Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sands, Finn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 508
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 259
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.961
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - he, the, wis, his, tam, a, tae, an, as, him,

List of texts in corpus

THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (508 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
tam	13	25,590.55	106.449
he	35	68,897.64	85.322
fitbaw	5	9,842.52	56.438
et	7	13,779.53	55.509
stadium	4	7,874.02	49.947
ghaistly	3	5,905.51	35.189
his	16	31,496.06	28.708
heidless	2	3,937.01	24.966
wis	19	37,401.57	22.240
guisin	2	3,937.01	20.981
spied	2	3,937.01	17.124
speed	2	3,937.01	15.575
oan	6	11,811.02	15.410
him	8	15,748.03	15.247
ran	3	5,905.51	15.108
through	4	7,874.02	14.770
decidit	2	3,937.01	13.234
reached	2	3,937.01	12.646
hall	2	3,937.01	12.527
baw	2	3,937.01	12.299
git	3	5,905.51	11.911
wae	4	7,874.02	11.384
heard	3	5,905.51	10.934
game	2	3,937.01	10.621
rinnin	2	3,937.01	10.151
shoack	2	3,937.01	nan
aw	6	11,811.02	9.675
rin	2	3,937.01	8.748
fell	2	3,937.01	7.529
heid	3	5,905.51	5.856
ghouls	2	3,937.01	nan
saw	2	3,937.01	5.668
as	8	15,748.03	5.369
alang	2	3,937.01	5.104
oot	6	11,811.02	4.705
gaun	2	3,937.01	4.094
whaur	2	3,937.01	3.632
kent	2	3,937.01	3.560
up	5	9,842.52	3.325
was	2	3,937.01	2.560
ain	2	3,937.01	2.365
that	2	3,937.01	2.364
whit	3	5,905.51	2.244
efter	2	3,937.01	2.202
afore	2	3,937.01	2.013
awa	2	3,937.01	1.946
richt	2	3,937.01	1.791
in	5	9,842.52	1.258
s	2	3,937.01	1.006
mair	2	3,937.01	0.685
o	8	15,748.03	0.651
tae	13	25,590.55	0.389
a	13	25,590.55	0.246
an	12	23,622.05	0.084
and	3	5,905.51	0.043
they	2	3,937.01	0.000
horrur	2	3,937.01	nan
the	29	57,086.61	0.014