A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Davidson, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,205
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 562
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.144
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, tae, an, a, is, i, it, for, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Mitterand Plan
The Sair Fecht (11-06-2016) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as blog (1,205 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
democracy8 6,639.0066.595
govrenments6 4,979.2560.998
socialism6 4,979.2557.499
social9 7,468.8854.130
state9 7,468.8852.608
european8 6,639.0049.985
callaghan4 3,319.5049.103
austerity4 3,319.5041.751
walth4 3,319.5041.751
eu5 4,149.3834.054
flicht4 3,319.5032.524
thatcher3 2,489.6332.265
denial3 2,489.6332.265
capital4 3,319.5030.894
pooerful3 2,489.6330.003
unemployment3 2,489.6327.704
voters4 3,319.5026.844
threit3 2,489.6326.554
financial3 2,489.6326.053
capitalists7 5,809.13nan
kintra5 4,149.3825.538
seistem3 2,489.6323.393
corbyn2 1,659.7523.232
programme3 2,489.6322.811
vailye2 1,659.7521.509
richt-wing2 1,659.7521.509
global3 2,489.6320.929
forced3 2,489.6320.540
profits2 1,659.7520.326
economics2 1,659.7520.326
europe4 3,319.5020.202
govrenment3 2,489.6319.507
capitalist2 1,659.7519.420
finance2 1,659.7519.420
radical3 2,489.6319.351
pooer3 2,489.6318.908
mercat3 2,489.6318.630
prime2 1,659.7518.066
muivin2 1,659.7517.531
mercats2 1,659.7517.060
capable2 1,659.7517.060
income2 1,659.7517.060
price3 2,489.6316.787
collapse2 1,659.7516.639
blair2 1,659.7516.639
spendin2 1,659.7516.259
lairge2 1,659.7516.259
across4 3,319.5016.105
mitterand4 3,319.50nan
currency2 1,659.7515.912
fend2 1,659.7515.025
naitional2 1,659.7514.769
meinister2 1,659.7514.528
tax2 1,659.7514.302
failed2 1,659.7514.302
jouk2 1,659.7514.088
create2 1,659.7513.884
individual2 1,659.7513.884
policy3 2,489.6313.622
foot2 1,659.7512.699
kintras2 1,659.7512.699
muivement2 1,659.7512.556
memmer2 1,659.7512.418
economic2 1,659.7512.031
left5 4,149.3811.982
bigg2 1,659.7511.680
ainlie2 1,659.7511.569
wha5 4,149.3811.500
were7 5,809.1311.482
michael2 1,659.7511.462
majority2 1,659.7511.060
is18 14,937.7610.809
blame2 1,659.7510.612
becam2 1,659.7510.612
control2 1,659.7510.210
i17 14,107.8810.052
itsel3 2,489.639.851
rich2 1,659.759.581
britain2 1,659.759.581
wioot2 1,659.759.332
experience2 1,659.758.879
gin5 4,149.388.832
frae8 6,639.008.491
apairt2 1,659.758.477
by7 5,809.138.248
british2 1,659.758.201
haed5 4,149.388.116
common2 1,659.757.483
first5 4,149.387.456
political2 1,659.757.411
eneuch3 2,489.637.402
leukin2 1,659.757.376
canna3 2,489.637.077
o39 32,365.157.034
winna2 1,659.756.825
haes5 4,149.386.799
warld3 2,489.636.701
til4 3,319.506.519
acause2 1,659.756.511
françois2 1,659.75nan
yaised2 1,659.756.351
can6 4,979.255.929
we11 9,128.635.894
demaundit2 1,659.75nan
cooncil2 1,659.755.648
puir2 1,659.755.424
tae38 31,535.275.100
want3 2,489.635.096
unner2 1,659.755.019
his2 1,659.754.884
kind2 1,659.754.818
weill2 1,659.754.367
ye2 1,659.754.223
in11 9,128.633.853
hoo2 1,659.753.765
wi4 3,319.503.578
onie2 1,659.753.569
the86 71,369.293.498
s4 3,319.503.459
for12 9,958.513.214
even3 2,489.633.074
ilka2 1,659.753.013
wis7 5,809.132.688
thir2 1,659.752.397
need2 1,659.752.371
win2 1,659.752.247
at4 3,319.502.236
maun2 1,659.752.129
thaim3 2,489.632.091
ane3 2,489.632.043
they2 1,659.751.956
be3 2,489.631.924
scotland3 2,489.631.681
an38 31,535.271.575
ae4 3,319.501.530
scots2 1,659.751.401
nor2 1,659.751.214
syne2 1,659.751.201
been4 3,319.501.173
are3 2,489.631.160
micht2 1,659.751.009
on5 4,149.380.911
cam2 1,659.750.887
sae3 2,489.630.554
hae4 3,319.500.436
aw2 1,659.750.299
efter2 1,659.750.287
or5 4,149.380.255
there4 3,319.500.246
it13 10,788.380.098
a37 30,705.390.093
up4 3,319.500.092
twa2 1,659.750.086
this4 3,319.500.082
of2 1,659.750.068
that11 9,128.630.068
whit3 2,489.630.059
nae3 2,489.630.058
as8 6,639.000.049
oor2 1,659.750.040
aye2 1,659.750.030
but5 4,149.380.021
redistribute2 1,659.75nan
fowk2 1,659.750.019
their2 1,659.750.002