A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cunningham, Liam

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 435
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 184
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wiz, n, ma, tae, it, thit, aw, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Tam
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Bellshill) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (435 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
n17 39,080.46127.209
wiz18 41,379.31107.549
oure5 11,494.2572.599
thit7 16,091.9539.680
a40 91,954.0238.691
horse5 11,494.2537.787
ma15 34,482.7637.431
jamp3 6,896.5536.208
wiy3 6,896.5533.905
git5 11,494.2526.244
rapid2 4,597.7025.645
looked4 9,195.4022.133
goin3 6,896.5521.657
mi3 6,896.5521.657
witches2 4,597.7021.187
hinkin2 4,597.7020.383
ir4 9,195.4020.098
thi3 6,896.5519.082
saw4 9,195.4017.764
oan6 13,793.1017.211
go4 9,195.4016.943
witch2 4,597.7016.655
went4 9,195.4015.762
aw7 16,091.9515.037
so5 11,494.2514.861
pub2 4,597.7014.433
shouted2 4,597.7014.433
wife3 6,896.5514.064
goat3 6,896.5513.186
runnin2 4,597.7012.597
young3 6,896.5512.446
an2 4,597.7011.713
brig2 4,597.7011.506
short2 4,597.7011.213
ae5 11,494.2510.912
clean2 4,597.7010.392
hing2 4,597.709.815
because2 4,597.709.088
auld4 9,195.408.738
story2 4,597.708.583
hame3 6,896.557.570
took2 4,597.707.220
watter2 4,597.706.732
back4 9,195.405.872
yeez2 4,597.70nan
through2 4,597.705.434
aff3 6,896.555.101
wan2 4,597.705.008
roon2 4,597.704.953
fir2 4,597.704.656
if3 6,896.554.466
bit4 9,195.404.466
it10 22,988.513.708
wae2 4,597.703.704
when2 4,597.702.862
hid2 4,597.702.080
said2 4,597.702.052
jist2 4,597.701.791
in4 9,195.401.364
i4 9,195.400.722
is4 9,195.400.566
like2 4,597.700.546
the22 50,574.710.439
me2 4,597.700.241
but2 4,597.700.054
they2 4,597.700.054
tae10 22,988.510.046
as3 6,896.550.040
she2 4,597.700.020
oot2 4,597.700.016