A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matthews, Andrew

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 811
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 418
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.94
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, a, tae, we, hae, or, in, this,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Skiddlie Thochts
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (811 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
thet7 8,631.3290.945
micht9 11,097.4131.971
e'en4 4,932.1828.232
feegures2 2,466.0924.878
thair's2 2,466.0923.153
wather3 3,699.1422.620
hae11 13,563.5020.307
leevin3 3,699.1419.414
gein2 2,466.0917.230
tho5 6,165.2317.167
humanity2 2,466.0916.935
thare4 4,932.1816.518
feelins2 2,466.0915.720
sabbath2 2,466.0914.042
wirds4 4,932.1813.260
here's2 2,466.0912.488
fowks2 2,466.0912.488
fur9 11,097.4112.405
or10 12,330.4611.759
whiles3 3,699.1411.347
we11 13,563.5011.279
ah've2 2,466.0911.117
aw8 9,864.3610.755
fill2 2,466.099.826
daes2 2,466.099.520
then5 6,165.239.410
leid4 4,932.189.041
bein4 4,932.188.964
o30 36,991.378.659
we're2 2,466.098.406
thochts2 2,466.098.195
it's4 4,932.188.100
juist4 4,932.187.548
fair3 3,699.147.433
this9 11,097.417.390
thair4 4,932.186.800
aye5 6,165.236.766
oor5 6,165.236.757
wis2 2,466.096.724
kirk2 2,466.095.927
haud2 2,466.095.194
mean2 2,466.095.111
whaur3 3,699.145.099
are4 4,932.185.064
that's2 2,466.094.939
sin2 2,466.094.905
gin3 3,699.144.762
maist3 3,699.144.714
ony3 3,699.144.615
niver2 2,466.094.454
cannae2 2,466.094.261
ower5 6,165.233.795
sae4 4,932.183.712
thir2 2,466.093.660
lang3 3,699.143.415
intae4 4,932.183.349
be8 9,864.362.954
an29 35,758.322.891
wha2 2,466.092.818
scottish2 2,466.092.742
that4 4,932.182.485
us3 3,699.142.390
mair4 4,932.182.310
aboot5 6,165.232.102
gie2 2,466.092.010
cam2 2,466.091.879
will2 2,466.091.680
thocht2 2,466.091.615
it6 7,398.271.518
got2 2,466.091.402
like4 4,932.181.346
heid2 2,466.091.307
and3 3,699.141.230
ain2 2,466.091.125
here2 2,466.091.006
on3 3,699.140.958
as3 3,699.140.917
weel2 2,466.090.868
awa2 2,466.090.811
richt2 2,466.090.708
negatives'2 2,466.09nan
ma5 6,165.230.674
a20 24,660.910.664
in10 12,330.460.609
twa2 2,466.090.601
ah6 7,398.270.519
they2 2,466.090.486
tae20 24,660.910.371
bit3 3,699.140.357
noo2 2,466.090.302
wi5 6,165.230.200
frae2 2,466.090.109
oot3 3,699.140.050
whit2 2,466.090.039
scots3 3,699.140.020
thesaurus2 2,466.09nan
the49 60,419.240.098
at5 6,165.230.008
up3 3,699.140.005
is5 6,165.230.000