A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dickey, William

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,272
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 626
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.032
Tagged as BUL (Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, o, in, an, a, had, as, that, his,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - Annual General Report
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (Ballymena) dialect (BUL), categorised as prose (1,272 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
mr11 8,647.8057.292
audience7 5,503.1455.334
foart4 3,144.6548.785
members5 3,930.8242.265
had15 11,792.4538.472
musical4 3,144.6537.760
tay6 4,716.9836.669
controversy3 2,358.4933.612
stage5 3,930.8232.127
minded4 3,144.6529.228
fer7 5,503.1427.451
unnerstan3 2,358.4925.816
event4 3,144.6525.698
unable3 2,358.4925.354
annual3 2,358.4924.153
performance3 2,358.4923.470
appointment3 2,358.4923.156
performers2 1,572.3323.073
balmer2 1,572.3323.073
therefore3 2,358.4922.858
oul5 3,930.8222.750
society4 3,144.6522.308
local5 3,930.8221.438
rupert2 1,572.3321.350
monie5 3,930.8220.427
lisnakirk7 5,503.14nan
tesla2 1,572.3321.350
stay3 2,358.4920.304
boather2 1,572.3320.167
oota2 1,572.3320.167
despite3 2,358.4919.939
was9 7,075.4719.898
role3 2,358.4919.765
by11 8,647.8019.700
yaird3 2,358.4919.431
simpson2 1,572.3319.262
advance2 1,572.3319.262
logan2 1,572.3318.526
baak2 1,572.3317.372
county2 1,572.3317.372
lukin2 1,572.3316.901
antrim2 1,572.3316.901
continues2 1,572.3316.481
rows2 1,572.3315.754
during2 1,572.3315.436
reflectin2 1,572.3315.436
activities2 1,572.3315.141
committee2 1,572.3314.867
lukkin2 1,572.3314.371
it3 2,358.4914.370
expectin2 1,572.3314.144
suddenly3 2,358.4913.507
wus4 3,144.6513.155
nineteen2 1,572.3312.543
traybakes5 3,930.82nan
professor3 2,358.4917.634
who4 3,144.6512.519
italian2 1,572.3311.754
efter7 5,503.1411.244
wud3 2,358.4911.167
evenin2 1,572.3311.100
community3 2,358.4911.056
issue2 1,572.3310.905
bear2 1,572.3310.373
us7 5,503.149.567
university2 1,572.338.520
primary2 1,572.338.325
oor7 5,503.148.295
only4 3,144.658.065
frae8 6,289.317.830
general2 1,572.337.518
page2 1,572.337.023
show2 1,572.336.678
use2 1,572.336.619
also2 1,572.336.560
soon2 1,572.336.153
rid2 1,572.336.102
make2 1,572.336.052
school2 1,572.335.931
not2 1,572.335.678
since2 1,572.335.678
high2 1,572.335.548
mcmaister3 2,358.49nan
state2 1,572.335.634
has3 2,358.495.325
mcclintock2 1,572.33nan
maist4 3,144.655.295
his14 11,006.294.896
a25 19,654.094.755
tryin2 1,572.334.315
haein2 1,572.334.231
she2 1,572.334.227
front2 1,572.334.176
as14 11,006.294.017
o37 29,088.053.963
we10 7,861.643.630
when4 3,144.653.516
guid4 3,144.653.512
anither3 2,358.493.263
for3 2,358.493.092
in28 22,012.583.022
were4 3,144.652.952
naul2 1,572.33nan
are5 3,930.824.713
oot2 1,572.332.759
their5 3,930.822.722
did3 2,358.492.635
again3 2,358.492.591
name2 1,572.332.482
year3 2,358.492.464
her3 2,358.492.385
be3 2,358.492.260
twa4 3,144.652.209
and13 10,220.132.194
while2 1,572.332.175
saits2 1,572.33nan
is4 3,144.652.315
of4 3,144.652.171
the86 67,610.062.123
some4 3,144.652.102
three2 1,572.331.799
place2 1,572.331.641
enugh2 1,572.33nan
wur2 1,572.331.632
roon2 1,572.331.582
an26 20,440.251.539
big2 1,572.331.248
constabulary2 1,572.33nan
to3 2,358.491.074
they3 2,358.490.895
but7 5,503.140.762
s7 5,503.140.693
ower2 1,572.330.276
successive2 1,572.33nan
juist2 1,572.330.653
this6 4,716.980.243
been3 2,358.490.189
aboot3 2,358.490.181
at7 5,503.140.176
that14 11,006.290.160
afore2 1,572.330.147
he10 7,861.640.119
on7 5,503.140.102
aa2 1,572.330.091
mair3 2,358.490.049
oan2 1,572.330.047
time2 1,572.330.030
wi10 7,861.640.025
up5 3,930.820.002
beagle2 1,572.33nan
weel3 2,358.491.168
gowl2 1,572.33nan
them3 2,358.490.397
wirelesses2 1,572.33nan
tae37 29,088.053.155