A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Watson, Audrey

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 620
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 290
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.138
Tagged as DUL (Donegal (East Donegal)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, ye, d, wan, wi, in, an, on,

List of texts in corpus

Yarns 3 - The Tay Meetin
Ulster-Scots Community Network (2024-08-22) in Ulster (Fermanagh) dialect (DUL), categorised as prose (620 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
buns7 11,290.3283.526
te8 12,903.2373.583
culd5 8,064.5262.084
ther6 9,677.4252.203
weeman4 6,451.6151.913
wan10 16,129.0348.694
fer8 12,903.2344.593
mine6 9,677.4239.371
rite3 4,838.7136.343
tay5 8,064.5235.810
d10 16,129.0327.357
dolled2 3,225.8125.950
knee3 4,838.7123.237
wuld2 3,225.8122.135
nay2 3,225.8121.398
bake2 3,225.8119.347
ye14 22,580.6519.055
church2 3,225.8117.001
geed2 3,225.8116.387
them7 11,290.3215.403
ate2 3,225.8114.360
tune2 3,225.8114.360
meetin2 3,225.8113.734
knew2 3,225.8112.950
sittin3 4,838.7112.850
a35 56,451.6112.649
fairly2 3,225.8112.504
way3 4,838.7112.445
was5 8,064.5212.182
plate2 3,225.8112.104
fancy2 3,225.8112.041
busy2 3,225.8111.410
ivery2 3,225.8110.823
yer6 9,677.4210.550
red2 3,225.8110.314
thon4 6,451.619.998
sunnay3 4,838.71nan
watchin2 3,225.819.661
had5 8,064.529.511
granny2 3,225.818.829
stuff2 3,225.818.750
now2 3,225.818.402
sit2 3,225.818.218
tellin2 3,225.817.715
thing3 4,838.717.580
good2 3,225.817.562
agin2 3,225.817.415
big3 4,838.716.998
all2 3,225.816.644
bin2 3,225.816.476
out2 3,225.816.368
hame3 4,838.715.737
it2 3,225.815.442
me6 9,677.425.321
an8 12,903.234.982
room2 3,225.814.845
o21 33,870.974.487
weens2 3,225.81nan
were3 4,838.714.032
wis2 3,225.813.947
on8 12,903.233.454
wi9 14,516.133.245
some3 4,838.713.245
still2 3,225.812.820
and7 11,290.321.724
doon3 4,838.711.522
wos2 3,225.81nan
weel2 3,225.811.496
afore2 3,225.811.480
to2 3,225.811.416
oor2 3,225.810.977
she5 8,064.520.938
if2 3,225.810.922
up4 6,451.610.908
they4 6,451.610.878
i2 3,225.810.867
by2 3,225.810.836
see2 3,225.810.793
ma4 6,451.610.664
s6 9,677.420.395
wee2 3,225.810.326
be4 6,451.610.231
her4 6,451.610.200
skool2 3,225.81nan
as3 4,838.710.183
oot2 3,225.810.152
but3 4,838.710.135
da2 3,225.810.135
the38 61,290.320.133
there2 3,225.810.097
in9 14,516.130.049
that6 9,677.420.003
at4 6,451.610.000