A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Duncan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,332
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 492
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.707
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, tae, that, cornish, we, language, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish
Lallans Magazine (2013 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,332 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
cornish26 19,519.52285.721
language19 14,264.2671.153
spikkers9 6,756.7671.082
staundart6 4,504.5056.312
dialecks6 4,504.5047.981
deifferent4 3,003.0045.679
ideological4 3,003.0045.679
leivin5 3,753.7544.779
medieval5 3,753.7544.779
staundarts4 3,003.0043.759
revival4 3,003.0036.586
activists4 3,003.0033.794
tung8 6,006.0132.289
debates3 2,252.2529.410
offeicial3 2,252.2529.410
fechts3 2,252.2527.783
attempts3 2,252.2527.112
we21 15,765.7726.539
minority5 3,753.7524.352
schuills2 1,501.5022.837
faction2 1,501.5022.837
community5 3,753.7522.724
irish4 3,003.0022.478
scots18 13,513.5122.380
o55 41,291.2921.855
nummer5 3,753.7521.503
rls2 1,501.5021.113
thrie3 2,252.2520.341
spik4 3,003.0019.890
ane9 6,756.7619.689
wir7 5,255.2618.423
hae13 9,759.7617.382
brigs2 1,501.5015.865
stairt3 2,252.2515.735
haes8 6,006.0115.571
ruits2 1,501.5015.519
soorces2 1,501.5014.906
classical2 1,501.5014.632
agin4 3,003.0014.300
threip2 1,501.5014.136
unlike2 1,501.5014.136
religious2 1,501.5013.300
spellin3 2,252.2512.887
sum3 2,252.2512.833
wurld2 1,501.5012.613
respeck2 1,501.5012.458
modren3 2,252.2512.320
unity2 1,501.5012.310
clesses2 1,501.5011.767
allooed2 1,501.5011.643
i19 14,264.2611.444
that27 20,270.2711.312
hie2 1,501.5011.182
bigg2 1,501.5011.075
degree2 1,501.5011.075
dialeck2 1,501.5011.075
forms2 1,501.5010.770
whit10 7,507.5110.709
this14 10,510.5110.577
major2 1,501.5010.312
fowk8 6,006.0110.170
warkin2 1,501.509.535
languages3 2,252.259.415
thaim6 4,504.509.239
mibbie2 1,501.509.199
as18 13,513.518.832
terms2 1,501.508.776
is18 13,513.518.715
in9 6,756.768.581
grammar2 1,501.508.345
dinna4 3,003.008.203
deid3 2,252.258.199
richts2 1,501.507.870
mak5 3,753.757.724
lest2 1,501.507.411
yaise2 1,501.507.334
problem2 1,501.507.221
example2 1,501.507.221
dae6 4,504.507.206
or11 8,258.267.059
common2 1,501.507.040
taewards2 1,501.507.005
biggin2 1,501.506.770
wull3 2,252.256.641
weys2 1,501.506.040
written2 1,501.505.788
either2 1,501.505.764
nor4 3,003.005.695
bring2 1,501.505.599
disna2 1,501.505.399
ye2 1,501.505.175
micht4 3,003.005.152
until2 1,501.505.092
whan5 3,753.755.088
culture2 1,501.504.811
monie2 1,501.504.638
kind2 1,501.504.442
for14 10,510.514.416
are5 3,753.754.348
sic3 2,252.254.264
amang2 1,501.504.244
their6 4,504.504.198
tae40 30,030.034.140
haein2 1,501.504.044
hauf2 1,501.504.030
weill2 1,501.504.003
turn2 1,501.503.896
brocht2 1,501.503.756
a51 38,288.293.523
lang4 3,003.003.374
eneuch2 1,501.503.207
at4 3,003.003.069
coorse2 1,501.502.994
though2 1,501.502.957
mair6 4,504.502.875
an44 33,033.032.684
the92 69,069.072.644
up2 1,501.502.489
it's3 2,252.252.429
pairt2 1,501.502.321
time5 3,753.752.213
thir2 1,501.502.098
muckle3 2,252.252.002
want2 1,501.501.864
frae5 3,753.751.808
wey3 2,252.251.755
wis9 6,756.761.740
gey2 1,501.501.731
it11 8,258.261.555
can4 3,003.001.498
by4 3,003.001.412
intae4 3,003.001.108
they3 2,252.251.071
aboot6 4,504.500.892
aw5 3,753.750.890
een2 1,501.500.837
gin2 1,501.500.746
maist2 1,501.500.743
no2 1,501.500.740
be9 6,756.760.707
could2 1,501.500.601
like5 3,753.750.582
hoose2 1,501.500.500
aye3 2,252.250.482
jist3 2,252.250.449
doon2 1,501.500.296
guid2 1,501.500.255
back2 1,501.500.219
but6 4,504.500.126
been3 2,252.250.119
wi9 6,756.760.102
on9 6,756.760.071
oot5 3,753.750.066
there3 2,252.250.053
ken2 1,501.500.053
twa2 1,501.500.025
nae4 3,003.000.010
ower3 2,252.250.000