A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Handy, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,235
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 852
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.623
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, a, tae, it, o, that, as, s,

List of texts in corpus

Forked Tongues
Bella Caledonia (2016-Mar-26) in Central (Dunfermline) dialect (SEC), categorised as blog (2,235 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
jamaica18 8,053.69214.006
patois17 7,606.26201.785
jamaican10 4,474.27109.174
de7 3,131.9944.244
way10 4,474.2740.247
in76 34,004.4737.028
folk11 4,921.7035.270
easton3 1,342.2832.458
jamaicans3 1,342.2830.231
marley3 1,342.2830.231
mainstream4 1,789.7128.486
standard5 2,237.1427.404
articles3 1,342.2826.389
influences3 1,342.2825.521
by16 7,158.8423.813
kill5 2,237.1423.782
scotland13 5,816.5523.453
english11 4,921.7023.425
are14 6,263.9823.058
power4 1,789.7121.922
although4 1,789.7121.117
respected2 894.8520.819
weh2 894.8520.819
louise2 894.8520.819
scots23 10,290.8320.236
rebellion3 1,342.2820.116
has8 3,579.4219.965
also5 2,237.1419.809
snobbery2 894.8519.098
spraffin2 894.8519.098
descendants2 894.8519.098
lou2 894.8519.098
maist10 4,474.2718.921
he4 1,789.7118.545
dangerous3 1,342.2818.453
preservin2 894.8517.917
printin2 894.8517.917
unfamiliar2 894.8517.917
conveniently2 894.8517.917
newly2 894.8517.917
as32 14,317.6717.890
wrong3 1,342.2817.772
was11 4,921.7017.673
language10 4,474.2717.260
yuh9 4,026.85nan
real5 2,237.1417.630
fi2 894.8517.013
bennett2 894.8517.013
accepted2 894.8516.280
controlled2 894.8516.280
effort3 1,342.2816.110
culture5 2,237.1415.842
privilege2 894.8515.129
wis7 3,131.9914.729
spoken4 1,789.7114.688
preserve2 894.8514.660
african2 894.8514.660
is30 13,422.8214.391
his2 894.8514.260
whose2 894.8514.241
elephant2 894.8514.241
valid2 894.8513.863
neighbour2 894.8513.863
talk4 1,789.7113.738
bob3 1,342.2812.723
resistance2 894.8512.144
many3 1,342.2812.144
ah26 11,633.1111.991
website2 894.8511.919
definitely2 894.8511.707
existence2 894.8511.506
phrases2 894.8511.315
one4 1,789.7111.258
british3 1,342.2811.209
it45 20,134.2311.201
received2 894.8511.133
somewhere2 894.8511.133
sheena2 894.8511.133
when9 4,026.8511.094
much5 2,237.1411.016
genuine2 894.8510.959
january2 894.8510.959
recognise2 894.8510.793
compare2 894.8510.634
livin3 1,342.2810.588
national4 1,789.7110.568
liz2 894.8510.481
similar2 894.8510.481
extent2 894.8510.334
no15 6,711.4110.213
an83 37,136.4710.207
variety2 894.8510.193
media3 1,342.289.776
try4 1,789.719.731
american2 894.859.676
anythin2 894.859.557
the97 43,400.459.334
independent2 894.859.221
regarded4 1,789.71nan
might3 1,342.289.579
mon2 894.859.221
speak4 1,789.719.184
daily2 894.859.116
use3 1,342.289.075
scottish6 2,684.569.065
expect2 894.858.914
equal2 894.858.914
s30 13,422.828.867
haffi3 1,342.28nan
majority2 894.858.722
telly2 894.858.722
than8 3,579.428.587
world3 1,342.288.461
cultural3 1,342.288.461
words4 1,789.718.412
re6 2,684.568.383
cos3 1,342.288.056
school3 1,342.288.056
burns3 1,342.287.916
international2 894.857.891
start3 1,342.287.848
accent2 894.857.746
part2 894.857.606
listenin2 894.857.538
population2 894.857.407
between2 894.857.217
any3 1,342.287.127
whether2 894.857.038
over2 894.856.924
maks3 1,342.286.712
used3 1,342.286.686
same5 2,237.146.650
irish2 894.856.550
hairt2 894.856.353
hear4 1,789.716.340
dinnae4 1,789.716.194
aboot14 6,263.986.141
after2 894.856.123
independence2 894.856.035
that34 15,212.535.594
those2 894.855.552
ll7 3,131.995.521
front3 1,342.285.477
learn2 894.855.300
wife3 1,342.285.135
gettin3 1,342.284.992
but16 7,158.844.959
who3 1,342.284.940
have3 1,342.284.923
maistly2 894.854.849
music2 894.854.849
off2 894.854.732
what4 1,789.714.671
her5 2,237.144.630
form2 894.854.591
she5 2,237.144.496
far4 1,789.714.381
love2 894.854.204
nae2 894.854.115
though3 1,342.283.983
point2 894.853.907
dem2 894.853.885
from2 894.853.759
makin2 894.853.618
other2 894.853.598
will5 2,237.143.588
nane2 894.853.579
never3 1,342.283.431
too2 894.853.357
would2 894.853.287
how3 1,342.283.255
twanging2 894.85nan
miss2 894.853.253
mair9 4,026.853.253
because2 894.853.185
years3 1,342.283.079
every2 894.853.040
if7 3,131.993.013
dialec2 894.85nan
to6 2,684.562.959
can7 3,131.992.958
got5 2,237.142.931
this14 6,263.982.910
leid4 1,789.712.857
go3 1,342.282.764
black2 894.852.732
white2 894.852.732
ye18 8,053.692.603
still4 1,789.712.392
all2 894.852.294
accompong2 894.85nan
disnae2 894.853.598
of6 2,684.562.247
wi11 4,921.702.243
bairns3 1,342.282.242
so5 2,237.142.238
only3 1,342.282.198
doon2 894.852.139
government2 894.852.089
different2 894.852.009
dat2 894.851.922
mean2 894.851.876
him3 1,342.281.782
well2 894.851.777
tolerated2 894.85nan
a56 25,055.931.532
these2 894.851.504
came2 894.851.496
at10 4,474.271.484
ken5 2,237.141.358
get5 2,237.141.278
you2 894.851.218
on10 4,474.271.191
hae3 1,342.281.184
right2 894.851.171
be8 3,579.421.045
me10 4,474.271.044
room2 894.851.004
ain4 1,789.710.972
up6 2,684.560.889
noo2 894.850.885
while2 894.850.777
want2 894.850.665
hame3 1,342.280.649
o41 18,344.520.622
through2 894.850.621
things2 894.850.614
better2 894.850.610
they11 4,921.700.571
tae53 23,713.650.511
them5 2,237.140.502
said2 894.850.413
d5 2,237.140.356
their5 2,237.140.348
been3 1,342.280.305
ma11 4,921.700.286
yer3 1,342.280.269
there7 3,131.990.260
some4 1,789.710.247
man3 1,342.280.229
for11 4,921.700.200
daisley2 894.85nan
m2 894.850.197
day5 2,237.140.111
we10 4,474.270.104
here2 894.850.095
mind2 894.850.080
gie2 894.850.067
were3 1,342.280.063
war2 894.850.057
or8 3,579.420.051
lochead2 894.85nan
intae3 1,342.280.163
its3 1,342.280.047
jist3 1,342.280.038
mak2 894.850.032
oor3 1,342.280.024
heid2 894.850.013
and15 6,711.410.005
us3 1,342.280.003
fae6 2,684.560.002
time4 1,789.710.000
first2 894.850.000