A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Durie, Nick

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,618
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 949
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.759
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, a, o, is, it, and, an, in, that,

List of texts in corpus

The Best o the Baith o Thaim
The Sair Fecht (07-05-2016) in Central dialect (GLA), categorised as blog (916 words)

Votin Seestems
peffers50.freeserve (2003) in Central (Glasgow) dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (1,333 words)

A Scots Letter
peffers50.freeserve (2002) in Central (Glasgow) dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (369 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
votes21 8,021.39203.338
eleckit17 6,493.51196.389
seestem20 7,639.42194.150
vote16 6,111.5497.535
saets10 3,819.7184.527
leit7 2,673.8071.815
pluralitie6 2,291.8366.276
seestems6 2,291.8366.276
wael6 2,291.8366.276
saicont10 3,819.7156.523
anes10 3,819.7152.783
davidson6 2,291.8349.158
pr5 1,909.8546.171
is49 18,716.5843.674
uize5 1,909.8541.804
sall6 2,291.8341.674
govrenments5 1,909.8540.963
fptp4 1,527.8840.377
tories6 2,291.8339.023
disna9 3,437.7438.945
thai11 4,201.6838.875
divna4 1,527.8836.935
til14 5,347.5933.855
fowk20 7,639.4233.092
reactionary3 1,145.9131.509
eleck3 1,145.9131.509
biz3 1,145.9129.283
democracy5 1,909.8529.046
fir12 4,583.6528.012
nummer7 2,673.8026.146
bodie7 2,673.8026.069
wu3 1,145.9125.443
thi6 2,291.8325.433
feck5 1,909.8524.597
aneuch3 1,145.9124.576
southron3 1,145.9124.576
unionists3 1,145.9123.820
candidates3 1,145.9123.152
whilk5 1,909.8523.099
mukkil5 1,909.8522.729
union5 1,909.8522.490
faas3 1,145.9121.509
an34 12,987.0120.763
thar5 1,909.8520.679
outen2 763.9420.187
fuftie2 763.9420.187
mahsel2 763.9420.187
redistribution2 763.9420.187
bauchil2 763.9420.187
addeetional2 763.9420.187
soiree2 763.9420.187
brah2 763.9420.187
naebodie3 1,145.9119.508
gien8 3,055.7719.391
uized3 1,145.9118.867
soud3 1,145.9118.572
kinrik3 1,145.9118.572
kis4 1,527.8818.503
dems2 763.9418.466
creates2 763.9418.466
ah'v2 763.9418.466
yoke2 763.9418.466
neirby2 763.9418.466
jonick2 763.9418.466
pertie6 2,291.83nan
his2 763.9418.037
speikin2 763.9417.286
chyce3 1,145.9117.059
cawin3 1,145.9117.059
labour5 1,909.8516.277
thon10 3,819.7116.170
wants4 1,527.8816.147
thair11 4,201.6815.996
pairlementars6 2,291.83nan
perties6 2,291.83nan
tory3 1,145.9115.863
aefauld2 763.9415.650
nieve2 763.9415.650
bodies4 1,527.8815.287
ballot2 763.9415.034
atweel2 763.9415.034
web2 763.9415.034
gits3 1,145.9115.029
i3 1,145.9114.851
wur8 3,055.7714.543
speikers3 1,145.9114.302
and35 13,368.9814.188
gait3 1,145.9114.036
stervin2 763.9414.033
lib2 763.9414.033
percent2 763.9414.033
voters3 1,145.9113.908
constitouensie5 1,909.85nan
thir7 2,673.8013.851
whar4 1,527.8813.633
candidate2 763.9413.615
gin9 3,437.7413.326
lave4 1,527.8813.259
uizin2 763.9413.237
singil2 763.9413.237
wasna3 1,145.9112.975
e'en3 1,145.9112.975
sites2 763.9412.893
siccan2 763.9412.578
theday2 763.9412.578
pairties3 1,145.9112.464
wabsteid3 1,145.9112.087
amoont2 763.9412.014
pints2 763.9412.014
her3 1,145.9111.883
gat3 1,145.9111.820
than10 3,819.7111.686
doesna2 763.9411.523
unionist2 763.9411.299
oot2 763.9411.204
votars4 1,527.88nan
first9 3,437.7411.005
pucklie2 763.9410.887
wirks2 763.9410.696
poleetical2 763.9410.696
alternative2 763.9410.342
policies2 763.9410.177
tyme3 1,145.9110.066
memmer2 763.949.444
monie4 1,527.889.383
wins2 763.949.314
votin2 763.949.065
waels4 1,527.88nan
pairliament2 763.949.444
walcome2 763.948.722
u2 763.948.614
lee2 763.948.509
sauf2 763.948.408
curn2 763.948.212
fate2 763.948.212
pairty3 1,145.917.766
pairlementar5 1,909.85nan
coud3 1,145.9111.996
weys3 1,145.917.766
referendum3 1,145.917.766
thaim8 3,055.777.735
out4 1,527.887.491
the185 70,664.637.429
persentage3 1,145.91nan
data2 763.947.369
thae5 1,909.857.151
fechtin2 763.947.013
band2 763.946.815
she5 1,909.856.809
wirkin2 763.946.509
athort2 763.946.451
tae76 29,029.796.408
leid6 2,291.836.282
puir3 1,145.916.280
happens2 763.946.122
force2 763.946.122
mah2 763.946.122
gif2 763.945.871
gies3 1,145.915.852
gie6 2,291.835.452
maist6 2,291.835.227
haes7 2,673.805.210
forby3 1,145.915.131
pitten2 763.945.062
was7 2,673.805.048
mak6 2,291.834.973
politics2 763.944.775
ken8 3,055.774.753
like2 763.944.722
ye'll2 763.944.641
ah7 2,673.804.553
raither2 763.944.390
ill2 763.944.360
aiblins2 763.944.186
anent3 1,145.914.175
naething2 763.944.158
fecht2 763.944.103
winna2 763.944.103
bot3 1,145.914.094
whit11 4,201.684.092
lik4 1,527.884.017
braw3 1,145.913.952
wuid2 763.943.918
kintra2 763.943.918
ir3 1,145.913.845
bi7 2,673.803.843
eh3 1,145.913.830
ah'm2 763.943.697
heids2 763.943.697
dae7 2,673.803.662
onie3 1,145.913.655
ower11 4,201.683.635
pittin2 763.943.406
canna3 1,145.913.383
o68 25,974.033.375
s12 4,583.653.303
real2 763.943.242
ilk2 763.943.222
thegither3 1,145.913.194
isnae2 763.943.183
can8 3,055.773.180
state2 763.943.164
taks2 763.943.125
isna2 763.943.069
hou3 1,145.913.050
guid6 2,291.832.943
each2 763.942.890
least2 763.942.839
moniepairlementarconstitouensies2 763.94nan
tent2 763.942.873
tak5 1,909.852.821
wittins2 763.942.789
gang3 1,145.912.668
twa7 2,673.802.653
in31 11,841.102.638
it40 15,278.842.582
muckle5 1,909.852.464
their8 3,055.772.301
mebbe2 763.942.246
ye9 3,437.742.115
run2 763.942.108
tho3 1,145.912.085
lat2 763.942.037
they6 2,291.832.024
haein2 763.941.968
win3 1,145.911.944
cumms2 763.94nan
up6 2,291.831.946
d2 763.941.687
new4 1,527.881.627
doubil2 763.94nan
gey3 1,145.911.653
supplementarie2 763.94nan
ben2 763.941.858
sic3 1,145.911.544
doon3 1,145.911.514
wheen2 763.941.502
ain5 1,909.851.499
again4 1,527.881.430
percentage2 763.94nan
this14 5,347.591.406
intil2 763.941.385
na2 763.941.385
wha3 1,145.911.215
juist4 1,527.881.202
git2 763.941.167
aw9 3,437.741.139
but7 2,673.801.119
crehd2 763.94nan
hae9 3,437.741.115
aye2 763.941.064
houanivver2 763.94nan
say4 1,527.881.068
ay2 763.941.062
fae10 3,819.711.022
that31 11,841.100.972
day3 1,145.910.963
wi24 9,167.300.941
voits2 763.94nan
critiseesms2 763.94nan
en2 763.940.922
m5 1,909.850.918
wark2 763.940.910
on20 7,639.420.830
ane4 1,527.880.780
hale2 763.940.768
hiv2 763.940.734
bein3 1,145.910.698
you3 1,145.910.687
get5 1,909.850.682
nor3 1,145.910.678
aa7 2,673.800.669
no9 3,437.740.662
at20 7,639.420.579
be16 6,111.540.576
has2 763.940.553
said5 1,909.850.509
dinna2 763.940.455
scots11 4,201.680.452
plouralitie2 763.94nan
guidars2 763.94nan
need2 763.940.526
ae3 1,145.910.450
wee4 1,527.880.445
its2 763.940.444
noo3 1,145.910.418
back4 1,527.880.360
summbodie2 763.94nan
yer6 2,291.830.347
by3 1,145.910.326
nats2 763.94nan
cerries2 763.94nan
ilka2 763.940.927
here2 763.940.309
nae6 2,291.830.307
as14 5,347.590.276
will3 1,145.910.268
thocht3 1,145.910.230
or10 3,819.710.204
dis2 763.940.191
thing2 763.940.160
see5 1,909.850.150
fuftiesax2 763.94nan
wir2 763.940.156
gaed2 763.940.126
some3 1,145.910.112
wey2 763.940.085
heid3 1,145.910.080
mair6 2,291.830.061
auld3 1,145.910.060
had4 1,527.880.051
a75 28,647.820.047
lang3 1,145.910.044
seen2 763.940.034
for14 5,347.590.033
syne2 763.940.028
scotland3 1,145.910.025
are3 1,145.910.019
we11 4,201.680.018
haed2 763.940.017
been5 1,909.850.013
wad3 1,145.910.007
ll3 1,145.910.003
sae4 1,527.880.003
efter3 1,145.910.002
micht2 763.940.002
ither3 1,145.910.000