A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mc Rae, Thomas

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,089
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 395
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.757
Top ten most common words - the, an, we, tae, wiz, in, it, a, that, us,

List of texts in corpus

The Neep Lantern
Lowdown-L (2009) in Central (Central) dialect (), categorised as prose (1,089 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
wiz24 22,038.57112.982
we40 36,730.95107.938
lantern8 7,346.1984.021
ganged6 5,509.6468.934
im6 5,509.6443.913
neep6 5,509.6443.281
hud9 8,264.4637.600
us13 11,937.5635.199
wind6 5,509.6434.016
dominie4 3,673.0933.331
wavin4 3,673.0932.977
nicht10 9,182.7431.082
uz4 3,673.0929.413
e8 7,346.1927.776
luiked4 3,673.0927.646
awfy4 3,673.0924.990
thair9 8,264.4623.692
awbuddy2 1,836.5523.637
went7 6,427.9223.100
miss5 4,591.3722.895
sandy3 2,754.8222.884
duncan3 2,754.8221.141
door7 6,427.9218.669
cuid5 4,591.3718.629
goat5 4,591.3718.004
guysin7 6,427.92nan
windy2 1,836.5517.934
beggin2 1,836.5517.463
songs2 1,836.5517.042
oor9 8,264.4616.727
funny3 2,754.8216.471
giant2 1,836.5515.996
hoose7 6,427.9215.964
whoat6 5,509.64nan
aw11 10,101.0115.043
folks2 1,836.5514.930
fast3 2,754.8214.803
thae5 4,591.3714.534
l3 2,754.8214.208
halloween2 1,836.5513.732
sayin4 3,673.0913.351
dark3 2,754.8212.996
stairted2 1,836.5512.684
stuff3 2,754.8212.560
nixt3 2,754.8212.518
trees3 2,754.8212.395
kep2 1,836.5512.308
er3 2,754.8212.235
sweeties2 1,836.5511.754
elsie2 1,836.5511.553
wa2 1,836.5511.180
wurds2 1,836.5510.923
jaimie4 3,673.09nan
shouted2 1,836.5510.841
oan7 6,427.9210.770
yin5 4,591.3710.536
inside3 2,754.8210.443
stairt2 1,836.559.846
polis2 1,836.559.846
nivver3 2,754.829.833
caun4 3,673.09nan
whae3 2,754.829.858
efter6 5,509.649.697
streets2 1,836.559.377
open3 2,754.829.199
days4 3,673.098.964
o10 9,182.748.888
wild2 1,836.558.817
fur9 8,264.468.777
nice2 1,836.558.456
great3 2,754.828.204
licht3 2,754.828.168
cum2 1,836.558.090
a18 16,528.937.314
frae7 6,427.927.107
so5 4,591.376.949
gang3 2,754.826.824
sed2 1,836.556.778
still4 3,673.096.505
oot11 10,101.016.496
school2 1,836.556.496
thur2 1,836.556.352
an42 38,567.496.351
och2 1,836.556.282
cut2 1,836.556.236
turnt2 1,836.556.146
verra2 1,836.556.037
again4 3,673.096.024
tho3 2,754.826.007
used2 1,836.555.615
gairden2 1,836.555.578
last3 2,754.825.210
heid4 3,673.094.798
jist5 4,591.374.518
lang4 3,673.094.508
then4 3,673.094.405
big3 2,754.824.330
up9 8,264.464.172
past2 1,836.554.140
times2 1,836.553.810
git2 1,836.553.728
its4 3,673.093.655
mclennan5 4,591.37nan
but9 8,264.464.076
help2 1,836.553.591
awa4 3,673.093.517
ye2 1,836.553.384
cam3 2,754.823.248
and3 2,754.823.205
her2 1,836.553.142
year3 2,754.823.074
saw2 1,836.553.064
be2 1,836.552.952
it19 17,447.202.658
he5 4,591.372.632
as3 2,754.822.572
s13 11,937.562.562
aye4 3,673.092.550
back5 4,591.372.529
things2 1,836.552.453
only2 1,836.552.330
bairns2 1,836.552.313
by4 3,673.092.277
noo4 3,673.092.121
when3 2,754.822.088
thing2 1,836.552.034
roon2 1,836.552.034
wha2 1,836.552.000
intae4 3,673.091.906
telt2 1,836.551.663
seen2 1,836.551.473
she3 2,754.821.436
no5 4,591.371.342
mind2 1,836.551.280
auld3 2,754.821.275
t2 1,836.551.227
guysers2 1,836.55nan
think2 1,836.551.162
hame2 1,836.551.053
that14 12,855.830.915
see3 2,754.820.748
thaim2 1,836.550.715
guid2 1,836.550.563
tae27 24,793.390.548
in20 18,365.470.517
time3 2,754.820.502
is5 4,591.370.487
nae2 1,836.550.453
they3 2,754.820.395
the59 54,178.150.351
wee3 2,754.820.216
twa2 1,836.550.180
ah5 4,591.370.178
said2 1,836.550.157
doon2 1,836.550.054
aboot3 2,754.820.020
d2 1,836.550.016
bit3 2,754.820.014
like3 2,754.820.008
wi8 7,346.190.003
at7 6,427.920.000