A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McKenzie, Roddy

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 589
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.931
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - thi, yi, a, tae, in, it, that, and, jist, like,

List of texts in corpus

Cataracts
northwordsnow.co.uk (2018-10-01) in Central (Dundee) dialect (DUN), categorised as prose (589 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
thi39 66,213.92438.681
yi29 49,235.99267.927
ther5 8,488.9643.239
yir6 10,186.7636.729
thim3 5,093.3834.303
work4 6,791.1721.053
lenses2 3,395.5920.391
bar3 5,093.3817.420
jist7 11,884.5517.153
dinnae4 6,791.1715.666
een5 8,488.9615.596
crowd2 3,395.5914.508
them6 10,186.7612.307
eh3 5,093.3811.559
being2 3,395.5910.622
like7 11,884.5510.216
wiz4 6,791.1710.108
before2 3,395.599.517
see5 8,488.968.598
bairns3 5,093.388.581
wha3 5,093.387.951
when4 6,791.177.944
ur2 3,395.597.935
an6 10,186.767.081
ken4 6,791.176.988
mean2 3,395.596.213
o5 8,488.965.475
thit2 3,395.595.367
gang2 3,395.595.292
kin2 3,395.595.139
road2 3,395.595.019
fur5 8,488.964.951
yer4 6,791.174.796
thae2 3,395.594.783
so3 5,093.384.656
keep2 3,395.594.514
dae3 5,093.384.137
but6 10,186.764.104
roon2 3,395.594.033
get3 5,093.383.688
auld3 5,093.383.636
and8 13,582.343.239
gie2 3,395.592.936
tae19 32,258.062.882
noo3 5,093.382.799
hame2 3,395.592.700
they5 8,488.962.450
heid2 3,395.592.135
day3 5,093.382.069
guid2 3,395.591.969
mair3 5,093.381.893
back3 5,093.381.879
wee3 5,093.381.810
here2 3,395.591.808
were2 3,395.591.689
whit3 5,093.381.671
awa2 3,395.591.597
that9 15,280.141.519
oan2 3,395.591.206
it10 16,977.931.178
fowk2 3,395.591.057
on2 3,395.590.870
wi3 5,093.380.497
a20 33,955.860.429
her2 3,395.590.394
in11 18,675.720.345
she4 6,791.170.272
this3 5,093.380.227
up3 5,093.380.225
ye4 6,791.170.203
bit2 3,395.590.142
megic2 3,395.59nan
oot3 5,093.380.104
as3 5,093.380.101
aboot2 3,395.590.035