A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Smyth, Anne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 333
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 155
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as GUL (General Ulster) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, an, the, o, luive, aa, disnae, bot, mair, s,

List of texts in corpus

I Corinthians 13
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster dialect (GUL), categorised as prose (333 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
disnae7 21,021.0254.803
whanivver3 9,009.0143.814
haenae3 9,009.0141.584
bot6 18,018.0239.300
feck4 12,012.0134.044
luive9 27,027.03nan
tholes3 9,009.0141.584
wean4 12,012.0132.125
a31 93,093.0930.754
aa8 24,024.0226.015
gear3 9,009.0122.129
thar3 9,009.0121.929
daeins2 6,006.0119.210
throch2 6,006.0119.006
mair6 18,018.0215.487
gin4 12,012.0114.641
ill2 6,006.0112.068
ll4 12,012.0111.865
wus2 6,006.0111.557
gate2 6,006.0111.557
fu2 6,006.0111.527
hae5 15,015.0210.202
syne3 9,009.019.966
itsel2 6,006.019.908
t3 9,009.019.467
hert2 6,006.018.868
m3 9,009.016.926
leck3 9,009.01nan
ken3 9,009.016.623
jist3 9,009.015.812
nor2 6,006.015.185
thaim2 6,006.014.034
guid2 6,006.013.760
s6 18,018.023.636
we4 12,012.013.510
its2 6,006.013.298
tae3 9,009.013.139
us2 6,006.013.063
an14 42,042.043.023
noo2 6,006.012.351
o11 33,033.032.153
the14 42,042.041.774
whit2 6,006.011.539
ma3 9,009.011.390
it2 6,006.011.151
fur2 6,006.011.131
like2 6,006.011.072
nae2 6,006.010.882
be3 9,009.010.848
up2 6,006.010.346
at3 9,009.010.305
in4 12,012.010.302
oot2 6,006.010.229
wi2 6,006.010.107
is2 6,006.010.001
as2 6,006.010.001