A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Scott, Hamish

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,155
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.572
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, wi, wis, it, he, a, his, for,

List of texts in corpus

Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (807 words)
Lallans 82 - Edinburgh
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (51 words)
Lallans 75 - Televeision
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (297 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
lan7 6,060.6151.219
sum7 6,060.6141.812
jeems5 4,329.0036.013
thair12 10,389.6135.874
v6 5,194.8135.850
ceity4 3,463.2035.527
tales5 4,329.0035.001
life10 8,658.0134.697
an65 56,277.0632.212
thare7 6,060.6131.643
tv5 4,329.0031.625
naitur4 3,463.2027.659
sein4 3,463.2027.477
ti12 10,389.6125.845
redd4 3,463.2025.434
hame-gaun2 1,731.6023.463
watcht2 1,731.6023.463
se3 2,597.4023.438
thai6 5,194.8123.337
aa12 10,389.6120.872
wi25 21,645.0220.617
granbairns2 1,731.6019.650
wynd2 1,731.6018.915
fowk10 8,658.0118.487
steers2 1,731.6018.295
things6 5,194.8117.587
toun4 3,463.2017.448
bairns6 5,194.8117.419
towmond2 1,731.6017.289
souns2 1,731.6016.868
fields3 2,597.4016.652
tentie2 1,731.6016.488
the101 87,445.8916.172
stance2 1,731.6016.141
wark5 4,329.0015.715
stanes3 2,597.4015.357
eikin2 1,731.6015.254
smells2 1,731.6014.997
janet2 1,731.6014.530
sichts2 1,731.6014.316
unco3 2,597.4014.069
bein6 5,194.8113.999
tho5 4,329.0013.942
apen2 1,731.6013.919
wirkit2 1,731.6013.919
throu5 4,329.0013.903
existence2 1,731.6013.735
his18 15,584.4213.344
whar3 2,597.4013.071
hail3 2,597.4012.655
uised3 2,597.4012.611
our3 2,597.4012.480
we14 12,121.2112.233
edinburgh3 2,597.4012.026
haed6 5,194.8111.865
fremmit2 1,731.6011.795
its7 6,060.6111.626
ainlie2 1,731.6011.583
bible2 1,731.6011.010
hairst2 1,731.6010.071
wirkin2 1,731.609.495
growin2 1,731.609.209
lik4 3,463.209.179
mukkil2 1,731.608.649
hame5 4,329.008.638
field2 1,731.608.421
ferm-toun3 2,597.40nan
for15 12,987.018.181
faimlie2 1,731.608.123
hir3 2,597.408.060
a19 16,450.228.001
kintra-side3 2,597.40nan
he20 17,316.027.589
wis22 19,047.627.430
toun-bred3 2,597.40nan
thaim5 4,329.007.375
bade2 1,731.606.921
warld3 2,597.406.915
land2 1,731.606.893
mynd2 1,731.606.835
kintra2 1,731.606.779
syne4 3,463.206.642
stane2 1,731.606.616
ain5 4,329.006.608
een4 3,463.206.209
bodie2 1,731.605.752
in9 7,792.215.615
close2 1,731.605.496
him8 6,926.415.485
year4 3,463.205.465
sense2 1,731.605.421
is2 1,731.605.185
forby2 1,731.604.785
place3 2,597.404.643
hert2 1,731.604.323
wad4 3,463.203.765
screin3 2,597.40nan
mair6 5,194.813.830
til3 2,597.403.659
eneuch2 1,731.603.645
it21 18,181.823.533
en2 1,731.603.153
maist3 2,597.403.119
thon3 2,597.403.077
nou2 1,731.602.950
aw6 5,194.812.945
saw2 1,731.602.896
faither2 1,731.602.881
auld4 3,463.202.787
cud2 1,731.602.582
wey3 2,597.402.298
sic2 1,731.602.073
wir2 1,731.601.759
this2 1,731.601.677
ither3 2,597.401.587
tell2 1,731.601.573
afore3 2,597.401.447
on10 8,658.011.018
cam2 1,731.600.998
at10 8,658.010.818
thocht2 1,731.600.790
aboot2 1,731.600.719
first2 1,731.600.711
got2 1,731.600.631
hae4 3,463.200.515
i5 4,329.000.494
as9 7,792.210.481
but6 5,194.810.462
no2 1,731.600.373
whan2 1,731.600.333
s7 6,060.610.304
bi2 1,731.600.292
that13 11,255.410.214
us2 1,731.600.152
whit3 2,597.400.108
aye2 1,731.600.054
frae2 1,731.600.025
day2 1,731.600.022
or4 3,463.200.009
factorie2 1,731.60nan
o32 27,705.632.552
fae3 2,597.400.007