A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Douglas, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,296
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,216
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.888
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, in, yer, and, tae, of, ye, an,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (01-01-2009 ) in Central (Galloway) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (2,296 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
yer26 11,324.0452.227
wuz6 2,613.2445.103
an17 7,404.1842.592
sons6 2,613.2441.671
of19 8,275.2636.785
frogs4 1,742.1634.684
fleet4 1,742.1631.724
thirs3 1,306.6230.083
woman5 2,177.7029.671
to16 6,968.6429.417
fer9 3,919.8629.188
when14 6,097.5626.264
giraffe3 1,306.6224.617
th'5 2,177.7022.875
all7 3,048.7822.319
n'4 1,742.1621.560
o'7 3,048.7820.884
einstein2 871.0820.720
seventh2 871.0820.720
blush2 871.0820.720
graces2 871.0820.720
friars2 871.0820.720
tremble2 871.0820.720
informs2 871.0818.999
sinners2 871.0818.999
it8 3,484.3218.616
tae23 10,017.4217.842
without3 1,306.6217.416
messenger2 871.0816.914
rust2 871.0816.914
cludgie2 871.0816.914
lover2 871.0816.181
lake3 1,306.6215.807
one5 2,177.7015.662
sense5 2,177.7015.567
even9 3,919.8615.447
senga2 871.0815.031
puffin2 871.0815.031
ainly3 1,306.6214.810
oan12 5,226.4814.762
about5 2,177.7014.549
lik7 3,048.7814.504
with5 2,177.7014.425
soun3 1,306.6214.311
man10 4,355.4013.905
ripe2 871.0813.765
flats2 871.0813.420
limbs2 871.0813.104
frae14 6,097.5613.033
dogs2 871.0812.539
yin8 3,484.3212.309
have5 2,177.7012.185
clappit2 871.0812.047
i3 1,306.6211.830
heaven2 871.0811.822
mistake2 871.0811.822
wide3 1,306.6211.624
well5 2,177.7011.337
gentle2 871.0811.218
field3 1,306.6211.004
body5 2,177.7010.985
upun5 2,177.70nan
waas3 1,306.6214.311
monster2 871.0810.862
award2 871.0810.696
yince3 1,306.6210.567
spain2 871.0810.537
bull2 871.0810.537
more3 1,306.6210.276
livin3 1,306.6210.276
young5 2,177.7010.163
lord3 1,306.6210.109
taken2 871.0810.097
faithers2 871.0810.097
three6 2,613.249.892
sail2 871.089.830
how5 2,177.709.114
its9 3,919.868.996
oot2 871.088.990
already2 871.088.918
ye'd2 871.088.722
best5 2,177.708.532
odd2 871.088.272
who4 1,742.168.243
summer2 871.087.949
roun2 871.087.949
abune2 871.087.798
strong2 871.087.582
wurds2 871.087.582
from3 1,306.627.518
down2 871.087.379
winter3 1,306.627.359
son3 1,306.627.327
simple2 871.087.064
chad3 1,306.62nan
each3 1,306.626.940
bigger2 871.086.776
moon2 871.086.667
yir3 1,306.626.584
person2 871.086.509
away3 1,306.626.506
blue3 1,306.626.480
owre3 1,306.626.279
cannae4 1,742.166.216
sweet2 871.086.215
such2 871.086.215
was7 3,048.786.206
that12 5,226.486.123
thin2 871.086.123
boys2 871.086.123
on6 2,613.246.105
surprise2 871.086.032
gave2 871.086.032
wun2 871.085.945
river2 871.085.859
then7 3,048.785.734
getting2 871.085.500
bodies2 871.085.463
may2 871.085.463
danse3 1,306.62nan
and25 10,888.505.397
they3 1,306.625.314
earth2 871.085.246
has4 1,742.165.153
he11 4,790.944.952
space2 871.084.947
short2 871.084.884
listen2 871.084.853
she5 2,177.704.831
out3 1,306.624.804
should3 1,306.624.770
chiel2 871.084.763
born2 871.084.674
maybe2 871.084.645
for6 2,613.244.611
billy2 871.084.424
true2 871.084.268
fear2 871.084.268
our2 871.084.268
fu2 871.084.243
talk2 871.084.218
gan2 871.084.193
ah6 2,613.244.179
just4 1,742.164.123
lang6 2,613.244.016
joes3 1,306.62nan
much3 1,306.623.937
put2 871.083.781
buik2 871.083.677
real2 871.083.636
now2 871.083.636
paper2 871.083.616
burn2 871.083.517
men3 1,306.623.507
eyes2 871.083.422
chance2 871.083.349
hear3 1,306.623.290
life4 1,742.163.272
be6 2,613.243.243
word2 871.083.074
tree2 871.083.074
your3 1,306.623.056
rackit2 871.08nan
a54 23,519.162.942
road3 1,306.622.829
can7 3,048.782.750
green2 871.082.712
kind2 871.082.712
turned2 871.082.643
at9 3,919.862.606
sae7 3,048.782.503
whaur4 1,742.162.480
run2 871.082.472
sure2 871.082.398
yon3 1,306.622.353
ahint2 871.082.303
way2 871.082.291
set3 1,306.622.282
to'oer2 871.08nan
huv2 871.082.268
barque2 871.08nan
ye18 7,839.722.276
what3 1,306.622.192
or12 5,226.482.187
maist4 1,742.162.109
o38 16,550.522.061
hideyoshi2 871.08nan
saif2 871.08nan
street2 871.082.145
far3 1,306.622.007
their7 3,048.781.988
last3 1,306.621.959
feet2 871.081.892
cuid2 871.081.845
sun2 871.081.836
great2 871.081.746
bi5 2,177.701.658
naw2 871.081.652
but13 5,662.021.634
thing3 1,306.621.602
are5 2,177.701.326
watter2 871.081.321
warld2 871.081.288
ken5 2,177.701.236
n2 871.081.192
wi13 5,662.021.112
haun2 871.081.108
ower3 1,306.621.033
doon3 1,306.620.904
eifter2 871.08nan
folk2 871.080.945
so4 1,742.160.854
his10 4,355.400.829
nae9 3,919.860.828
thir2 871.080.784
like4 1,742.160.732
here4 1,742.160.718
think3 1,306.620.708
thon3 1,306.620.708
mak3 1,306.620.655
the124 54,006.970.631
could3 1,306.620.583
him8 3,484.320.541
will3 1,306.620.515
went2 871.080.509
donkeys2 871.08nan
face2 871.080.535
some2 871.080.499
mony2 871.080.478
say3 1,306.620.436
noo5 2,177.700.385
get2 871.080.352
as12 5,226.480.324
wir2 871.080.313
auld4 1,742.160.288
her10 4,355.400.276
tell2 871.080.221
afore2 871.080.210
dae2 871.080.202
weel2 871.080.201
time5 2,177.700.197
you5 2,177.700.186
big2 871.080.181
were2 871.080.177
no5 2,177.700.159
than3 1,306.620.158
this10 4,355.400.157
up10 4,355.400.146
waunnert2 871.08nan
depart2 871.08nan
ma8 3,484.320.277
guid3 1,306.620.145
mair4 1,742.160.125
oor4 1,742.160.114
door2 871.080.100
is13 5,662.020.098
aa5 2,177.700.069
if3 1,306.620.061
jist3 1,306.620.060
day4 1,742.160.040
see4 1,742.160.029
them4 1,742.160.027
heid2 871.080.024
tak2 871.080.010
year2 871.080.009
intae4 1,742.160.005
had3 1,306.620.005
my2 871.080.001
in36 15,679.440.001
us3 1,306.620.000