Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Letford, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 663
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 353
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.878
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, it, an, tae, in, am, it's, is, yur,

List of texts in corpus

This Is It
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2016) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (175 words)

Bevel
Carcanet (2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) in Central (Stirling) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (488 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
eez	7	10,558.07	93.597
yur	9	13,574.66	76.437
wit	8	12,066.37	64.358
am	10	15,082.96	61.215
it's	10	15,082.96	40.539
eh	7	10,558.07	36.824
frank	3	4,524.89	28.354
yi	5	7,541.48	26.840
nut	3	4,524.89	25.143
listen	4	6,033.18	24.324
macaroni	2	3,016.59	23.908
beady	2	3,016.59	22.724
gon	2	3,016.59	21.081
kin	5	7,541.48	20.271
look	5	7,541.48	19.459
cement	2	3,016.59	19.452
heed	3	4,524.89	18.051
brick	2	3,016.59	17.154
av	2	3,016.59	16.913
burds	2	3,016.59	16.266
standin	2	3,016.59	15.887
pie	2	3,016.59	15.073
sade	5	7,541.48	nan
thur	3	4,524.89	14.687
cause	3	4,524.89	14.256
one	3	4,524.89	13.543
eatin	2	3,016.59	13.517
ur	3	4,524.89	13.423
where	3	4,524.89	12.395
bit	8	12,066.37	12.242
oan	6	9,049.77	12.235
eye	2	3,016.59	11.986
throw	2	3,016.59	11.430
singin	2	3,016.59	11.047
many	2	3,016.59	10.995
ivery	2	3,016.59	10.747
that's	3	4,524.89	10.734
behind	2	3,016.59	10.513
know	3	4,524.89	9.979
gonnae	2	3,016.59	9.666
thit	3	4,524.89	9.602
watchin	2	3,016.59	9.490
go	3	4,524.89	8.654
sky	2	3,016.59	8.446
a	33	49,773.76	8.128
it	17	25,641.03	8.111
son	2	3,016.59	7.894
wur	3	4,524.89	7.621
too	2	3,016.59	7.616
then	4	6,033.18	7.464
people	2	3,016.59	7.415
ootside	2	3,016.59	7.064
don	2	3,016.59	6.542
this	7	10,558.07	5.338
the	26	39,215.69	4.912
hud	2	3,016.59	4.432
is	9	13,574.66	4.425
fur	5	7,541.48	4.132
want	2	3,016.59	4.004
up	6	9,049.77	3.419
life	2	3,016.59	3.253
tell	2	3,016.59	3.207
jist	3	4,524.89	2.721
t	2	3,016.59	2.624
wae	2	3,016.59	2.486
hame	2	3,016.59	2.346
time	3	4,524.89	1.945
thurs	2	3,016.59	nan
like	4	6,033.18	2.117
man	2	3,016.59	1.702
when	2	3,016.59	1.519
wee	3	4,524.89	1.406
on	2	3,016.59	1.301
his	2	3,016.59	1.014
aw	3	4,524.89	0.974
tae	11	16,591.25	0.789
if	2	3,016.59	0.750
no	3	4,524.89	0.741
fae	3	4,524.89	0.610
aboot	3	4,524.89	0.470
oot	4	6,033.18	0.464
that	5	7,541.48	0.400
we	2	3,016.59	0.161
woop	2	3,016.59	nan
they	4	6,033.18	0.689
caerry	2	3,016.59	nan
he	3	4,524.89	1.614
be	4	6,033.18	0.124
an	16	24,132.73	0.041
me	2	3,016.59	0.015
in	10	15,082.96	0.011
ma	3	4,524.89	0.003