A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ross, Derek

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,182
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 586
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.017
Tagged as SWE (South West (Galloway)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, in, tae, an, it, is, we, that,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Central (Dumfries) dialect (SWE), categorised as poetry (1,182 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
tower4 3,384.0935.862
stranraer3 2,538.0732.474
stane6 5,076.1432.010
forest4 3,384.0931.170
its12 10,152.2830.417
stanes5 4,230.1230.250
fir9 7,614.2128.992
wa4 3,384.0926.776
wrapt2 1,692.0523.372
nevir2 1,692.0523.372
feel6 5,076.1420.412
tide3 2,538.0719.873
gemme3 2,538.0718.442
pier2 1,692.0518.204
histories2 1,692.0517.669
abbey2 1,692.0517.198
aa11 9,306.2617.185
pages3 2,538.0717.091
we16 13,536.3816.351
upon3 2,538.0715.011
years5 4,230.1214.531
wey7 5,922.1714.077
victory2 1,692.0513.829
cottage2 1,692.0513.829
museum2 1,692.0513.829
frien2 1,692.0513.469
deeper2 1,692.0513.469
landscape2 1,692.0513.140
waarm2 1,692.0512.555
sel2 1,692.0511.930
luik3 2,538.0711.626
deep3 2,538.0711.405
line3 2,538.0710.955
aald2 1,692.0510.423
dyke2 1,692.059.847
yer8 6,768.199.557
is17 14,382.409.436
team2 1,692.059.407
throu4 3,384.099.355
new5 4,230.129.066
yon4 3,384.099.007
slowly2 1,692.058.562
nae10 8,460.248.530
touch2 1,692.058.515
tells2 1,692.058.515
tak5 4,230.128.425
lane2 1,692.058.203
walkin2 1,692.058.161
read3 2,538.077.901
are6 5,076.147.850
wha4 3,384.097.666
space2 1,692.057.369
auld6 5,076.147.318
he3 2,538.077.296
page2 1,692.057.236
staunin2 1,692.056.779
this11 9,306.266.605
ah'm2 1,692.056.453
haun3 2,538.076.388
trees2 1,692.056.376
tuik2 1,692.056.179
and2 1,692.056.164
an18 15,228.436.092
leave2 1,692.056.061
doun3 2,538.076.051
road3 2,538.075.898
son2 1,692.055.817
each2 1,692.055.549
too2 1,692.055.510
miss2 1,692.055.395
alang3 2,538.075.366
sense2 1,692.055.339
lik3 2,538.075.316
juist4 3,384.095.152
time6 5,076.144.817
but10 8,460.244.764
oan5 4,230.124.651
place3 2,538.074.535
thair4 3,384.094.479
somethin2 1,692.054.310
yet2 1,692.054.094
sun2 1,692.053.870
mair6 5,076.143.666
at3 2,538.073.621
here4 3,384.093.571
eneuch2 1,692.053.570
fuin2 1,692.05nan
anither3 2,538.073.570
air2 1,692.053.509
nor3 2,538.073.478
came2 1,692.053.346
on3 2,538.073.302
een3 2,538.073.250
yin3 2,538.073.195
still3 2,538.073.151
rain2 1,692.053.022
cauld2 1,692.052.902
nou2 1,692.052.871
o33 27,918.782.764
name2 1,692.052.693
binds2 1,692.05nan
side2 1,692.052.554
thae2 1,692.052.474
thir2 1,692.052.474
tae18 15,228.432.446
while2 1,692.052.379
first3 2,538.072.378
keep2 1,692.052.294
there6 5,076.142.252
things2 1,692.052.133
can4 3,384.092.015
triers2 1,692.05nan
haes3 2,538.072.026
mony2 1,692.051.994
last2 1,692.051.983
than3 2,538.071.848
same2 1,692.051.840
intae4 3,384.091.578
life2 1,692.051.563
or2 1,692.051.133
dunbae2 1,692.05nan
bi3 2,538.071.465
mind2 1,692.051.094
wi6 5,076.141.035
it's2 1,692.050.967
oot3 2,538.070.905
ma3 2,538.070.884
hame2 1,692.050.857
aboot2 1,692.050.787
wis9 7,614.210.768
oor3 2,538.070.761
be4 3,384.090.721
it17 14,382.400.661
the74 62,605.750.480
like2 1,692.050.426
no2 1,692.050.420
up6 5,076.140.420
guid2 1,692.050.406
scotland2 1,692.050.398
ain2 1,692.050.395
so2 1,692.050.383
in21 17,766.500.344
ither2 1,692.050.279
hae2 1,692.050.254
weel2 1,692.050.234
as6 5,076.140.229
a32 27,072.760.223
frae3 2,538.070.203
ower2 1,692.050.168
me3 2,538.070.167
doon2 1,692.050.130
us2 1,692.050.129
wee2 1,692.050.098
his6 5,076.140.092
had2 1,692.050.087
said2 1,692.050.086
whit3 2,538.070.084
ye7 5,922.170.064
ah7 5,922.170.051
day2 1,692.050.034
sae2 1,692.050.011
that12 10,152.280.009
see2 1,692.050.006