Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Evie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 648
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 323
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.006
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, wiz, that, ah, it, and, tae, an, wi,

List of texts in corpus

OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET
Largs Writers Group (2015-12-23) in Central (Largs) dialect (SWE), categorised as prose (648 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
wiz	17	26,234.57	86.172
hur	4	6,172.84	43.928
helen	3	4,629.63	30.358
thur	5	7,716.05	29.879
hud	6	9,259.26	26.501
evie	2	3,086.42	25.773
lisp	2	3,086.42	25.773
shair	4	6,172.84	24.813
crackers	2	3,086.42	24.048
glebe	2	3,086.42	24.048
jack	3	4,629.63	22.679
theatre	3	4,629.63	19.880
did	6	9,259.26	18.794
steve	2	3,086.42	18.790
tony	2	3,086.42	18.122
played	3	4,629.63	18.060
ah	14	21,604.94	17.880
hats	2	3,086.42	17.552
hoaspital	2	3,086.42	17.294
bloomin	2	3,086.42	17.294
broons	2	3,086.42	17.294
bucket	2	3,086.42	17.294
quite	3	4,629.63	16.833
goat	4	6,172.84	16.744
jeanie	2	3,086.42	16.027
kicked	2	3,086.42	15.069
tartan	2	3,086.42	13.964
but	10	15,432.10	12.719
magic	2	3,086.42	12.546
george	2	3,086.42	12.401
and	13	20,061.73	11.615
really	3	4,629.63	10.806
aw	7	10,802.47	10.423
pure	2	3,086.42	9.695
no	7	10,802.47	9.406
didnae	3	4,629.63	8.809
that	15	23,148.15	8.472
paper	2	3,086.42	8.210
sang	2	3,086.42	8.164
seems	2	3,086.42	7.853
wan	3	4,629.63	7.553
o	5	7,716.05	7.049
m	4	6,172.84	6.653
huv	2	3,086.42	6.568
well	2	3,086.42	5.807
wee	5	7,716.05	5.781
they	7	10,802.47	5.384
right	2	3,086.42	4.948
bill	2	3,086.42	4.869
it	14	21,604.94	4.356
at	9	13,888.89	4.254
wi	10	15,432.10	4.225
fae	5	7,716.05	3.953
oanywey	2	3,086.42	nan
get	3	4,629.63	3.351
she	7	10,802.47	3.191
oan	3	4,629.63	3.177
made	2	3,086.42	2.808
mind	2	3,086.42	2.727
sayed	2	3,086.42	2.723
jist	3	4,629.63	2.715
grandpaw	2	3,086.42	nan
even	2	3,086.42	2.696
ve	2	3,086.42	2.665
wis	3	4,629.63	2.394
pit	2	3,086.42	2.163
as	7	10,802.47	1.891
the	30	46,296.30	1.695
an	12	18,518.52	1.496
doublt	2	3,086.42	nan
in	6	9,259.26	1.988
bi	2	3,086.42	1.440
some	2	3,086.42	1.009
bit	3	4,629.63	0.870
there	3	4,629.63	0.868
up	4	6,172.84	0.770
them	2	3,086.42	0.701
noo	2	3,086.42	0.671
he	4	6,172.84	0.553
time	2	3,086.42	0.516
mair	2	3,086.42	0.282
s	6	9,259.26	0.279
whit	2	3,086.42	0.241
a	21	32,407.41	0.204
tae	13	20,061.73	0.064
fur	2	3,086.42	0.057
ma	3	4,629.63	0.031
oot	3	4,629.63	0.028
or	2	3,086.42	0.009
aboot	2	3,086.42	0.002