A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matthews, Lily

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 904
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 407
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.221
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, an, tae, a, th, wis, in, me, fur,

List of texts in corpus

A SPARK O INSPIRATION
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (DUN), categorised as weans (904 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
th18 19,911.50162.861
ah31 34,292.0462.208
howff6 6,637.1755.097
mah7 7,743.3653.128
lecky4 4,424.7851.406
baxter4 4,424.7840.376
guest4 4,424.7837.364
lassie7 7,743.3635.188
lightning3 3,318.5833.991
floor4 4,424.7833.796
eh7 7,743.3632.708
donaldson3 3,318.5831.727
cook4 4,424.7830.894
cakes3 3,318.5830.856
fisher3 3,318.5826.883
carriage2 2,212.3924.383
meh2 2,212.3924.383
laurence2 2,212.3921.475
bessie2 2,212.3921.475
fur12 13,274.3420.356
study3 3,318.5819.449
searchin2 2,212.3919.213
me13 14,380.5319.174
hur2 2,212.3918.677
thunder2 2,212.3917.404
reform2 2,212.3917.057
hud5 5,530.9717.052
twas2 2,212.3916.737
lamps2 2,212.3916.737
spark2 2,212.3915.443
cuid4 4,424.7814.613
hoose6 6,637.1714.013
drookit2 2,212.3913.691
brought2 2,212.3913.419
toun3 3,318.5812.882
explained2 2,212.3912.811
ainlie2 2,212.3912.700
how4 4,424.7812.220
struck2 2,212.3912.188
gates2 2,212.3912.188
ran3 3,318.5811.784
quickly2 2,212.3911.256
mrs3 3,318.5811.054
dug3 3,318.5810.798
picked2 2,212.3910.570
mr3 3,318.5810.208
future2 2,212.399.043
by6 6,637.178.273
o8 8,849.567.883
heard3 3,318.587.764
wait2 2,212.397.640
kin3 3,318.587.603
mary2 2,212.397.556
tellt2 2,212.397.447
shuid2 2,212.397.264
fun2 2,212.397.139
time6 6,637.177.057
happened2 2,212.396.901
puir2 2,212.396.470
said5 5,530.976.464
night2 2,212.396.450
she11 12,168.146.364
couldnae2 2,212.396.351
back6 6,637.175.816
run2 2,212.395.586
street2 2,212.395.248
neist2 2,212.395.098
wisnae2 2,212.394.607
her10 11,061.954.587
masel2 2,212.394.507
body2 2,212.394.452
though2 2,212.394.245
wis16 17,699.124.183
the39 43,141.594.159
cannae2 2,212.393.967
oor4 4,424.783.615
doon5 5,530.973.335
win2 2,212.393.121
see4 4,424.783.044
as10 11,061.952.908
went2 2,212.392.893
then3 3,318.582.873
face2 2,212.392.857
wur2 2,212.392.769
wi3 3,318.582.685
wha2 2,212.392.540
afore3 3,318.582.330
life2 2,212.392.308
to3 3,318.582.202
tae26 28,761.062.076
get3 3,318.581.999
and3 3,318.581.856
made2 2,212.391.842
oan3 3,318.581.821
kent2 2,212.391.817
even2 2,212.391.724
tak2 2,212.391.470
s10 11,061.951.424
got2 2,212.391.180
wey2 2,212.391.132
his3 3,318.581.092
ma2 2,212.391.028
there4 4,424.781.004
an28 30,973.450.973
when2 2,212.390.886
ye3 3,318.580.808
a22 24,336.280.805
wid2 2,212.390.800
fae4 4,424.780.782
but2 2,212.390.775
efter2 2,212.390.770
day3 3,318.580.744
aboot4 4,424.780.549
he6 6,637.170.509
whit3 3,318.580.487
had2 2,212.390.436
twa2 2,212.390.429
hae3 3,318.580.327
if2 2,212.390.268
sae2 2,212.390.212
oot3 3,318.580.182
intae2 2,212.390.135
at5 5,530.970.123
that8 8,849.560.098
you2 2,212.390.079
him2 2,212.390.073
be4 4,424.780.071
up3 3,318.580.069
they4 4,424.780.067
nae3 3,318.580.066
like2 2,212.390.059
we4 4,424.780.043
it10 11,061.950.037
mcquarry2 2,212.39nan
bit2 2,212.390.048
in14 15,486.730.001
ower2 2,212.390.000