Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Geddes, Jenny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 845
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 393
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.15
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, the, a, an, we, s, ah, o, in, it,

List of texts in corpus

Fling the creepie in January
McRenegade.Scots (2018-01-18) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (845 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
social	8	9,467.46	51.810
identity	5	5,917.16	37.036
fer	7	8,284.02	33.805
identities	3	3,550.30	30.503
friendship	3	3,550.30	30.503
media	5	5,917.16	30.502
wha	7	8,284.02	24.901
we	16	18,934.91	24.862
those	4	4,733.73	23.760
cry	4	4,733.73	22.828
ta'en	2	2,366.86	21.745
git	5	5,917.16	19.898
ahm	2	2,366.86	17.673
which	5	5,917.16	17.222
facebook	2	2,366.86	16.179
sich	2	2,366.86	15.292
virtual	2	2,366.86	15.099
prose	2	2,366.86	14.914
january	2	2,366.86	14.914
an'	4	4,733.73	14.178
oan	7	8,284.02	13.674
positive	2	2,366.86	13.191
surely	2	2,366.86	12.551
personal	2	2,366.86	12.551
culture	3	3,550.30	12.020
pan	2	2,366.86	11.834
ithers	3	3,550.30	11.569
dae	6	7,100.59	11.567
simply	2	2,366.86	11.373
tae	34	40,236.69	11.324
try	3	3,550.30	11.128
ah've	2	2,366.86	11.027
tryin	3	3,550.30	10.933
some	6	7,100.59	9.970
intil	3	3,550.30	9.443
view	2	2,366.86	9.345
being	2	2,366.86	9.180
s	15	17,751.48	8.831
are	5	5,917.16	7.716
best	3	3,550.30	7.655
seem	2	2,366.86	7.648
us	5	5,917.16	7.547
boy	2	2,366.86	7.543
poem	2	2,366.86	7.295
want	3	3,550.30	6.888
until	2	2,366.86	6.782
sense	2	2,366.86	6.580
word	2	2,366.86	6.542
place	3	3,550.30	6.306
ah	11	13,017.75	6.284
fowk	5	5,917.16	6.268
so	4	4,733.73	5.746
way	2	2,366.86	5.708
be	10	11,834.32	5.637
all	2	2,366.86	5.546
emoticon	3	3,550.30	nan
the	34	40,236.69	5.625
re	3	3,550.30	5.523
their	5	5,917.16	5.342
who	2	2,366.86	5.246
o'	2	2,366.86	5.056
wis	3	3,550.30	4.906
me	7	8,284.02	4.826
fb	3	3,550.30	nan
ve	3	3,550.30	4.614
will	3	3,550.30	4.062
oor	4	4,733.73	3.987
aye	4	4,733.73	3.869
is	10	11,834.32	3.483
while	2	2,366.86	3.469
see	4	4,733.73	3.396
lik	2	2,366.86	3.337
dinna	2	2,366.86	3.331
abused	2	2,366.86	nan
hae	5	5,917.16	3.241
things	2	2,366.86	3.238
ither	3	3,550.30	2.792
o	11	13,017.75	2.783
no	5	5,917.16	2.612
m	3	3,550.30	2.548
as	9	10,650.89	2.318
fin	2	2,366.86	2.131
wee	4	4,733.73	2.099
for	2	2,366.86	2.096
mak	2	2,366.86	1.743
if	3	3,550.30	1.713
by	3	3,550.30	1.590
or	5	5,917.16	1.446
heid	2	2,366.86	1.217
ye	7	8,284.02	1.176
on	3	3,550.30	1.121
fae	4	4,733.73	0.999
nae	4	4,733.73	0.877
oot	2	2,366.86	0.809
they	5	5,917.16	0.785
i	7	8,284.02	0.747
awa	2	2,366.86	0.725
to	2	2,366.86	0.707
an	18	21,301.78	0.671
richt	2	2,366.86	0.617
get	2	2,366.86	0.605
of	2	2,366.86	0.502
in	11	13,017.75	0.387
can	2	2,366.86	0.341
sae	2	2,366.86	0.297
a	27	31,952.66	0.217
d	2	2,366.86	0.211
this	4	4,733.73	0.174
yer	2	2,366.86	0.159
time	2	2,366.86	0.150
ma	3	3,550.30	0.088
wi	7	8,284.02	0.068
that	9	10,650.89	0.053
mair	2	2,366.86	0.037
and	6	7,100.59	0.026
like	2	2,366.86	0.021
whit	2	2,366.86	0.017
bit	2	2,366.86	0.014
there	2	2,366.86	0.013
scots	3	3,550.30	0.002
it	10	11,834.32	0.001