A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Adams, Rab

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 467
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 252
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.853
Tagged as GUL (General Ulster) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, an, tae, in, o, wur, thar, they, wey,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (Ulster) dialect (GUL), categorised as prose (467 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
thar9 19,271.9578.587
specially5 10,706.6459.975
wur10 21,413.2854.320
ghost5 10,706.6454.253
ner3 6,423.9833.478
wey8 17,130.6231.622
wae7 14,989.2927.935
cas2 4,282.6627.085
huntin3 6,423.9826.881
wet3 6,423.9825.914
graveyard2 4,282.6625.360
drivin3 6,423.9824.781
kers2 4,282.6623.269
im3 6,423.9822.489
bak3 6,423.9821.234
hedge2 4,282.6620.903
mission2 4,282.6619.135
pointin2 4,282.6617.155
thon5 10,706.6417.117
weet3 6,423.9816.923
nicht5 10,706.6416.868
boxes2 4,282.6616.667
laughed2 4,282.6616.098
driver2 4,282.6615.600
tin2 4,282.6613.351
hairt2 4,282.6612.368
they8 17,130.6211.454
oor5 10,706.6411.312
if5 10,706.6411.091
oon4 8,565.31nan
stapped2 4,282.6616.667
stick2 4,282.6610.535
rinnin2 4,282.6610.441
wud2 4,282.669.714
oony2 4,282.66nan
weel4 8,565.319.013
story2 4,282.668.312
yin3 6,423.987.748
cud2 4,282.665.635
days2 4,282.664.985
a22 47,109.214.380
but5 10,706.643.789
thaim2 4,282.662.926
the19 40,685.222.799
afore2 4,282.662.253
us2 4,282.661.993
auld2 4,282.661.956
that2 4,282.661.899
tha2 4,282.661.838
in11 23,554.601.664
wis7 14,989.290.996
ye4 8,565.310.752
we3 6,423.980.562
thet2 4,282.66nan
oot3 6,423.980.477
it7 14,989.290.390
tae12 25,695.930.371
an14 29,978.590.316
o11 23,554.600.184