A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gibson, Darren

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 773
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 357
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.165
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, tha, tae, ye, an, o, aa, s, thole, that,

List of texts in corpus

Cannae Thole Ye!
lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ (2014-06-24) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as blog (221 words)

Oul money
Ullans Magazine (01-01-2013) in Ulster dialect (PUL), categorised as prose (373 words)

Oor ain strange lan
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (83 words)

Solace
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (96 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
tha24 31,047.87128.421
thole11 14,230.2787.349
the2 2,587.3276.093
oul8 10,349.2954.982
wus7 9,055.6346.414
ye22 28,460.5438.002
pence4 5,174.6436.084
shillins3 3,880.9834.944
coins4 5,174.6434.750
wurds4 5,174.6430.210
thur5 6,468.3128.025
pun3 3,880.9827.059
taak3 3,880.9826.059
aa11 14,230.2725.930
ed4 5,174.6425.930
worth4 5,174.6425.080
cum4 5,174.6424.478
loast3 3,880.9824.455
caa4 5,174.6423.327
gan4 5,174.6422.517
half4 5,174.6422.453
solace2 2,587.3222.110
lan3 3,880.9821.008
money4 5,174.6420.700
penny3 3,880.9819.831
cannae5 6,468.3119.124
bob3 3,880.9818.942
bae3 3,880.9818.334
shillin2 2,587.3218.037
laik2 2,587.3217.074
suffer2 2,587.3216.301
note3 3,880.9815.572
oniebodie2 2,587.3215.461
mine3 3,880.9815.226
whun2 2,587.3214.769
kep2 2,587.3213.670
twal2 2,587.3213.552
ulster-scots2 2,587.3213.552
aul2 2,587.3212.626
strange2 2,587.3211.955
whut2 2,587.3211.066
plan2 2,587.3210.553
fer3 3,880.9810.521
gled2 2,587.3210.295
mair7 9,055.6310.068
wean2 2,587.329.827
iz2 2,587.329.491
yins2 2,587.329.073
a38 49,159.128.960
thon4 5,174.648.914
whuch3 3,880.98nan
hae7 9,055.638.644
nixt2 2,587.328.185
cud3 3,880.988.143
tongue2 2,587.327.811
bit7 9,055.637.660
oor5 6,468.317.348
unner2 2,587.326.765
wha3 3,880.986.529
ten2 2,587.326.442
noo5 6,468.316.398
haein2 2,587.326.009
ll4 5,174.645.924
wheen2 2,587.325.599
yin3 3,880.985.486
ir2 2,587.325.469
hoo2 2,587.325.307
micht3 3,880.985.140
twa4 5,174.644.941
folk2 2,587.324.107
heid3 3,880.983.790
in6 7,761.973.770
s11 14,230.273.637
then3 3,880.983.515
foartie3 3,880.98nan
r2 2,587.324.773
ain3 3,880.983.495
better2 2,587.323.379
roon2 2,587.323.123
afore3 3,880.983.042
tae24 31,047.873.033
tell2 2,587.322.726
m3 3,880.982.686
doon4 5,174.642.335
oan3 3,880.982.262
still2 2,587.322.194
folliet2 2,587.32nan
gin2 2,587.322.080
is2 2,587.322.068
mak2 2,587.322.044
wae2 2,587.322.041
by3 3,880.981.925
hame2 2,587.321.909
i2 2,587.321.871
thaim2 2,587.321.473
him4 5,174.641.455
yer3 3,880.981.414
man2 2,587.321.311
fae4 5,174.641.272
and3 3,880.981.077
we5 6,468.311.040
weel2 2,587.321.022
o20 25,873.221.011
ay2 2,587.320.533
can2 2,587.320.470
no3 3,880.980.398
up2 2,587.320.353
as6 7,761.970.327
their2 2,587.320.313
nae3 3,880.980.264
time2 2,587.320.242
that9 11,642.950.236
at4 5,174.640.197
frae2 2,587.320.172
it8 10,349.290.153
ma4 5,174.640.102
an21 27,166.880.101
or3 3,880.980.093
wi6 7,761.970.010
sim2 2,587.32nan
bein2 2,587.322.387