A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Handy, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,235
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 852
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.623
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, a, tae, it, o, that, as, s,

List of texts in corpus

Forked Tongues
Bella Caledonia (2016-Mar-26) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as blog (2,235 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
jamaica18 8,053.69213.488
patois17 7,606.26201.296
jamaican10 4,474.27108.887
de7 3,131.9944.046
way10 4,474.2740.684
in76 34,004.4737.100
folk11 4,921.7035.469
easton3 1,342.2832.372
jamaicans3 1,342.2830.145
marley3 1,342.2830.145
mainstream4 1,789.7128.372
standard5 2,237.1427.264
articles3 1,342.2826.303
influences3 1,342.2825.435
by16 7,158.8424.007
kill5 2,237.1423.643
english11 4,921.7023.204
scotland13 5,816.5523.145
are14 6,263.9822.942
power4 1,789.7121.809
although4 1,789.7121.005
louise2 894.8520.762
respected2 894.8520.762
weh2 894.8520.762
rebellion3 1,342.2820.031
also5 2,237.1419.900
has8 3,579.4219.888
scots23 10,290.8319.809
snobbery2 894.8519.040
lou2 894.8519.040
descendants2 894.8519.040
spraffin2 894.8519.040
maist10 4,474.2718.933
he4 1,789.7118.560
dangerous3 1,342.2818.368
was11 4,921.7017.965
as32 14,317.6717.870
conveniently2 894.8517.859
preservin2 894.8517.859
unfamiliar2 894.8517.859
printin2 894.8517.859
wrong3 1,342.2817.687
real5 2,237.1417.555
language10 4,474.2717.045
fi2 894.8516.956
yuh9 4,026.85nan
newly2 894.8517.859
bennett2 894.8516.956
controlled2 894.8516.222
accepted2 894.8516.222
effort3 1,342.2816.026
culture5 2,237.1415.757
wis7 3,131.9915.085
privilege2 894.8515.072
preserve2 894.8514.603
african2 894.8514.603
whose2 894.8514.603
spoken4 1,789.7114.580
is30 13,422.8214.371
his2 894.8514.273
elephant2 894.8514.184
valid2 894.8513.806
neighbour2 894.8513.806
talk4 1,789.7113.631
bob3 1,342.2812.729
resistance2 894.8512.326
many3 1,342.2812.221
website2 894.8511.863
definitely2 894.8511.651
ah26 11,633.1111.611
existence2 894.8511.450
phrases2 894.8511.259
it45 20,134.2311.198
one4 1,789.7111.154
british3 1,342.2811.128
received2 894.8511.077
somewhere2 894.8511.077
january2 894.8511.077
sheena2 894.8511.077
much5 2,237.1411.075
when9 4,026.8510.975
genuine2 894.8510.903
recognise2 894.8510.737
compare2 894.8510.578
livin3 1,342.2810.507
national4 1,789.7110.500
an83 37,136.4710.468
similar2 894.8510.425
liz2 894.8510.425
extent2 894.8510.278
no15 6,711.4110.083
regarded4 1,789.71nan
variety2 894.8510.137
the97 43,400.459.929
try4 1,789.719.844
media3 1,342.289.696
american2 894.859.620
anythin2 894.859.501
might3 1,342.289.500
independent2 894.859.386
use3 1,342.289.311
mon2 894.859.166
speak4 1,789.719.140
daily2 894.859.061
equal2 894.858.958
scottish6 2,684.568.930
s30 13,422.828.872
expect2 894.858.859
haffi3 1,342.28nan
telly2 894.858.762
majority2 894.858.667
than8 3,579.428.539
words4 1,789.718.510
world3 1,342.288.461
cultural3 1,342.288.384
re6 2,684.568.378
school3 1,342.288.050
cos3 1,342.287.979
burns3 1,342.287.839
start3 1,342.287.839
international2 894.857.837
accent2 894.857.764
listenin2 894.857.621
part2 894.857.552
population2 894.857.352
whether2 894.857.164
between2 894.857.164
any3 1,342.287.081
over2 894.856.870
used3 1,342.286.772
irish2 894.856.759
hairt2 894.856.759
maks3 1,342.286.664
same5 2,237.146.594
hear4 1,789.716.416
dinnae4 1,789.716.331
aboot14 6,263.986.141
after2 894.856.115
independence2 894.855.983
that34 15,212.535.641
ll7 3,131.995.539
front3 1,342.285.506
those2 894.855.500
learn2 894.855.318
wife3 1,342.285.120
gettin3 1,342.284.976
who3 1,342.284.976
but16 7,158.844.964
maistly2 894.854.921
music2 894.854.921
have3 1,342.284.871
her5 2,237.144.773
off2 894.854.681
what4 1,789.714.633
she5 2,237.144.624
form2 894.854.541
far4 1,789.714.374
love2 894.854.204
nae2 894.854.127
though3 1,342.283.944
point2 894.853.902
dem2 894.853.837
from2 894.853.773
disnae2 894.853.610
nane2 894.853.590
makin2 894.853.590
will5 2,237.143.541
accompong2 894.85nan
other2 894.853.571
too2 894.853.419
never3 1,342.283.368
twanging2 894.85nan
mair9 4,026.853.285
would2 894.853.241
miss2 894.853.224
how3 1,342.283.194
because2 894.853.140
years3 1,342.283.099
if7 3,131.993.034
dialec2 894.85nan
got5 2,237.143.022
every2 894.852.995
this14 6,263.982.957
can7 3,131.992.931
to6 2,684.562.905
leid4 1,789.712.792
go3 1,342.282.760
white2 894.852.715
black2 894.852.702
ye18 8,053.692.675
still4 1,789.712.422
all2 894.852.321
wi11 4,921.702.276
only3 1,342.282.209
of6 2,684.562.199
bairns3 1,342.282.187
so5 2,237.142.186
doon2 894.852.126
government2 894.852.049
different2 894.852.018
dat2 894.851.883
mean2 894.851.837
him3 1,342.281.800
well2 894.851.765
tolerated2 894.85nan
these2 894.851.614
at10 4,474.271.518
came2 894.851.475
a56 25,055.931.435
ken5 2,237.141.341
get5 2,237.141.267
you2 894.851.259
on10 4,474.271.166
right2 894.851.144
hae3 1,342.281.133
me10 4,474.271.063
be8 3,579.421.059
room2 894.850.993
ain4 1,789.710.970
up6 2,684.560.882
noo2 894.850.844
while2 894.850.800
hame3 1,342.280.666
things2 894.850.661
want2 894.850.657
better2 894.850.612
through2 894.850.602
o41 18,344.520.598
they11 4,921.700.584
them5 2,237.140.535
tae53 23,713.650.522
said2 894.850.420
d5 2,237.140.377
their5 2,237.140.338
been3 1,342.280.325
ma11 4,921.700.270
there7 3,131.990.263
yer3 1,342.280.244
for11 4,921.700.231
man3 1,342.280.231
m2 894.850.190
intae3 1,342.280.170
we10 4,474.270.132
lochead2 894.85nan
daisley2 894.85nan
some4 1,789.710.237
day5 2,237.140.104
here2 894.850.094
mind2 894.850.077
gie2 894.850.069
were3 1,342.280.067
war2 894.850.059
or8 3,579.420.058
its3 1,342.280.046
jist3 1,342.280.034
mak2 894.850.032
oor3 1,342.280.014
heid2 894.850.012
us3 1,342.280.008
fae6 2,684.560.003
and15 6,711.410.002
time4 1,789.710.000
first2 894.850.000