A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Coyne, Hilary

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 738
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.139
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, it, to, i, s, that, she,

List of texts in corpus

The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked
hilarycoyne.com/ (2021-08-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (738 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
finn7 9,485.0985.298
to13 17,615.1845.439
all7 9,485.0937.963
causeway2 2,710.0325.195
ll8 10,840.1122.260
well5 6,775.0721.885
alright2 2,710.0320.644
about4 5,420.0518.606
ben4 5,420.0517.153
tae3 4,065.0415.931
was6 8,130.0814.882
put3 4,065.0414.203
he18 24,390.2414.012
already2 2,710.0313.612
two3 4,065.0412.765
broken2 2,710.0312.621
needed2 2,710.0312.450
mention2 2,710.0312.207
although2 2,710.0312.052
of6 8,130.0811.430
lucky2 2,710.0311.427
she12 16,260.1611.408
i13 17,615.1811.345
and14 18,970.1911.315
finger2 2,710.0311.300
pride2 2,710.0311.239
over2 2,710.0311.119
wife3 4,065.0411.019
but10 13,550.1410.803
turnin2 2,710.0310.620
if6 8,130.0810.553
him8 10,840.1110.455
then5 6,775.0710.361
when5 6,775.0710.251
o5 6,775.079.457
teeth2 2,710.039.244
maybe2 2,710.038.868
heard3 4,065.048.860
wind2 2,710.038.527
ask2 2,710.038.082
no7 9,485.097.970
leave2 2,710.037.805
from2 2,710.037.757
now2 2,710.037.757
not2 2,710.037.757
too2 2,710.037.351
oonagh3 4,065.04nan
benandonner3 4,065.04nan
hill2 2,710.037.308
doot2 2,710.037.287
with2 2,710.036.588
enough2 2,710.036.421
the28 37,940.386.339
tell3 4,065.046.284
something2 2,710.036.247
re3 4,065.046.204
few2 2,710.036.170
me7 9,485.096.051
s12 16,260.165.861
out2 2,710.035.732
sun2 2,710.035.527
think3 4,065.045.144
these2 2,710.035.119
came2 2,710.034.928
say3 4,065.044.615
right2 2,710.034.453
his9 12,195.124.082
gied2 2,710.033.931
d4 5,420.053.868
be8 10,840.113.722
her8 10,840.113.496
ahve2 2,710.03nan
bit5 6,775.073.495
fir2 2,710.032.868
big2 2,710.032.834
they6 8,130.082.626
that12 16,260.162.592
doon4 5,420.052.568
still2 2,710.032.314
aye3 4,065.042.291
did2 2,710.032.131
aw4 5,420.052.096
by3 4,065.042.072
it13 17,615.181.901
my2 2,710.031.875
their3 4,065.041.733
first2 2,710.031.733
man2 2,710.031.458
a27 36,585.371.311
ah2 2,710.031.300
in8 10,840.111.215
efter2 2,710.031.215
wee3 4,065.041.092
get2 2,710.030.871
or4 5,420.050.860
said2 2,710.030.754
mccool2 2,710.03nan
for6 8,130.080.700
is3 4,065.040.607
see2 2,710.030.471
oot2 2,710.030.449
wis6 8,130.080.326
at6 8,130.080.303
you2 2,710.030.293
back2 2,710.030.141
mair2 2,710.030.137
on4 5,420.050.071
as4 5,420.050.064
there2 2,710.030.006
nae2 2,710.030.005
like2 2,710.030.003