4,597.7011.620
brig2 4,597.7011.449
short2 4,597.7011.157
ae5 11,494.2510.803
clean2 4,597.7010.394
hing2 4,597.709.759
because2 4,597.709.032
auld4 9,195.408.673
story2 4,597.708.652
hame3 6,896.557.606
yeez2 4,597.70nan
took2 4,597.707.166
watter2 4,597.706.709
back4 9,195.405.806
through2 4,597.705.396
aff3 6,896.555.098
wan2 4,597.705.038
roon2 4,597.704.994
fir2 4,597.704.616
if3 6,896.554.479
bit4 9,195.404.449
wae2 4,597.703.809
it10 22,988.513.707
when2 4,597.702.834
said2 4,597.702.043
hid2 4,597.702.039
jist2 4,597.701.809
in4 9,195.401.359
i4 9,195.400.702
is4 9,195.400.564
like2 4,597.700.534
the22 50,574.710.498
me2 4,597.700.245
they2 4,597.700.055
but2 4,597.700.054
tae10 22,988.510.047
as3 6,896.550.040
she2 4,597.700.024
oot2 4,597.700.016