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 31,047.87128.322
thole11 14,230.2787.726
the2 2,587.3276.256
oul8 10,349.2954.948
wus7 9,055.6346.385
ye22 28,460.5438.325
pence4 5,174.6436.829
coins4 5,174.6435.046
shillins3 3,880.9834.931
wurds4 5,174.6430.193
thur5 6,468.3128.004
pun3 3,880.9827.046
taak3 3,880.9826.046
ed4 5,174.6425.814
worth4 5,174.6425.430
aa11 14,230.2725.350
loast3 3,880.9824.443
cum4 5,174.6424.298
caa4 5,174.6423.311
solace2 2,587.3223.285
half4 5,174.6422.373
gan4 5,174.6422.310
lan3 3,880.9820.996
money4 5,174.6420.993
penny3 3,880.9819.818
cannae5 6,468.3119.653
bob3 3,880.9818.930
shillin2 2,587.3218.028
laik2 2,587.3217.066
bae3 3,880.9817.001
suffer2 2,587.3216.293
note3 3,880.9815.509
oniebodie2 2,587.3215.453
mine3 3,880.9815.166
whun2 2,587.3214.761
kep2 2,587.3213.661
twal2 2,587.3213.544
aul2 2,587.3212.617
ulster-scots2 2,587.3212.185
strange2 2,587.3212.024
whut2 2,587.3211.057
plan2 2,587.3210.492
gled2 2,587.3210.237
fer3 3,880.9810.120
mair7 9,055.639.958
wean2 2,587.329.953
iz2 2,587.329.443
yins2 2,587.329.065
a38 49,159.129.041
thon4 5,174.648.657
whuch3 3,880.98nan
hae7 9,055.638.600
cud3 3,880.988.131
nixt2 2,587.328.094
tongue2 2,587.327.854
bit7 9,055.637.635
oor5 6,468.317.305
unner2 2,587.326.628
wha3 3,880.986.545
ten2 2,587.326.538
noo5 6,468.316.436
ll4 5,174.646.072
haein2 2,587.325.986
yin3 3,880.985.469
ir2 2,587.325.385
hoo2 2,587.325.299
micht3 3,880.985.086
twa4 5,174.644.898
r2 2,587.324.766
folk2 2,587.324.125
s11 14,230.273.850
heid3 3,880.983.843
in6 7,761.973.785
then3 3,880.983.543
ain3 3,880.983.486
better2 2,587.323.442
roon2 2,587.323.060
tae24 31,047.872.978
afore3 3,880.982.961
foartie3 3,880.98nan
wheen2 2,587.325.565
m3 3,880.982.911
tell2 2,587.322.720
doon4 5,174.642.348
still2 2,587.322.180
gin2 2,587.322.077
is2 2,587.322.074
wae2 2,587.322.028
mak2 2,587.321.987
folliet2 2,587.32nan
oan3 3,880.982.407
hame2 2,587.321.916
by3 3,880.981.902
i2 2,587.321.809
thaim2 2,587.321.490
yer3 3,880.981.467
him4 5,174.641.438
man2 2,587.321.343
fae4 5,174.641.317
and3 3,880.981.051
weel2 2,587.321.019
we5 6,468.311.014
o20 25,873.220.978
ay2 2,587.320.529
can2 2,587.320.479
no3 3,880.980.419
up2 2,587.320.362
as6 7,761.970.310
their2 2,587.320.304
nae3 3,880.980.259
time2 2,587.320.251
that9 11,642.950.238
at4 5,174.640.208
ma4 5,174.640.166
frae2 2,587.320.159
it8 10,349.290.135
or3 3,880.980.080
an21 27,166.880.072
wi6 7,761.970.007
sim2 2,587.32nan
bein2 2,587.322.414