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 14,061.65178.172
jock21 11,357.49139.974
o4 2,163.3351.083
yi10 5,408.3347.679
am11 5,949.1647.650
huv10 5,408.3343.717
trump4 2,163.3335.542
the56 30,286.6430.949
his33 17,847.4930.529
jist15 8,112.4926.364
ll13 7,030.8326.291
yiv3 1,622.5024.627
felt7 3,785.8324.146
when12 6,489.9923.964
wait5 2,704.1621.031
through8 4,326.6620.940
feel7 3,785.8320.240
durty2 1,081.6719.855
ti13 7,030.8319.683
s33 17,847.4919.659
you14 7,571.6619.197
dain4 2,163.3319.195
oan12 6,489.9918.893
hawd2 1,081.6718.673
swipe2 1,081.6718.673
aw16 8,653.3318.455
hawf2 1,081.6717.769
bevvy2 1,081.6717.769
naeb2 1,081.6717.769
pished2 1,081.6717.769
mare4 2,163.3317.231
worthy2 1,081.6716.417
don5 2,704.1615.861
depression2 1,081.6715.413
boab2 1,081.6715.413
flap2 1,081.6715.413
alone2 1,081.6714.993
ashamed2 1,081.6714.993
sadness2 1,081.6714.615
gid3 1,622.5014.469
who5 2,704.1614.288
disgrace2 1,081.6714.269
fur15 8,112.4913.883
this19 10,275.8213.767
eh5 2,704.1613.572
shite3 1,622.5013.391
and2 1,081.6713.214
too4 2,163.3312.919
smashin2 1,081.6712.891
doac2 1,081.6712.891
at2 1,081.6712.678
git5 2,704.1612.619
cheeks2 1,081.6712.453
ma19 10,275.8211.775
free4 2,163.3311.763
those3 1,622.5011.657
usa2 1,081.6711.535
in13 7,030.8311.130
how5 2,704.1611.028
wee12 6,489.9910.954
darkness2 1,081.6710.932
wae7 3,785.8310.785
quite3 1,622.5010.784
soul2 1,081.6710.663
pal3 1,622.5010.538
break2 1,081.6710.292
thoat2 1,081.6710.292
hert4 2,163.3310.270
herts2 1,081.6710.176
despite2 1,081.6710.176
dreams2 1,081.679.955
fear3 1,622.509.822
but17 9,194.169.727
tinder4 2,163.33nan
feelin3 1,622.509.617
he30 16,224.999.539
fin6 3,245.009.327
doactir4 2,163.33nan
phone3 1,622.509.537
ask3 1,622.509.306
must3 1,622.509.157
blame2 1,081.679.009
fun3 1,622.508.942
human3 1,622.508.769
pair3 1,622.508.570
freens2 1,081.678.467
t6 3,245.008.402
keen2 1,081.678.257
dy2 1,081.678.190
roon5 2,704.167.926
erse2 1,081.677.871
wunner2 1,081.677.810
of8 4,326.667.578
ever3 1,622.507.418
change2 1,081.677.413
goin2 1,081.677.205
lassies2 1,081.677.155
fine5 2,704.167.133
hink2 1,081.677.008
maw2 1,081.676.914
dance2 1,081.676.733
cast2 1,081.676.689
whit10 5,408.336.514
need4 2,163.336.447
meet2 1,081.676.318
fast2 1,081.676.318
heavy2 1,081.676.318
feed2 1,081.676.165
problem2 1,081.676.128
heid6 3,245.006.108
like11 5,949.165.873
space2 1,081.675.778
gless2 1,081.675.713
noo8 4,326.665.690
face4 2,163.335.662
d8 4,326.665.300
mooth2 1,081.675.258
light2 1,081.675.258
an64 34,613.305.245
wid6 3,245.005.244
watch2 1,081.675.202
true2 1,081.675.066
hope2 1,081.674.861
lly2 1,081.67nan
love2 1,081.674.861
help3 1,622.504.817
soon2 1,081.674.811
rid2 1,081.674.763
jenny2 1,081.674.599
warm2 1,081.674.509
hing2 1,081.674.443
there10 5,408.334.418
not2 1,081.674.358
isnae2 1,081.674.337
stert2 1,081.674.316
sit2 1,081.674.234
wi7 3,785.834.156
fact2 1,081.674.077
clear2 1,081.674.058
until2 1,081.674.020
let3 1,622.503.988
hud3 1,622.503.955
hissel2 1,081.673.947
folk3 1,622.503.890
couldnae2 1,081.673.857
toon2 1,081.673.686
me2 1,081.673.467
with2 1,081.673.402
enough2 1,081.673.243
looked2 1,081.673.187
ye5 2,704.163.027
went3 1,622.502.907
lookin2 1,081.672.890
him9 4,867.502.744
will4 2,163.332.702
yet2 1,081.672.669
words2 1,081.672.571
wan3 1,622.502.560
sayin2 1,081.672.508
great2 1,081.672.368
goat2 1,081.672.282
really2 1,081.672.227
aff5 2,704.162.076
re3 1,622.502.065
telt3 1,622.502.059
bit2 1,081.672.041
came2 1,081.672.004
is7 3,785.831.988
r2 1,081.671.964
or3 1,622.501.955
as7 3,785.831.936
know2 1,081.671.932
time6 3,245.001.816
no8 4,326.661.798
cannae2 1,081.671.725
never2 1,081.671.683
so4 2,163.331.649
kent3 1,622.501.598
oor5 2,704.161.554
we11 5,949.161.473
years2 1,081.671.472
look2 1,081.671.472
even3 1,622.501.471
day6 3,245.001.401
think3 1,622.501.325
go2 1,081.671.285
has2 1,081.671.285
see5 2,704.161.174
lik2 1,081.671.119
awch2 1,081.67nan
hit2 1,081.671.133
come3 1,622.501.070
are4 2,163.331.043
ah7 3,785.831.042
back2 1,081.670.995
aloang2 1,081.67nan
they5 2,704.160.749
said4 2,163.330.736
that15 8,112.490.629
yer2 1,081.670.599
gaun2 1,081.670.571
tell2 1,081.670.541
then3 1,622.500.495
awryt2 1,081.67nan
big2 1,081.670.482
if4 2,163.330.474
oot6 3,245.000.435
seen2 1,081.670.396
wis16 8,653.330.381
tae36 19,469.980.370
it19 10,275.820.359
them4 2,163.330.328
dae3 1,622.500.278
still2 1,081.670.258
a58 31,368.310.256
doon5 2,704.160.235
be8 4,326.660.191
up6 3,245.000.187
fae6 3,245.000.172
ken3 1,622.500.171
could2 1,081.670.151
hame2 1,081.670.151
nae6 3,245.000.098
had3 1,622.500.087
pit2 1,081.670.079
some3 1,622.500.074
aboot6 3,245.000.041
her10 5,408.330.030
its2 1,081.670.016
weel2 1,081.670.015
she9 4,867.500.015
man2 1,081.670.010
by3 1,622.500.004
intae3 1,622.500.004
sae3 1,622.500.003
efter2 1,081.670.002