A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wallace, Lorna

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,849
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 758
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.439
Tagged as AYR (Ayrshire) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, a, the, tae, his, s, he, yir, jock, ma,

List of texts in corpus

An Ode Tae Tinder
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2020-02-14) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 words)

Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2019-05-16) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (844 words)

A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper).
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2016-11-11) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (343 words)

Tae A Selfie
lornalouwriting.wordpress.com (2014-01-19) in Central (Ayrshire) dialect (AYR), categorised as poetry (331 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
yir26 14,061.65178.582
jock21 11,357.49139.377
o4 2,163.3350.921
am11 5,949.1647.962
yi10 5,408.3347.401
huv10 5,408.3343.441
trump4 2,163.3335.427
the56 30,286.6431.881
his33 17,847.4930.504
jist15 8,112.4926.529
ll13 7,030.8326.336
yiv3 1,622.5024.541
felt7 3,785.8324.052
when12 6,489.9923.785
wait5 2,704.1621.109
through8 4,326.6620.792
feel7 3,785.8320.157
durty2 1,081.6719.797
s33 17,847.4919.665
ti13 7,030.8319.389
dain4 2,163.3319.182
you14 7,571.6618.980
oan12 6,489.9918.673
swipe2 1,081.6718.616
hawd2 1,081.6718.616
aw16 8,653.3318.185
pished2 1,081.6717.711
hawf2 1,081.6717.711
naeb2 1,081.6717.711
bevvy2 1,081.6717.711
mare4 2,163.3317.272
worthy2 1,081.6716.359
don5 2,704.1615.729
flap2 1,081.6715.356
depression2 1,081.6715.356
boab2 1,081.6715.356
ashamed2 1,081.6714.936
sadness2 1,081.6714.936
alone2 1,081.6714.936
gid3 1,622.5014.485
who5 2,704.1614.355
fur15 8,112.4914.259
disgrace2 1,081.6714.212
this19 10,275.8213.871
eh5 2,704.1613.473
and2 1,081.6713.374
smashin2 1,081.6713.328
shite3 1,622.5013.308
too4 2,163.3313.061
doac2 1,081.6712.834
at2 1,081.6712.756
git5 2,704.1612.679
cheeks2 1,081.6712.396
free4 2,163.3311.692
ma19 10,275.8211.666
those3 1,622.5011.576
usa2 1,081.6711.479
wae7 3,785.8311.139
in13 7,030.8311.103
wee12 6,489.9911.056
how5 2,704.1610.904
darkness2 1,081.6710.876
quite3 1,622.5010.703
soul2 1,081.6710.607
pal3 1,622.5010.506
despite2 1,081.6710.479
break2 1,081.6710.356
herts2 1,081.6710.236
hert4 2,163.3310.168
dreams2 1,081.679.899
fear3 1,622.509.784
but17 9,194.169.734
feelin3 1,622.509.538
he30 16,224.999.527
fin6 3,245.009.270
ask3 1,622.509.264
must3 1,622.509.115
doactir4 2,163.33nan
phone3 1,622.509.498
fun3 1,622.509.005
blame2 1,081.678.954
human3 1,622.508.691
tinder4 2,163.33nan
thoat2 1,081.6710.236
pair3 1,622.508.591
freens2 1,081.678.484
t6 3,245.008.423
keen2 1,081.678.202
dy2 1,081.678.135
roon5 2,704.168.018
wunner2 1,081.677.940
erse2 1,081.677.878
change2 1,081.677.580
of8 4,326.667.489
ever3 1,622.507.368
goin2 1,081.677.254
lassies2 1,081.677.202
fine5 2,704.167.045
dance2 1,081.677.003
hink2 1,081.676.955
maw2 1,081.676.861
cast2 1,081.676.724
whit10 5,408.336.399
meet2 1,081.676.384
need4 2,163.336.383
fast2 1,081.676.304
heavy2 1,081.676.265
feed2 1,081.676.226
heid6 3,245.006.129
problem2 1,081.676.076
noo8 4,326.665.818
like11 5,949.165.790
space2 1,081.675.726
gless2 1,081.675.726
face4 2,163.335.585
an64 34,613.305.413
light2 1,081.675.381
d8 4,326.665.381
mooth2 1,081.675.322
watch2 1,081.675.264
wid6 3,245.005.129
true2 1,081.675.096
soon2 1,081.674.937
love2 1,081.674.860
hope2 1,081.674.860
rid2 1,081.674.835
help3 1,622.504.789
warm2 1,081.674.504
there10 5,408.334.431
not2 1,081.674.415
hing2 1,081.674.394
isnae2 1,081.674.372
sit2 1,081.674.288
stert2 1,081.674.267
wi7 3,785.834.195
fact2 1,081.674.067
clear2 1,081.674.029
until2 1,081.673.991
lly2 1,081.67nan
jenny2 1,081.674.549
let3 1,622.503.966
folk3 1,622.503.933
hissel2 1,081.673.898
hud3 1,622.503.889
toon2 1,081.673.844
couldnae2 1,081.673.826
me2 1,081.673.441
with2 1,081.673.371
enough2 1,081.673.225
looked2 1,081.673.142
ye5 2,704.162.969
went3 1,622.502.967
lookin2 1,081.672.857
him9 4,867.502.720
will4 2,163.332.665
yet2 1,081.672.636
words2 1,081.672.614
wan3 1,622.502.594
sayin2 1,081.672.486
great2 1,081.672.365
goat2 1,081.672.241
really2 1,081.672.213
aff5 2,704.162.073
re3 1,622.502.063
bit2 1,081.672.057
know2 1,081.672.030
telt3 1,622.502.023
is7 3,785.831.993
came2 1,081.671.980
r2 1,081.671.980
as7 3,785.831.941
or3 1,622.501.920
time6 3,245.001.805
cannae2 1,081.671.772
no8 4,326.661.753
oor5 2,704.161.649
never2 1,081.671.645
so4 2,163.331.609
we11 5,949.161.570
kent3 1,622.501.568
years2 1,081.671.484
even3 1,622.501.453
look2 1,081.671.447
day6 3,245.001.379
think3 1,622.501.330
go2 1,081.671.282
has2 1,081.671.271
see5 2,704.161.171
lik2 1,081.671.124
hit2 1,081.671.124
awch2 1,081.67nan
ah7 3,785.831.128
come3 1,622.501.048
back2 1,081.671.033
are4 2,163.331.025
they5 2,704.160.737
said4 2,163.330.726
that15 8,112.490.616
aloang2 1,081.67nan
yer2 1,081.670.565
gaun2 1,081.670.551
tell2 1,081.670.543
then3 1,622.500.527
big2 1,081.670.527
wis16 8,653.330.442
oot6 3,245.000.440
awryt2 1,081.67nan
if4 2,163.330.481
seen2 1,081.670.381
tae36 19,469.980.362
it19 10,275.820.360
them4 2,163.330.352
a58 31,368.310.295
dae3 1,622.500.273
still2 1,081.670.266
doon5 2,704.160.240
be8 4,326.660.197
up6 3,245.000.185
ken3 1,622.500.166
hame2 1,081.670.158
fae6 3,245.000.158
could2 1,081.670.139
had3 1,622.500.108
nae6 3,245.000.096
pit2 1,081.670.081
some3 1,622.500.069
aboot6 3,245.000.041
she9 4,867.500.023
her10 5,408.330.019
its2 1,081.670.016
man2 1,081.670.011
weel2 1,081.670.008
by3 1,622.500.006
intae3 1,622.500.005
sae3 1,622.500.003
efter2 1,081.670.001