A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Duncan, Robert

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,737
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 642
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.706
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, in, o, a, tae, scots, and, i, s, is,

List of texts in corpus

The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?
autumnvoices.co.uk (2022-02-23) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (1,561 words)

Peeweep
Wigtown (2015-09-01) in Central (Lumphinnans) dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (176 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
scots40 23,028.2185.639
dsl6 3,454.2365.348
an5 2,878.5357.274
speech8 4,605.6454.362
english15 8,635.5846.706
was16 9,211.2844.560
bairn10 5,757.0543.922
snd5 2,878.5340.468
parliament5 2,878.5338.192
leid12 6,908.4636.432
our7 4,029.9434.859
results5 2,878.5333.708
dost4 2,302.8232.685
search5 2,878.5332.278
lorimer4 2,302.8230.799
in60 34,542.3130.405
wullie7 4,029.9429.968
my12 6,908.4629.114
thochts6 3,454.2328.579
and32 18,422.5724.420
advanced3 1,727.1222.222
ilkanither2 1,151.4121.778
tollie2 1,151.4121.778
citations2 1,151.4121.778
sixteenth2 1,151.4121.778
harebell2 1,151.4121.778
heiven3 1,727.1221.228
bairnheid3 1,727.1221.228
pairlament5 2,878.5320.762
threap3 1,727.1220.120
commendit2 1,151.4120.055
scrieve4 2,302.8219.296
word5 2,878.5318.216
highly2 1,151.4117.969
spellin4 2,302.8217.616
sangschaw2 1,151.4117.235
wuids2 1,151.4117.235
i26 14,968.3416.867
online3 1,727.1216.625
instances2 1,151.4116.617
spell3 1,727.1216.098
house3 1,727.1216.098
same7 4,029.9416.023
even8 4,605.6415.857
dna2 1,151.4115.612
willie3 1,727.1215.280
loss3 1,727.1215.172
the141 81,174.4414.979
lairn3 1,727.1214.760
relation2 1,151.4113.857
what6 3,454.2313.393
pond2 1,151.4113.329
would4 2,302.8213.209
does3 1,727.1212.640
hou5 2,878.5312.501
creepin2 1,151.4112.448
hous2 1,151.4112.448
testament2 1,151.4112.448
scotsman2 1,151.4112.257
dictionars2 1,151.4112.074
swans2 1,151.4112.074
hus3 1,727.1211.883
cage2 1,151.4111.572
heidword5 2,878.53nan
bird3 1,727.1215.852
member2 1,151.4111.418
guide2 1,151.4111.418
speak4 2,302.8211.381
section2 1,151.4110.991
memmer2 1,151.4110.991
aulder3 1,727.1210.966
examples2 1,151.4110.731
no13 7,484.1710.362
o56 32,239.4910.106
yin6 3,454.239.849
orthography2 1,151.419.839
grown2 1,151.419.741
seem3 1,727.129.697
bible2 1,151.419.553
both2 1,151.419.373
dictionary2 1,151.419.038
abune2 1,151.418.959
sang3 1,727.128.943
paul2 1,151.418.882
century3 1,727.128.778
honest2 1,151.418.732
hill3 1,727.128.527
schule2 1,151.418.517
number2 1,151.418.448
at3 1,727.128.438
flee2 1,151.418.315
aathing2 1,151.418.123
fields2 1,151.418.123
scrievin2 1,151.417.882
scottish5 2,878.537.811
matthew2 1,151.417.712
neither2 1,151.417.712
includin2 1,151.417.712
text2 1,151.417.602
workin2 1,151.417.444
single2 1,151.417.343
your4 2,302.827.335
found2 1,151.417.244
poetry2 1,151.416.664
ettlin2 1,151.416.542
c2 1,151.416.464
corinthians3 1,727.12nan
is20 11,514.106.472
kìngdom3 1,727.12nan
why3 1,727.128.317
mind5 2,878.536.248
common2 1,151.416.203
had7 4,029.946.165
leids3 1,727.126.130
cry2 1,151.416.062
mony4 2,302.825.927
poems2 1,151.415.798
maitter2 1,151.415.798
aiblins2 1,151.415.798
speakin2 1,151.415.583
pi-rip3 1,727.12nan
words3 1,727.126.093
oor7 4,029.945.515
peeweep3 1,727.12nan
he7 4,029.945.459
laddie2 1,151.415.409
language5 2,878.535.146
full2 1,151.415.013
uise2 1,151.414.939
luik2 1,151.414.891
say5 2,878.534.891
lost2 1,151.414.843
fun2 1,151.414.751
case2 1,151.414.683
burns2 1,151.414.617
his4 2,302.824.563
aften2 1,151.414.531
dinnae3 1,727.124.486
nou3 1,727.124.474
isnae2 1,151.414.468
for17 9,786.994.456
are6 3,454.234.397
never3 1,727.124.298
has3 1,727.123.836
throu3 1,727.123.836
tho3 1,727.123.777
naebody2 1,151.413.521
gin4 2,302.823.521
set3 1,727.123.502
did4 2,302.823.329
only3 1,727.123.291
deid2 1,151.413.213
or2 1,151.413.127
s20 11,514.103.119
sae6 3,454.232.973
yet2 1,151.412.857
am2 1,151.412.734
should2 1,151.412.724
wey4 2,302.822.490
on6 3,454.232.433
this11 6,332.762.412
nae2 1,151.412.267
john2 1,151.412.231
but11 6,332.762.194
him2 1,151.411.881
fae8 4,605.641.740
let2 1,151.411.638
road2 1,151.411.607
by5 2,878.531.601
tae45 25,906.741.593
pee-weep2 1,151.41nan
were4 2,302.821.558
we4 2,302.821.418
come3 1,727.121.238
things2 1,151.411.232
sic2 1,151.411.045
first3 1,727.121.022
days2 1,151.410.963
thing2 1,151.410.886
descrivit2 1,151.41nan
of4 2,302.820.858
aa5 2,878.530.855
wi10 5,757.050.726
they9 5,181.350.704
fowk4 2,302.820.671
than3 1,727.120.634
says2 1,151.410.609
re2 1,151.410.576
when3 1,727.120.548
ither3 1,727.120.501
nor2 1,151.410.492
there6 3,454.230.469
time2 1,151.410.454
piggery2 1,151.41nan
tumshie2 1,151.41nan
up5 2,878.530.451
like6 3,454.230.396
thon2 1,151.410.379
awa3 1,727.120.371
still2 1,151.410.359
micht2 1,151.410.351
their4 2,302.820.340
d2 1,151.410.336
maist2 1,151.410.308
to3 1,727.120.274
ye8 4,605.640.212
juist2 1,151.410.197
twa3 1,727.120.188
been4 2,302.820.187
as12 6,908.460.182
can2 1,151.410.177
surroonds2 1,151.41nan
kinmont2 1,151.41nan
whaur2 1,151.410.397
creengin-crabbit2 1,151.41nan
manmuckle2 1,151.41nan
né2 1,151.41nan
new2 1,151.410.304
hoose2 1,151.410.166
muckle2 1,151.410.148
bairnlie2 1,151.41nan
pit2 1,151.410.142
some3 1,727.120.134
it19 10,938.400.123
mair3 1,727.120.089
that18 10,362.690.043
get2 1,151.410.037
lang2 1,151.410.034
richt2 1,151.410.022
guid2 1,151.410.022
m2 1,151.410.019
me6 3,454.230.015
scotland2 1,151.410.014
ower4 2,302.820.004
efter2 1,151.410.002
hae4 2,302.820.001
barbarik2 1,151.41nan
its2 1,151.410.000
salbe2 1,151.41nan
a52 29,936.670.025