A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thompson, Mark

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 812
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 383
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.12
Tagged as PUL (Peninsular Ulster (Ards)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, he, it, tae, s, his, wi, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Address to a Nintendo DS
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster (Ards) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (274 words)

The Lost Ness Monster
clydesburn.blogspot.com (02-08-2009) in Ulster (Ards Peninsula) dialect (PUL), categorised as poetry (538 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
nintendo9 11,083.74115.679
baste6 7,389.1670.941
charlie6 7,389.1658.567
ate6 7,389.1653.697
oul8 9,852.2250.920
monster4 4,926.1136.550
he27 33,251.2332.850
then10 12,315.2731.124
heedit2 2,463.0523.145
aa10 12,315.2720.310
ness2 2,463.0518.692
was7 8,620.6917.891
monks2 2,463.0517.222
so7 8,620.6917.194
hunger2 2,463.0515.712
roon5 6,157.6415.029
boats2 2,463.0514.173
cannae4 4,926.1113.532
gien4 4,926.1113.116
fowk7 8,620.6912.930
near4 4,926.1112.863
orange2 2,463.0512.667
woman2 2,463.0512.667
yin5 6,157.6412.547
bye2 2,463.0512.048
fechtin2 2,463.0511.514
whun2 2,463.0511.109
sweet2 2,463.0510.252
his13 16,009.8510.117
s15 18,472.919.544
wanted2 2,463.059.191
it20 24,630.548.844
bluid2 2,463.058.655
playin2 2,463.058.461
weans2 2,463.058.368
thon4 4,926.118.128
hunner2 2,463.057.880
lost2 2,463.057.571
had5 6,157.647.325
ava2 2,463.057.265
across2 2,463.056.922
went3 3,694.586.814
an33 40,640.396.126
its4 4,926.115.359
wheen2 2,463.055.187
t3 3,694.584.806
comin2 2,463.054.594
wi12 14,778.334.541
o9 11,083.744.430
fae6 7,389.164.411
room2 2,463.053.918
go2 2,463.053.690
d4 4,926.113.306
through2 2,463.053.297
ll3 3,694.583.031
thing2 2,463.052.797
at2 2,463.052.606
donaghadee2 2,463.05nan
a32 39,408.872.605
richt3 3,694.582.463
big2 2,463.052.462
munched2 2,463.05nan
fin2 2,463.052.263
doon4 4,926.112.110
even2 2,463.052.033
think2 2,463.051.907
cam2 2,463.051.880
them3 3,694.581.620
on8 9,852.221.498
ye7 8,620.691.351
in9 11,083.741.202
when2 2,463.051.143
efter2 2,463.050.984
but5 6,157.640.919
were2 2,463.050.903
back3 3,694.580.890
wee3 3,694.580.810
get2 2,463.050.684
oot5 6,157.640.654
aff2 2,463.050.646
that6 7,389.160.564
and4 4,926.110.377
see2 2,463.050.326
intae2 2,463.050.260
their2 2,463.050.246
up4 4,926.110.225
time2 2,463.050.195
nae3 3,694.580.187
tae16 19,704.430.126
ma4 4,926.110.105
for5 6,157.640.042
the48 59,113.300.024
him2 2,463.050.012
no2 2,463.050.005