Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
thi	39	66,213.92	438.643
yi	29	49,235.99	267.899
ther	5	8,488.96	43.234
yir	6	10,186.76	36.723
thim	3	5,093.38	34.300
work	4	6,791.17	21.549
lenses	2	3,395.59	20.389
bar	3	5,093.38	17.364
jist	7	11,884.55	16.915
dinnae	4	6,791.17	15.820
een	5	8,488.96	15.493
crowd	2	3,395.59	14.506
them	6	10,186.76	12.259
eh	3	5,093.38	11.575
being	2	3,395.59	10.579
like	7	11,884.55	10.339
wiz	4	6,791.17	9.928
before	2	3,395.59	9.905
see	5	8,488.96	8.613
bairns	3	5,093.38	8.568
when	4	6,791.17	8.214
wha	3	5,093.38	7.977
ur	2	3,395.59	7.835
an	6	10,186.76	7.262
ken	4	6,791.17	6.930
mean	2	3,395.59	6.235
o	5	8,488.96	5.508
thit	2	3,395.59	5.346
gang	2	3,395.59	5.281
kin	2	3,395.59	5.146
fur	5	8,488.96	5.060
road	2	3,395.59	4.967
yer	4	6,791.17	4.890
thae	2	3,395.59	4.727
so	3	5,093.38	4.653
keep	2	3,395.59	4.519
dae	3	5,093.38	4.172
but	6	10,186.76	4.172
roon	2	3,395.59	3.948
get	3	5,093.38	3.761
auld	3	5,093.38	3.643
and	8	13,582.34	3.302
gie	2	3,395.59	2.979
tae	19	32,258.06	2.838
noo	3	5,093.38	2.824
hame	2	3,395.59	2.709
they	5	8,488.96	2.420
heid	2	3,395.59	2.168
day	3	5,093.38	2.104
guid	2	3,395.59	1.999
back	3	5,093.38	1.876
mair	3	5,093.38	1.863
wee	3	5,093.38	1.828
here	2	3,395.59	1.802
whit	3	5,093.38	1.703
were	2	3,395.59	1.686
awa	2	3,395.59	1.550
that	9	15,280.14	1.519
oan	2	3,395.59	1.269
it	10	16,977.93	1.222
fowk	2	3,395.59	1.033
on	2	3,395.59	0.886
wi	3	5,093.38	0.517
a	20	33,955.86	0.444
her	2	3,395.59	0.413
in	11	18,675.72	0.344
she	4	6,791.17	0.294
this	3	5,093.38	0.229
up	3	5,093.38	0.217
ye	4	6,791.17	0.214
bit	2	3,395.59	0.141
megic	2	3,395.59	nan
as	3	5,093.38	0.111
oot	3	5,093.38	0.105
aboot	2	3,395.59	0.032