Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Ileene

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 587
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 321
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.829
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, that, tae, but, i, in, have,

List of texts in corpus

Fit’s it aa aboot?
The Sair Fecht (29-12-2014) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (587 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
pro-independence	4	6,814.31	41.337
have	7	11,925.04	39.650
movement	4	6,814.31	36.061
referendum	5	8,517.89	32.004
become	4	6,814.31	28.829
has	6	10,221.47	26.596
voices	3	5,110.73	25.219
blogs	2	3,407.16	24.387
beginning	2	3,407.16	19.509
emerged	2	3,407.16	19.127
reading	2	3,407.16	18.460
politics	3	5,110.73	17.883
political	3	5,110.73	17.656
twitter	2	3,407.16	16.363
result	2	3,407.16	13.438
chynged	2	3,407.16	11.900
campaign	2	3,407.16	11.312
yes	2	3,407.16	11.026
country	2	3,407.16	10.058
media	2	3,407.16	9.988
pynt	2	3,407.16	9.528
question	2	3,407.16	9.065
by	5	8,517.89	8.880
but	8	13,628.62	8.707
scotland	4	6,814.31	8.157
puir	2	3,407.16	8.090
monie	2	3,407.16	7.658
been	5	8,517.89	7.549
way	2	3,407.16	7.048
bein	3	5,110.73	6.943
this	7	11,925.04	6.478
new	3	5,110.73	6.367
much	2	3,407.16	5.909
coorse	2	3,407.16	5.810
end	2	3,407.16	5.396
hiv	2	3,407.16	5.089
i	8	13,628.62	4.404
frae	4	6,814.31	4.391
far	2	3,407.16	4.225
wur	2	3,407.16	4.174
to	3	5,110.73	4.022
aboot	5	8,517.89	4.012
are	3	5,110.73	3.944
fir	2	3,407.16	3.601
wis	2	3,407.16	3.588
of	3	5,110.73	3.514
hae	4	6,814.31	3.308
could	2	3,407.16	2.662
their	3	5,110.73	2.595
o	18	30,664.40	2.555
first	2	3,407.16	2.378
nae	4	6,814.31	2.327
we	5	8,517.89	2.294
ane	2	3,407.16	2.203
aa	3	5,110.73	2.166
haes	2	3,407.16	2.132
tae	8	13,628.62	1.969
that	9	15,332.20	1.541
scots	4	6,814.31	1.496
it	4	6,814.31	1.449
aff	2	3,407.16	1.352
an	11	18,739.35	1.228
fowk	2	3,407.16	1.041
and	6	10,221.47	0.979
noo	2	3,407.16	0.895
ae	2	3,407.16	0.817
his	2	3,407.16	0.653
or	3	5,110.73	0.512
s	3	5,110.73	0.474
is	5	8,517.89	0.471
on	5	8,517.89	0.470
mair	2	3,407.16	0.431
the	38	64,735.95	0.424
be	4	6,814.31	0.332
at	3	5,110.73	0.175
commonweal	2	3,407.16	nan
in	8	13,628.62	0.154
oot	3	5,110.73	0.108
as	4	6,814.31	0.043
a	18	30,664.40	0.043
wi	4	6,814.31	0.038