A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Handy, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,235
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 852
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.623
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, a, tae, it, o, that, as, s,

List of texts in corpus

Forked Tongues
Bella Caledonia (2016-Mar-26) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as blog (2,235 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
jamaica18 8,053.69213.564
patois17 7,606.26201.367
jamaican10 4,474.27108.929
de7 3,131.9944.075
way10 4,474.2740.014
in76 34,004.4737.199
folk11 4,921.7035.363
easton3 1,342.2832.385
jamaicans3 1,342.2830.157
marley3 1,342.2830.157
mainstream4 1,789.7128.389
standard5 2,237.1427.284
articles3 1,342.2826.315
influences3 1,342.2825.447
by16 7,158.8424.169
kill5 2,237.1423.780
english11 4,921.7023.194
scotland13 5,816.5523.190
are14 6,263.9822.389
power4 1,789.7121.494
respected2 894.8520.770
weh2 894.8520.770
louise2 894.8520.770
although4 1,789.7120.722
scots23 10,290.8320.219
rebellion3 1,342.2820.043
also5 2,237.1419.920
has8 3,579.4219.917
spraffin2 894.8519.048
descendants2 894.8519.048
lou2 894.8519.048
snobbery2 894.8519.048
maist10 4,474.2719.031
was11 4,921.7018.697
dangerous3 1,342.2818.381
he4 1,789.7118.304
as32 14,317.6718.111
newly2 894.8517.868
unfamiliar2 894.8517.868
preservin2 894.8517.868
printin2 894.8517.868
wrong3 1,342.2817.700
yuh9 4,026.85nan
conveniently2 894.8517.868
real5 2,237.1417.342
language10 4,474.2717.061
fi2 894.8516.964
bennett2 894.8516.964
controlled2 894.8516.231
accepted2 894.8516.231
effort3 1,342.2816.038
culture5 2,237.1415.403
privilege2 894.8515.080
wis7 3,131.9915.003
african2 894.8514.611
preserve2 894.8514.611
whose2 894.8514.611
spoken4 1,789.7114.532
is30 13,422.8214.409
elephant2 894.8514.193
his2 894.8514.117
valid2 894.8513.814
talk4 1,789.7113.592
neighbour2 894.8513.470
bob3 1,342.2812.741
resistance2 894.8512.334
website2 894.8511.871
definitely2 894.8511.871
many3 1,342.2811.843
existence2 894.8511.458
phrases2 894.8511.458
british3 1,342.2811.206
one4 1,789.7111.131
sheena2 894.8511.085
much5 2,237.1411.066
an83 37,136.4711.036
received2 894.8510.911
somewhere2 894.8510.911
genuine2 894.8510.911
january2 894.8510.911
it45 20,134.2310.902
recognise2 894.8510.745
compare2 894.8510.586
national4 1,789.7110.549
when9 4,026.8510.442
liz2 894.8510.433
livin3 1,342.2810.346
similar2 894.8510.287
extent2 894.8510.287
variety2 894.8510.145
no15 6,711.419.893
regarded4 1,789.71nan
the97 43,400.459.803
try4 1,789.719.705
media3 1,342.289.658
speak4 1,789.719.585
independent2 894.859.509
american2 894.859.394
ah26 11,633.119.384
might3 1,342.289.323
use3 1,342.289.231
mon2 894.859.174
anythin2 894.859.069
equal2 894.858.966
daily2 894.858.966
expect2 894.858.867
scottish6 2,684.568.721
telly2 894.858.583
haffi3 1,342.28nan
majority2 894.858.675
cultural3 1,342.288.434
words4 1,789.718.376
than8 3,579.428.353
s30 13,422.828.327
world3 1,342.288.281
re6 2,684.568.116
school3 1,342.288.061
international2 894.857.996
cos3 1,342.287.955
start3 1,342.287.816
burns3 1,342.287.749
accent2 894.857.700
listenin2 894.857.629
population2 894.857.560
part2 894.857.426
whether2 894.857.296
between2 894.857.051
irish2 894.856.767
used3 1,342.286.755
hairt2 894.856.713
maks3 1,342.286.675
over2 894.856.660
any3 1,342.286.622
same5 2,237.146.610
hear4 1,789.716.584
aboot14 6,263.986.239
dinnae4 1,789.716.213
after2 894.856.078
independence2 894.855.947
that34 15,212.535.624
front3 1,342.285.557
those2 894.855.361
learn2 894.855.326
ll7 3,131.995.325
wife3 1,342.285.112
maistly2 894.854.959
but16 7,158.844.847
gettin3 1,342.284.847
who3 1,342.284.829
she5 2,237.144.762
what4 1,789.714.680
music2 894.854.660
her5 2,237.144.642
have3 1,342.284.630
off2 894.854.576
far4 1,789.714.564
form2 894.854.494
nae2 894.854.097
love2 894.854.022
point2 894.853.931
though3 1,342.283.888
dem2 894.853.844
disnae2 894.853.759
from2 894.853.657
makin2 894.853.578
nane2 894.853.520
other2 894.853.520
will5 2,237.143.497
mair9 4,026.853.374
too2 894.853.300
would2 894.853.282
never3 1,342.283.171
how3 1,342.283.171
miss2 894.853.113
years3 1,342.283.098
twanging2 894.85nan
leid4 1,789.713.305
because2 894.852.986
got5 2,237.142.985
this14 6,263.982.950
if7 3,131.992.897
every2 894.852.880
to6 2,684.562.738
go3 1,342.282.714
white2 894.852.640
black2 894.852.613
ye18 8,053.692.566
still4 1,789.712.444
all2 894.852.316
only3 1,342.282.262
dialec2 894.85nan
bairns3 1,342.282.195
so5 2,237.142.192
wi11 4,921.702.190
doon2 894.852.142
government2 894.852.106
accompong2 894.85nan
can7 3,131.992.892
of6 2,684.562.098
different2 894.852.024
dat2 894.851.889
mean2 894.851.824
him3 1,342.281.774
these2 894.851.603
tolerated2 894.85nan
well2 894.851.685
came2 894.851.518
a56 25,055.931.484
at10 4,474.271.468
you2 894.851.391
ken5 2,237.141.387
get5 2,237.141.199
right2 894.851.137
on10 4,474.271.116
hae3 1,342.281.115
room2 894.851.057
be8 3,579.421.054
ain4 1,789.710.977
me10 4,474.270.869
noo2 894.850.860
up6 2,684.560.860
while2 894.850.845
things2 894.850.688
hame3 1,342.280.659
want2 894.850.642
they11 4,921.700.594
through2 894.850.584
better2 894.850.577
tae53 23,713.650.560
o41 18,344.520.557
them5 2,237.140.541
said2 894.850.430
d5 2,237.140.362
their5 2,237.140.352
been3 1,342.280.335
yer3 1,342.280.276
m2 894.850.272
there7 3,131.990.250
some4 1,789.710.239
man3 1,342.280.212
for11 4,921.700.197
intae3 1,342.280.195
we10 4,474.270.148
lochead2 894.85nan
ma11 4,921.700.137
day5 2,237.140.093
here2 894.850.091
mind2 894.850.074
were3 1,342.280.069
war2 894.850.064
gie2 894.850.061
its3 1,342.280.058
mak2 894.850.043
jist3 1,342.280.023
daisley2 894.85nan
or8 3,579.420.078
heid2 894.850.017
oor3 1,342.280.012
us3 1,342.280.010
fae6 2,684.560.008
first2 894.850.000
and15 6,711.410.000
time4 1,789.710.000