A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thompson, Mark

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 812
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.12
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, he, it, tae, s, his, wi, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Address to a Nintendo DS
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (274 words)

The Lost Ness Monster
clydesburn.blogspot.com (02-08-2009) in Ulster (Ards Peninsula) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (538 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
nintendo9 11,083.74115.420
baste6 7,389.1680.179
charlie6 7,389.1658.394
ate6 7,389.1654.274
oul8 9,852.2254.166
monster4 4,926.1136.435
he27 33,251.2332.833
then10 12,315.2731.399
heedit2 2,463.0523.088
aa10 12,315.2720.547
ness2 2,463.0518.634
was7 8,620.6918.096
monks2 2,463.0517.165
so7 8,620.6917.072
hunger2 2,463.0515.654
roon5 6,157.6415.135
whun2 2,463.0514.565
boats2 2,463.0514.410
cannae4 4,926.1113.664
yin5 6,157.6413.101
gien4 4,926.1113.083
near4 4,926.1113.028
fowk7 8,620.6912.955
woman2 2,463.0512.808
orange2 2,463.0512.708
bye2 2,463.0512.074
fechtin2 2,463.0511.529
sweet2 2,463.0510.248
his13 16,009.8510.107
s15 18,472.919.547
wanted2 2,463.059.374
it20 24,630.548.842
bluid2 2,463.058.701
weans2 2,463.058.667
playin2 2,463.058.567
thon4 4,926.118.320
hunner2 2,463.057.825
lost2 2,463.057.542
had5 6,157.647.490
ava2 2,463.057.257
across2 2,463.056.909
went3 3,694.586.889
an33 40,640.396.249
wheen2 2,463.055.388
its4 4,926.115.355
t3 3,694.584.817
comin2 2,463.054.574
wi12 14,778.334.507
o9 11,083.744.393
fae6 7,389.164.354
room2 2,463.053.902
go2 2,463.053.687
d4 4,926.113.350
through2 2,463.053.264
ll3 3,694.583.040
thing2 2,463.052.906
at2 2,463.052.631
big2 2,463.052.542
donaghadee2 2,463.05nan
a32 39,408.872.690
richt3 3,694.582.433
munched2 2,463.05nan
fin2 2,463.052.245
doon4 4,926.112.121
even2 2,463.052.018
think2 2,463.051.912
cam2 2,463.051.851
them3 3,694.581.659
on8 9,852.221.517
ye7 8,620.691.383
in9 11,083.741.196
when2 2,463.051.123
efter2 2,463.050.996
but5 6,157.640.920
were2 2,463.050.913
back3 3,694.580.862
wee3 3,694.580.826
get2 2,463.050.679
oot5 6,157.640.649
aff2 2,463.050.645
that6 7,389.160.556
and4 4,926.110.398
see2 2,463.050.325
intae2 2,463.050.254
their2 2,463.050.240
up4 4,926.110.227
time2 2,463.050.192
nae3 3,694.580.185
tae16 19,704.430.123
ma4 4,926.110.099
for5 6,157.640.034
him2 2,463.050.013
the48 59,113.300.009
no2 2,463.050.007