A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McDermid, Val

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,458
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 495
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.945
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, tae, heid, o, high, in, claes,

List of texts in corpus

The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks
Itchy Coo (2020-09-24 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (1,458 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
high24 16,460.91171.649
claes23 15,775.03152.897
heid31 21,262.00132.154
yin's7 4,801.1086.020
yin19 13,031.5575.613
lawyer6 4,115.2360.967
scud6 4,115.2355.230
an3 2,057.6154.367
a'8 5,486.9747.002
onyhing4 2,743.4844.957
threid5 3,429.3640.342
gowd6 4,115.2339.827
pearls4 2,743.4839.146
like21 14,403.2937.384
gowk4 2,743.4835.223
breeks5 3,429.3634.692
and33 22,633.7434.587
see16 10,973.9434.309
naebdy4 2,743.4831.777
he37 25,377.2330.643
glaikit4 2,743.4827.111
royal4 2,743.4826.083
baillie3 2,057.6125.969
them13 8,916.3223.554
gaggin2 1,371.7422.476
couldnae5 3,429.3619.813
foremaist3 2,057.6119.806
buff2 1,371.7419.570
you're3 2,057.6119.054
mile4 2,743.4818.308
hied2 1,371.7417.930
junior2 1,371.7417.930
jotters2 1,371.7417.311
sleekit3 2,057.6117.249
then9 6,172.8417.155
tapster6 4,115.23nan
swanky2 1,371.7416.777
guids2 1,371.7416.777
presses2 1,371.7416.777
big7 4,801.1016.478
tellt4 2,743.4816.371
ah'm4 2,743.4816.371
braw5 3,429.3615.703
his22 15,089.1615.392
silk2 1,371.7414.842
invisible2 1,371.7414.548
smert2 1,371.7414.019
kists2 1,371.7414.019
single3 2,057.6113.995
buttons2 1,371.7413.779
kingdom2 1,371.7413.779
blink2 1,371.7413.779
mak7 4,801.1013.612
gonnae3 2,057.6112.210
he'll2 1,371.7411.955
swatch2 1,371.7411.812
joukster5 3,429.36nan
jist9 6,172.8411.933
jouksters5 3,429.36nan
show3 2,057.6111.709
awfie2 1,371.7411.674
iver3 2,057.6111.521
gan3 2,057.6111.251
laddie3 2,057.6111.207
he'd3 2,057.6111.036
new6 4,115.2310.511
the115 78,875.1710.132
wid7 4,801.109.908
wurds2 1,371.749.632
cheer2 1,371.749.554
cannae4 2,743.489.362
keek2 1,371.749.257
hoose6 4,115.239.172
they14 9,602.198.734
wunner2 1,371.748.727
whether2 1,371.748.665
haill2 1,371.748.104
boys2 1,371.747.902
runnin2 1,371.747.757
said7 4,801.107.559
ye're2 1,371.747.356
wanted2 1,371.747.073
tak5 3,429.366.734
if7 4,801.106.672
ye'll2 1,371.746.670
fowk7 4,801.106.641
were6 4,115.236.637
shair2 1,371.746.635
took3 2,057.616.368
thocht5 3,429.366.353
awa6 4,115.236.193
greetin2 1,371.746.187
onybody2 1,371.745.818
her2 1,371.745.794
world2 1,371.745.661
rid2 1,371.745.635
quo2 1,371.745.610
deep2 1,371.745.368
kept2 1,371.745.344
doon8 5,486.975.240
look3 2,057.614.954
a'bdy3 2,057.61nan
whit8 5,486.975.236
room3 2,057.614.942
when5 3,429.364.908
so5 3,429.364.789
it9 6,172.844.710
held2 1,371.744.605
sicht2 1,371.744.587
yon3 2,057.614.244
himsel2 1,371.744.087
bonnie2 1,371.744.087
whiles2 1,371.744.026
makkin2 1,371.743.810
haein2 1,371.743.742
wan3 2,057.613.581
cried2 1,371.743.423
twa5 3,429.363.304
ee2 1,371.743.249
flunkies2 1,371.74nan
sun2 1,371.743.182
up2 1,371.743.097
wisnae2 1,371.743.002
than4 2,743.482.822
aye5 3,429.362.774
feel2 1,371.742.340
wis21 14,403.292.304
fur7 4,801.102.302
gien2 1,371.742.207
no7 4,801.102.152
on5 3,429.362.132
their5 3,429.361.958
are4 2,743.481.948
could3 2,057.611.904
need2 1,371.741.823
richt4 2,743.481.817
pit3 2,057.611.665
for5 3,429.361.508
this3 2,057.611.424
oor4 2,743.481.369
ah5 3,429.361.329
fae2 1,371.741.236
lang3 2,057.611.195
ma9 6,172.841.192
oot9 6,172.841.180
there6 4,115.231.154
wee5 3,429.361.063
be5 3,429.360.848
seen2 1,371.740.800
afore3 2,057.610.767
whaur2 1,371.740.733
gie2 1,371.740.629
ken3 2,057.610.597
think2 1,371.740.558
cam2 1,371.740.520
that12 8,230.450.419
back2 1,371.740.375
him5 3,429.360.295
but7 4,801.100.294
day2 1,371.740.262
at8 5,486.970.219
ye9 6,172.840.179
noo3 2,057.610.169
a40 27,434.840.166
guid2 1,371.740.153
o28 19,204.390.148
as10 6,858.710.121
we5 3,429.360.117
wi12 8,230.450.101
hae4 2,743.480.095
aboot5 3,429.360.092
ither2 1,371.740.071
yer3 2,057.610.069
dae2 1,371.740.042
sae2 1,371.740.038
me5 3,429.360.030
ower3 2,057.610.023
get2 1,371.740.007
in23 15,775.030.003
tae31 21,262.000.003
had2 1,371.740.002
mair3 2,057.610.000