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 49,769.59127.042
was25 23,041.47110.210
ah42 38,709.6894.168
ma33 30,414.7575.095
mole5 4,608.2958.252
went11 10,138.2545.525
envelope5 4,608.2941.848
mam6 5,529.9535.811
bib3 2,764.9834.567
corridor4 3,686.6432.144
held6 5,529.9529.707
fear5 4,608.2926.400
torture3 2,764.9825.877
so10 9,216.5925.769
bottles3 2,764.9822.276
hell4 3,686.6421.669
said10 9,216.5921.284
wisna6 5,529.9520.824
nazi2 1,843.3220.803
dentist2 1,843.3220.803
doom2 1,843.3219.161
mask2 1,843.3218.542
glasses2 1,843.3218.542
mengele8 7,373.27nan
gas3 2,764.9821.063
moo3 2,764.9818.225
chair3 2,764.9817.294
collect2 1,843.3217.114
stared2 1,843.3216.734
clock3 2,764.9815.298
looked4 3,686.6415.081
thats2 1,843.3215.002
locked2 1,843.3214.357
teeth3 2,764.9814.037
felt4 3,686.6413.563
chips2 1,843.3213.170
could6 5,529.9512.845
wrapped2 1,843.3212.755
hungry2 1,843.3212.626
o8 7,373.2712.567
i17 15,668.2012.386
school3 2,764.9812.069
silver2 1,843.3212.038
belly2 1,843.3211.930
broon3 2,764.9810.833
seek2 1,843.3210.525
min2 1,843.3210.175
run3 2,764.989.641
tv2 1,843.329.233
throo2 1,843.328.701
heed2 1,843.328.441
butterfleas4 3,686.64nan
probably2 1,843.329.447
aff6 5,529.958.116
took3 2,764.988.038
got5 4,608.298.030
of6 5,529.957.812
opened2 1,843.327.489
morn2 1,843.327.394
gan2 1,843.326.926
door4 3,686.646.925
room3 2,764.986.471
now2 1,843.326.302
son2 1,843.326.168
cat2 1,843.325.956
would2 1,843.325.776
come4 3,686.645.697
get5 4,608.295.555
face3 2,764.985.420
green2 1,843.325.239
twa5 4,608.295.231
turned2 1,843.325.158
ye12 11,059.915.020
same3 2,764.984.981
roon3 2,764.984.856
next2 1,843.324.781
open2 1,843.324.738
lookin2 1,843.324.656
sat2 1,843.324.656
hert2 1,843.324.562
as2 1,843.324.520
like7 6,451.614.397
fit4 3,686.644.320
didna3 2,764.984.313
this9 8,294.934.244
up9 8,294.934.196
s3 2,764.984.195
see5 4,608.294.074
na2 1,843.324.020
doon6 5,529.953.984
we9 8,294.933.753
fan2 1,843.323.679
niver2 1,843.323.492
hame3 2,764.983.126
at12 11,059.913.016
had4 3,686.642.930
it19 17,511.522.706
but8 7,373.272.697
is3 2,764.982.584
only2 1,843.322.332
far2 1,843.322.272
nae6 5,529.952.153
mither2 1,843.322.130
you4 3,686.641.685
yer4 3,686.641.682
its3 2,764.981.670
afore3 2,764.981.662
big2 1,843.321.647
wi12 11,059.911.636
seen2 1,843.321.508
there5 4,608.291.426
her3 2,764.981.420
kent2 1,843.321.366
did2 1,843.321.138
thocht2 1,843.320.923
aboot5 4,608.290.824
that8 7,373.270.764
me2 1,843.320.725
oot3 2,764.980.605
for8 7,373.270.549
then2 1,843.320.531
here2 1,843.320.447
efter2 1,843.320.432
were2 1,843.320.375
fae4 3,686.640.330
awa2 1,843.320.310
no2 1,843.320.261
he8 7,373.270.250
in19 17,511.520.247
the60 55,299.540.130
poking2 1,843.32nan
ower2 1,843.320.078
tae22 20,276.500.077
be6 5,529.950.053
she5 4,608.290.047
intae2 1,843.320.017
d2 1,843.320.014
on7 6,451.610.012
they4 3,686.640.011
time2 1,843.320.003
a32 29,493.090.001