Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curt_Kenobi

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 525
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 283
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, tae, a, the, me, it, ehs, fir, ay, sae,

List of texts in corpus

Mates
archiveofourown.org (2016-09-27) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (525 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
ehs	8	15,238.10	115.321
ah	20	38,095.24	43.751
ah'm	6	11,428.57	41.686
sick	4	7,619.05	34.001
n	6	11,428.57	29.988
fir	7	13,333.33	29.960
all	5	9,523.81	27.118
natural	3	5,714.29	23.172
compliment	2	3,809.52	22.006
blond	2	3,809.52	20.849
eh's	6	11,428.57	nan
shite	3	5,714.29	20.699
fucker	2	3,809.52	19.226
eh	4	7,619.05	18.528
ay	7	13,333.33	18.467
theory	2	3,809.52	18.077
kissed	2	3,809.52	17.835
ihm	5	9,523.81	nan
long	3	5,714.29	16.426
fuckin	4	7,619.05	16.010
it's	5	9,523.81	15.885
me	9	17,142.86	15.816
chest	2	3,809.52	15.709
wonder	2	3,809.52	15.078
oan	6	11,428.57	15.058
forward	2	3,809.52	14.851
almost	2	3,809.52	14.851
makes	2	3,809.52	14.147
jist	6	11,428.57	14.083
sae	6	11,428.57	13.546
when	5	9,523.81	13.225
ah've	2	3,809.52	12.898
birds	2	3,809.52	12.456
that's	3	5,714.29	12.007
the	14	26,666.67	11.890
dinnae	3	5,714.29	10.879
colour	2	3,809.52	10.868
mooth	2	3,809.52	10.055
go	3	5,714.29	10.001
an	4	7,619.05	9.379
boy	2	3,809.52	9.361
fuck	2	3,809.52	9.308
now	2	3,809.52	9.057
since	2	3,809.52	9.033
eyes	2	3,809.52	8.799
across	2	3,809.52	8.558
about	2	3,809.52	7.935
do	2	3,809.52	7.935
cunt	2	3,809.52	7.744
hair	2	3,809.52	7.299
am	2	3,809.52	6.971
in	2	3,809.52	6.810
masel	2	3,809.52	6.455
git	2	3,809.52	6.295
boy's	2	3,809.52	nan
though	2	3,809.52	6.174
face	2	3,809.52	4.656
are	3	5,714.29	4.462
ken	3	5,714.29	4.369
life	2	3,809.52	4.031
still	2	3,809.52	3.367
gie	2	3,809.52	3.345
think	2	3,809.52	3.218
but	5	9,523.81	3.065
aboot	4	7,619.05	2.645
us	2	3,809.52	1.726
no	3	5,714.29	1.451
like	3	5,714.29	1.442
ma	4	7,619.05	1.187
wi	2	3,809.52	1.173
it	9	17,142.86	1.155
tae	15	28,571.43	1.146
his	5	9,523.81	1.103
outta	2	3,809.52	nan
had	2	3,809.52	1.602
or	3	5,714.29	0.776
and	2	3,809.52	0.755
back	2	3,809.52	0.630
mair	2	3,809.52	0.623
wis	4	7,619.05	0.370
we	3	5,714.29	0.351
him	2	3,809.52	0.229
a	14	26,666.67	0.124
be	3	5,714.29	0.046
that	5	9,523.81	0.006