A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robertson, Gary

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 341
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 213
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.601
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, in, o, xmas, it, tih, fir, yir,

List of texts in corpus

A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem
Lidl (01-12-2020) in Central dialect (DUN), categorised as poetry (341 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
tih6 17,595.3190.651
xmas6 17,595.3170.620
yih3 8,797.6543.671
wut3 8,797.6538.611
ho3 8,797.6535.957
twelve3 8,797.6528.896
yir4 11,730.2125.557
robert3 8,797.6522.633
eez2 5,865.1022.577
fergusson2 5,865.1020.060
sna3 8,797.6519.943
hope3 8,797.6519.265
season2 5,865.1017.865
days4 11,730.2117.531
fir4 11,730.2116.121
eh3 8,797.6514.723
git3 8,797.6514.206
femly2 5,865.10nan
mon2 5,865.1016.569
furst2 5,865.1012.938
daft2 5,865.1012.809
true2 5,865.1011.494
too2 5,865.1010.312
great2 5,865.108.272
hud2 5,865.107.027
mak2 5,865.104.589
wee3 8,797.654.086
wid2 5,865.103.478
see2 5,865.102.296
time2 5,865.101.995
been2 5,865.101.909
day2 5,865.101.769
up3 8,797.651.597
oot3 8,797.651.307
an12 35,190.621.122
like2 5,865.101.019
it6 17,595.310.873
a12 35,190.620.403
is3 8,797.650.339
but2 5,865.100.299
litz2 5,865.10nan
in7 20,527.860.493
s2 5,865.100.119
be2 5,865.100.044
ah2 5,865.100.008
on2 5,865.100.005
o7 20,527.860.000
wih2 5,865.10nan
itz2 5,865.10nan
the19 55,718.480.043