A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Smyth, Anne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 333
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 155
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as GUL (General Ulster) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, an, the, o, luive, aa, disnae, bot, mair, s,

List of texts in corpus

I Corinthians 13
Ullans Magazine (2012) in Ulster dialect (GUL), categorised as prose (333 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
disnae7 21,021.0254.750
whanivver3 9,009.0143.901
haenae3 9,009.0138.841
bot6 18,018.0238.782
feck4 12,012.0134.158
luive9 27,027.03nan
tholes3 9,009.0141.670
wean4 12,012.0131.870
a31 93,093.0930.536
aa8 24,024.0225.808
gear3 9,009.0122.080
thar3 9,009.0121.451
daeins2 6,006.0119.063
throch2 6,006.0119.063
mair6 18,018.0215.448
gin4 12,012.0114.702
ill2 6,006.0112.124
ll4 12,012.0111.851
gate2 6,006.0111.613
fu2 6,006.0111.525
hae5 15,015.0210.107
syne3 9,009.0110.015
itsel2 6,006.019.925
t3 9,009.019.455
wus2 6,006.019.012
hert2 6,006.018.923
m3 9,009.016.897
leck3 9,009.01nan
ken3 9,009.016.642
jist3 9,009.015.779
nor2 6,006.015.157
thaim2 6,006.014.028
guid2 6,006.013.719
s6 18,018.023.635
we4 12,012.013.438
its2 6,006.013.300
tae3 9,009.013.149
us2 6,006.013.001
an14 42,042.042.968
noo2 6,006.012.314
o11 33,033.032.133
the14 42,042.041.677
whit2 6,006.011.563
ma3 9,009.011.405
it2 6,006.011.151
fur2 6,006.011.089
like2 6,006.011.087
nae2 6,006.010.885
be3 9,009.010.854
up2 6,006.010.344
at3 9,009.010.311
in4 12,012.010.304
oot2 6,006.010.230
wi2 6,006.010.104
is2 6,006.010.001
as2 6,006.010.001