A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Amy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,145
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 440
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.602
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, the, tae, her, and, she, in, a, it, o,

List of texts in corpus

Evelynn and Peter
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Ayr) dialect (AYR), categorised as prose (1,145 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
ah61 53,275.11170.640
awmaist8 6,986.9068.230
her30 26,200.8749.791
disease4 3,493.4537.141
now6 5,240.1731.021
coudnae3 2,620.0930.309
going4 3,493.4526.106
forgetting2 1,746.7223.437
nurse4 3,493.4522.720
an8 6,986.9022.310
where5 4,366.8120.380
don5 4,366.8120.216
takes3 2,620.0919.502
looking3 2,620.0919.502
who5 4,366.8118.792
m9 7,860.2618.692
goodbye2 1,746.7217.734
leave4 3,493.4517.593
car4 3,493.4517.350
even7 6,113.5417.345
night4 3,493.4516.368
she18 15,720.5216.286
find4 3,493.4515.072
friends2 1,746.7214.290
evelynn8 6,986.90nan
has5 4,366.8114.180
and20 17,467.2514.046
patients2 1,746.7213.894
had8 6,986.9013.613
thought3 2,620.0913.484
trying2 1,746.7213.366
entrance2 1,746.7213.366
t6 5,240.1713.140
ve6 5,240.1713.113
time9 7,860.2612.901
small2 1,746.7212.619
barely2 1,746.7212.486
ower10 8,733.6212.396
aw10 8,733.6211.488
anely3 2,620.0911.425
round2 1,746.7211.357
give2 1,746.7211.357
feel4 3,493.4510.913
ages2 1,746.7210.811
loved2 1,746.7210.811
notice2 1,746.7210.565
one3 2,620.0910.451
caw2 1,746.7210.334
stopped2 1,746.7210.187
race2 1,746.7210.116
check2 1,746.729.977
go4 3,493.459.776
area2 1,746.729.470
meenits2 1,746.729.023
a18 15,720.528.816
into2 1,746.728.769
straight2 1,746.728.769
just4 3,493.458.490
have3 2,620.098.307
meet2 1,746.728.181
sort2 1,746.728.017
reason2 1,746.727.823
me10 8,733.627.565
times3 2,620.097.556
corner2 1,746.727.396
show2 1,746.727.265
withoot2 1,746.727.107
main2 1,746.726.986
walk2 1,746.726.926
talk2 1,746.726.700
when5 4,366.816.697
oors2 1,746.726.645
wid5 4,366.816.384
here5 4,366.816.312
lost2 1,746.726.263
since2 1,746.726.098
job2 1,746.725.897
other2 1,746.725.897
ma11 9,606.995.884
eyes2 1,746.725.876
believe2 1,746.725.729
are5 4,366.815.416
voice2 1,746.725.397
two2 1,746.725.361
things3 2,620.095.356
away2 1,746.725.342
every2 1,746.725.253
mrs2 1,746.725.014
last3 2,620.094.966
wan3 2,620.094.712
thing3 2,620.094.654
out2 1,746.724.186
tae35 30,567.694.005
the52 45,414.853.754
ll4 3,493.453.744
door3 2,620.093.537
fae7 6,113.543.505
still3 2,620.093.326
to4 3,493.453.201
maist3 2,620.093.166
hame3 2,620.092.928
been5 4,366.812.891
look2 1,746.722.801
come3 2,620.092.741
i3 2,620.092.620
hoose3 2,620.092.614
need2 1,746.722.523
first3 2,620.092.467
oor4 3,493.452.412
alzheimer2 1,746.72nan
like6 5,240.172.341
through2 1,746.722.213
went2 1,746.722.185
face2 1,746.722.152
o17 14,847.162.095
by4 3,493.452.049
place2 1,746.721.978
them4 3,493.451.962
then3 2,620.091.950
they2 1,746.721.695
up2 1,746.721.657
avery2 1,746.72nan
see4 3,493.451.920
for10 8,733.621.640
aboot6 5,240.171.597
it18 15,720.521.411
seen2 1,746.721.348
s12 10,480.351.301
us3 2,620.091.251
get3 2,620.091.202
mind2 1,746.721.161
as10 8,733.621.122
did2 1,746.721.008
some3 2,620.090.992
could2 1,746.720.901
be8 6,986.900.774
nae2 1,746.720.572
was2 1,746.720.554
is9 7,860.260.491
we6 5,240.170.417
there4 3,493.450.347
no4 3,493.450.312
oot6 5,240.170.274
wi10 8,733.620.223
ye5 4,366.810.220
on6 5,240.170.172
whit3 2,620.090.107
this5 4,366.810.088
back2 1,746.720.056
but4 3,493.450.047
if2 1,746.720.045
that12 10,480.350.044
day2 1,746.720.021
at7 6,113.540.020
wis12 10,480.350.011
d2 1,746.720.003
in18 15,720.520.001