Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hume, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 279
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.701
Tagged as BUL (Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, they, frae, in, hae, he, d, doon, o,

List of texts in corpus

Aince the corncrake caa’ed
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ballycarry) dialect (BUL), categorised as poetry (114 words)

The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ballycarry) dialect (BUL), categorised as poetry (165 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
caa	4	14,336.92	30.755
coal	3	10,752.69	27.583
brae	3	10,752.69	21.272
boy	3	10,752.69	20.252
frae	6	21,505.38	18.109
braes	2	7,168.46	17.427
wile	2	7,168.46	17.109
wus	3	10,752.69	16.931
aul	2	7,168.46	16.629
thon	4	14,336.92	15.894
d	5	17,921.15	14.625
hear	3	10,752.69	14.516
they	7	25,089.61	14.412
bits	2	7,168.46	13.219
doon	5	17,921.15	12.439
hae	5	17,921.15	11.636
aince	2	7,168.46	10.354
dug	2	7,168.46	10.178
days	2	7,168.46	6.859
telt	2	7,168.46	6.142
aa	3	10,752.69	5.403
mak	2	7,168.46	5.292
come	2	7,168.46	5.072
fur	3	10,752.69	3.997
by	2	7,168.46	2.970
corncrake	2	7,168.46	nan
their	2	7,168.46	2.717
a	13	46,594.98	2.477
he	5	17,921.15	2.077
ower	2	7,168.46	1.923
an	4	14,336.92	1.722
aboot	2	7,168.46	1.176
me	2	7,168.46	1.028
tae	4	14,336.92	0.768
but	2	7,168.46	0.621
o	4	14,336.92	0.619
in	6	21,505.38	0.566
the	19	68,100.36	0.512
s	3	10,752.69	0.371
his	2	7,168.46	0.094
at	2	7,168.46	0.024
that	3	10,752.69	0.021
and	2	7,168.46	0.014