A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacDonald, Bo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,109
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 455
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.437
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - th', mah, ah, tae, as, wis, me, n', o', a,

List of texts in corpus

CAULD NIGHT
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as weans (1,109 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
th'72 64,923.35910.425
mah55 49,594.23679.927
n'21 18,935.98225.736
kip15 13,525.70170.136
o'17 15,329.13104.236
ah44 39,675.3899.531
awa'7 6,311.9979.577
thare12 10,820.5668.996
ankle5 4,508.5751.161
coupon5 4,508.5749.393
me23 20,739.4047.859
somethin9 8,115.4245.853
under7 6,311.9942.623
twas4 3,606.8538.040
felt8 7,213.7137.324
as28 25,247.9737.318
nothin5 4,508.5736.701
duvet3 2,705.1434.349
stairted4 3,606.8530.986
identical3 2,705.1429.631
thay7 6,311.9928.277
forcin3 2,705.1427.051
ne'er3 2,705.1426.089
hud7 6,311.9925.634
lay5 4,508.5724.801
boney2 1,803.4323.565
intrigued2 1,803.4323.565
slowly4 3,606.8523.169
foot3 2,705.1422.060
hee2 1,803.4321.841
discomfort2 1,803.4321.841
tangled2 1,803.4321.841
finally4 3,606.8521.306
wi'4 3,606.8520.998
creakin2 1,803.4319.752
breaths2 1,803.4319.752
bruise2 1,803.4319.752
wooden2 1,803.4319.016
bedroom3 2,705.1418.358
grip3 2,705.1418.358
escaped2 1,803.4317.862
tis2 1,803.4317.862
wance3 2,705.1417.791
became3 2,705.1417.791
noise3 2,705.1416.986
silence3 2,705.1416.986
slipped2 1,803.4315.924
themselves2 1,803.4315.629
chill2 1,803.4315.355
behind3 2,705.1415.223
something4 3,606.8514.647
heid7 6,311.9914.472
against3 2,705.1414.452
fankle2 1,803.4314.417
spread2 1,803.4314.213
locked2 1,803.4314.213
fingers3 2,705.1413.617
feet4 3,606.8513.400
haw2 1,803.4313.331
flair3 2,705.1413.315
scream2 1,803.4313.176
purple2 1,803.4313.027
masell2 1,803.4312.884
mynd3 2,705.1412.801
silent2 1,803.4312.612
wasnae2 1,803.4312.612
waited2 1,803.4312.483
brain2 1,803.4312.483
attempt2 1,803.4312.237
disturbin3 2,705.14nan
body4 3,606.8512.413
aroond3 2,705.1412.131
pushed2 1,803.4312.006
up13 11,722.2711.594
ilk3 2,705.1411.535
eyes3 2,705.1411.260
appeared2 1,803.4310.936
cauld4 3,606.8510.883
night3 2,705.1410.811
oan7 6,311.9910.569
a16 14,427.4110.481
keek2 1,803.4310.458
dyke2 1,803.4310.240
turned3 2,705.149.833
action2 1,803.439.714
caught2 1,803.439.714
wis23 20,739.409.491
breath2 1,803.438.653
fresh2 1,803.438.344
skin2 1,803.438.179
suddenly2 1,803.438.060
decided2 1,803.438.060
weeks2 1,803.437.516
yit2 1,803.437.289
form2 1,803.437.075
feelin2 1,803.436.737
how3 2,705.146.533
een4 3,606.856.447
he3 2,705.146.413
deep2 1,803.436.404
didnae3 2,705.146.038
it's4 3,606.855.986
win3 2,705.145.668
fae8 7,213.715.567
whin2 1,803.435.402
at2 1,803.435.225
looked2 1,803.434.859
run2 1,803.434.859
on2 1,803.434.796
fell2 1,803.434.683
bin2 1,803.434.571
hert2 1,803.434.436
yin3 2,705.143.760
wull2 1,803.433.698
git2 1,803.433.668
end2 1,803.433.225
let2 1,803.432.968
come3 2,705.142.872
his11 9,918.852.798
thair3 2,705.142.531
wey3 2,705.142.445
lang3 2,705.142.135
dizziness2 1,803.43nan
thing2 1,803.431.983
wha2 1,803.431.949
mak'2 1,803.43nan
again3 2,705.143.139
be3 2,705.141.452
bit5 4,508.571.321
even2 1,803.431.209
tae29 26,149.681.086
juist2 1,803.430.913
doon4 3,606.850.903
is5 4,508.570.552
nae2 1,803.430.494
time3 2,705.140.464
efter2 1,803.430.406
him2 1,803.430.348
in15 13,525.700.323
it15 13,525.700.289
back3 2,705.140.209
wee3 2,705.140.190
ower3 2,705.140.099
aye2 1,803.430.080
by2 1,803.430.043
fur3 2,705.140.011
tak'2 1,803.43nan
intae2 1,803.430.009