A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Devlin, Edwin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,085
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 403
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.692
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, ah, ma, a, was, tae, in, it, i,

List of texts in corpus

The School Dentist 1969
Facebook (2020-11-26) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (1,085 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
and54 49,769.59126.312
was25 23,041.47111.016
ah42 38,709.6893.174
ma33 30,414.7574.821
mole5 4,608.2958.108
went11 10,138.2545.831
envelope5 4,608.2941.705
mam6 5,529.9535.642
bib3 2,764.9834.481
corridor4 3,686.6432.029
held6 5,529.9529.602
fear5 4,608.2926.334
torture3 2,764.9825.791
so10 9,216.5925.594
bottles3 2,764.9822.191
hell4 3,686.6421.636
said10 9,216.5921.229
dentist2 1,843.3220.745
nazi2 1,843.3220.745
wisna6 5,529.9520.663
doom2 1,843.3219.104
mask2 1,843.3218.484
glasses2 1,843.3218.484
mengele8 7,373.27nan
gas3 2,764.9820.977
moo3 2,764.9818.140
chair3 2,764.9817.306
collect2 1,843.3217.057
stared2 1,843.3216.677
clock3 2,764.9815.282
looked4 3,686.6414.973
thats2 1,843.3214.945
locked2 1,843.3214.300
teeth3 2,764.9814.008
felt4 3,686.6413.509
chips2 1,843.3213.113
could6 5,529.9512.721
wrapped2 1,843.3212.698
hungry2 1,843.3212.569
o8 7,373.2712.499
i17 15,668.2012.234
silver2 1,843.3212.206
school3 2,764.9812.062
belly2 1,843.3211.981
broon3 2,764.9810.782
seek2 1,843.3210.469
min2 1,843.3210.255
run3 2,764.989.609
probably2 1,843.329.392
throo2 1,843.328.646
heed2 1,843.328.514
got5 4,608.298.155
butterfleas4 3,686.64nan
tv2 1,843.329.283
aff6 5,529.958.111
took3 2,764.987.960
of6 5,529.957.739
opened2 1,843.327.435
morn2 1,843.327.340
gan2 1,843.327.157
door4 3,686.646.841
room3 2,764.986.446
now2 1,843.326.318
son2 1,843.326.182
cat2 1,843.325.945
would2 1,843.325.724
come4 3,686.645.650
get5 4,608.295.537
face3 2,764.985.359
twa5 4,608.295.280
green2 1,843.325.188
turned2 1,843.325.156
ye12 11,059.915.094
same3 2,764.984.945
roon3 2,764.984.911
next2 1,843.324.759
open2 1,843.324.688
sat2 1,843.324.633
lookin2 1,843.324.619
as2 1,843.324.526
hert2 1,843.324.512
like7 6,451.614.341
this9 8,294.934.286
fit4 3,686.644.284
didna3 2,764.984.246
up9 8,294.934.208
s3 2,764.984.193
see5 4,608.294.069
doon6 5,529.954.001
na2 1,843.323.982
we9 8,294.933.879
fan2 1,843.323.642
niver2 1,843.323.537
hame3 2,764.983.155
had4 3,686.643.037
at12 11,059.912.977
it19 17,511.522.705
but8 7,373.272.700
is3 2,764.982.589
only2 1,843.322.341
far2 1,843.322.268
nae6 5,529.952.145
mither2 1,843.322.119
yer4 3,686.641.737
big2 1,843.321.718
its3 2,764.981.668
afore3 2,764.981.662
you4 3,686.641.643
wi12 11,059.911.614
seen2 1,843.321.482
her3 2,764.981.476
there5 4,608.291.432
kent2 1,843.321.344
did2 1,843.321.130
thocht2 1,843.320.924
aboot5 4,608.290.824
that8 7,373.270.753
me2 1,843.320.715
oot3 2,764.980.610
then2 1,843.320.557
for8 7,373.270.512
here2 1,843.320.449
efter2 1,843.320.441
were2 1,843.320.381
fae4 3,686.640.315
awa2 1,843.320.307
no2 1,843.320.272
he8 7,373.270.251
in19 17,511.520.251
the60 55,299.540.185
tae22 20,276.500.074
she5 4,608.290.057
poking2 1,843.32nan
ower2 1,843.320.083
be6 5,529.950.051
d2 1,843.320.017
intae2 1,843.320.015
on7 6,451.610.013
they4 3,686.640.010
a32 29,493.090.003
time2 1,843.320.003