A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matthews, Lily

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 904
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 407
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.221
Tagged as DUN (Dundee) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, ah, an, tae, a, th, wis, in, me, fur,

List of texts in corpus

A SPARK O INSPIRATION
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (DUN), categorised as weans (904 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
th18 19,911.50162.114
ah31 34,292.0462.926
howff6 6,637.1755.269
mah7 7,743.3653.328
lecky4 4,424.7851.522
baxter4 4,424.7840.491
guest4 4,424.7837.478
lassie7 7,743.3635.329
lightning3 3,318.5834.077
floor4 4,424.7833.911
eh7 7,743.3632.857
donaldson3 3,318.5831.813
cook4 4,424.7831.008
cakes3 3,318.5830.184
fisher3 3,318.5826.969
meh2 2,212.3924.440
carriage2 2,212.3924.440
bessie2 2,212.3921.533
laurence2 2,212.3921.533
fur12 13,274.3420.001
study3 3,318.5819.304
searchin2 2,212.3919.270
me13 14,380.5319.107
hur2 2,212.3917.461
thunder2 2,212.3917.461
hud5 5,530.9717.186
twas2 2,212.3916.795
lamps2 2,212.3916.795
reform2 2,212.3916.795
spark2 2,212.3915.500
cuid4 4,424.7814.721
hoose6 6,637.1714.014
drookit2 2,212.3913.748
brought2 2,212.3913.476
toun3 3,318.5812.964
explained2 2,212.3912.867
ainlie2 2,212.3912.756
how4 4,424.7812.325
gates2 2,212.3912.245
struck2 2,212.3912.057
ran3 3,318.5811.836
quickly2 2,212.3911.313
mrs3 3,318.5811.109
dug3 3,318.5810.854
picked2 2,212.3910.626
mr3 3,318.5810.048
future2 2,212.399.016
by6 6,637.178.202
o8 8,849.567.933
heard3 3,318.587.814
kin3 3,318.587.667
wait2 2,212.397.610
mary2 2,212.397.583
tellt2 2,212.397.474
shuid2 2,212.397.318
fun2 2,212.397.096
time6 6,637.177.075
happened2 2,212.396.955
puir2 2,212.396.523
she11 12,168.146.492
said5 5,530.976.489
night2 2,212.396.483
couldnae2 2,212.396.384
back6 6,637.175.905
run2 2,212.395.607
street2 2,212.395.203
neist2 2,212.395.149
her10 11,061.954.704
wisnae2 2,212.394.657
masel2 2,212.394.524
body2 2,212.394.481
wis16 17,699.124.340
though2 2,212.394.274
the39 43,141.593.914
cannae2 2,212.393.908
oor4 4,424.783.505
doon5 5,530.973.320
win2 2,212.393.167
see4 4,424.783.047
as10 11,061.952.913
face2 2,212.392.896
went2 2,212.392.849
then3 3,318.582.811
wi3 3,318.582.664
wur2 2,212.392.599
wha2 2,212.392.496
afore3 3,318.582.330
life2 2,212.392.309
to3 3,318.582.233
tae26 28,761.062.061
get3 3,318.582.009
oan3 3,318.581.863
kent2 2,212.391.841
made2 2,212.391.837
and3 3,318.581.810
even2 2,212.391.738
tak2 2,212.391.483
s10 11,061.951.423
wey2 2,212.391.144
got2 2,212.391.144
his3 3,318.581.089
ma2 2,212.391.011
there4 4,424.781.000
an28 30,973.450.925
when2 2,212.390.905
a22 24,336.280.851
ye3 3,318.580.830
wid2 2,212.390.830
fae4 4,424.780.805
but2 2,212.390.776
efter2 2,212.390.760
day3 3,318.580.756
aboot4 4,424.780.549
he6 6,637.170.507
whit3 3,318.580.507
twa2 2,212.390.419
had2 2,212.390.403
hae3 3,318.580.307
if2 2,212.390.265
sae2 2,212.390.212
oot3 3,318.580.179
intae2 2,212.390.140
at5 5,530.970.117
that8 8,849.560.102
mcquarry2 2,212.39nan
you2 2,212.390.087
him2 2,212.390.071
up3 3,318.580.070
be4 4,424.780.069
nae3 3,318.580.067
they4 4,424.780.065
like2 2,212.390.054
bit2 2,212.390.046
it10 11,061.950.037
we4 4,424.780.033
in14 15,486.730.001
ower2 2,212.390.000