A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Geraghty, Martin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,086
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 876
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.381
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, an, it, s, ma, ae, in, tae,

List of texts in corpus

A Bad Sport
ABCTales.com (2021-07-17) in Central (Glasgow) dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (785 words)

378
TheCommonBreath.com (2020-10) in Central (Glasgow) dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (586 words)

The Pusher
TheCommonBreath.com (2020-09) in Central (Glasgow) dialect (GLA), categorised as prose (715 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
yir17 8,149.5797.312
am16 7,670.1877.429
hiz16 7,670.1871.902
o2 958.7770.858
soldier6 2,876.3269.005
urr6 2,876.3269.005
ae28 13,422.8268.983
n16 7,670.1868.221
yae12 5,752.6460.326
av6 2,876.3251.875
fir15 7,190.8047.214
wit8 3,835.0946.551
boy9 4,314.4844.955
yi9 4,314.4838.950
wen3 1,438.1632.872
coo6 2,876.3232.113
ma30 14,381.5931.973
wul6 2,876.3229.962
peck3 1,438.1629.061
newspaper4 1,917.5526.953
chips4 1,917.5526.953
opposite4 1,917.5523.960
watches3 1,438.1623.906
son6 2,876.3223.612
a102 48,897.4123.423
iz5 2,396.9323.054
mae5 2,396.9322.018
paul4 1,917.5521.968
hawdin2 958.7721.095
gony2 958.7721.095
invadin2 958.7721.095
drunks2 958.7721.095
taxi3 1,438.1620.213
ti14 6,711.4120.181
wall3 1,438.1619.916
gun3 1,438.1619.916
frowns2 958.7719.373
gloves2 958.7719.373
polly2 958.7719.373
mer2 958.7719.373
babe2 958.7719.373
mi4 1,917.5518.872
bridge3 1,438.1618.625
bastards2 958.7718.192
slug2 958.7718.192
mesh2 958.7718.192
stretches2 958.7718.192
fuckin7 3,355.7017.657
wan8 3,835.0917.563
elsewhere2 958.7717.288
holdin2 958.7717.288
gon2 958.7716.554
hours3 1,438.1616.515
whispers2 958.7715.937
thim2 958.7715.937
told3 1,438.1615.906
doos3 1,438.1615.906
call3 1,438.1614.977
don5 2,396.9314.757
al3 1,438.1614.621
wiy2 958.7714.515
parkin2 958.7714.515
peace3 1,438.1614.396
few5 2,396.9314.340
wait4 1,917.5514.198
concentrate2 958.7714.136
throwin2 958.7714.136
how6 2,876.3213.886
hands3 1,438.1613.870
im3 1,438.1613.672
empty3 1,438.1613.672
s32 15,340.3613.643
he36 17,257.9113.604
lungs2 958.7713.474
club3 1,438.1613.389
tae23 11,025.8913.207
says7 3,355.7012.888
block2 958.7712.416
take4 1,917.5512.197
golf2 958.7712.191
night4 1,917.5511.953
asks3 1,438.1611.802
get10 4,793.8611.705
me17 8,149.5711.326
rattlin2 958.7711.229
interest3 1,438.1611.155
ivry2 958.7711.063
sort3 1,438.1610.975
merton4 1,917.55nan
inches2 958.7710.903
drunk2 958.7710.603
rolls2 958.7710.193
t7 3,355.7010.172
brain2 958.7710.066
respect2 958.779.824
sleep3 1,438.169.771
sum3 1,438.169.725
captain2 958.779.708
bag3 1,438.169.368
personal2 958.779.082
joost2 958.778.987
pum3 1,438.16nan
top2 958.778.716
bed4 1,917.558.646
naw4 1,917.558.173
seven2 958.777.937
worked2 958.777.937
minutes2 958.777.667
an35 16,778.527.632
sport2 958.777.539
scorecard3 1,438.16nan
forget2 958.777.070
person2 958.776.962
good3 1,438.166.940
many2 958.776.806
right4 1,917.556.684
do3 1,438.166.614
head2 958.776.608
with3 1,438.166.542
oan8 3,835.096.426
sake2 958.776.376
enough3 1,438.166.288
tryin3 1,438.166.027
wummin2 958.775.916
side4 1,917.555.907
daft2 958.775.877
business2 958.775.801
city2 958.775.763
thir4 1,917.555.741
red2 958.775.726
mibbe2 958.775.690
furst2 958.775.690
back10 4,793.865.675
bae2 958.775.618
her4 1,917.555.530
you9 4,314.485.368
space2 958.775.344
pure2 958.775.312
thought2 958.775.247
feet3 1,438.165.138
off2 958.774.974
for5 2,396.934.936
this15 7,190.804.905
or2 958.774.847
mooth2 958.774.832
wind2 958.774.749
course2 958.774.566
like11 5,273.254.442
early2 958.774.393
ask2 958.774.321
stuff2 958.774.298
make2 958.774.298
that12 5,752.644.280
but3 1,438.164.267
sky2 958.774.206
school2 958.774.184
cos2 958.774.184
know3 1,438.164.154
here6 2,876.324.115
ll6 2,876.324.083
important2 958.774.010
not2 958.773.948
lift2 958.773.907
fae11 5,273.253.905
cannae3 1,438.163.806
week2 958.773.788
eyes2 958.773.769
tell4 1,917.553.699
history2 958.773.674
da10 4,793.863.624
be5 2,396.933.588
hauns2 958.773.493
to6 2,876.323.426
people2 958.773.424
room3 1,438.163.344
away2 958.773.341
wi9 4,314.483.326
two2 958.773.324
couple2 958.773.292
on7 3,355.703.282
every2 958.773.260
tried2 958.773.151
windae2 958.773.120
door4 1,917.553.066
about2 958.773.061
black2 958.772.945
auld6 2,876.322.890
sittin2 958.772.809
still4 1,917.552.725
it33 15,819.752.699
next2 958.772.630
i7 3,355.702.608
hair2 958.772.545
three3 1,438.162.347
last3 1,438.162.332
yet2 958.772.309
out2 958.772.277
hae2 958.772.271
have2 958.772.246
afore5 2,396.931.998
well2 958.771.966
in25 11,984.661.937
really2 958.771.887
oot13 6,232.021.804
much2 958.771.754
aff5 2,396.931.492
intae6 2,876.321.472
d6 2,876.321.430
she7 3,355.701.377
man4 1,917.551.364
kin2 958.771.270
time6 2,876.321.207
look2 958.771.177
no8 3,835.091.092
ve3 1,438.161.065
been2 958.771.025
need2 958.770.972
think3 1,438.160.965
did3 1,438.160.931
while2 958.770.921
wae3 1,438.160.862
wiz3 1,438.160.837
we6 2,876.320.776
through2 958.770.753
nae4 1,917.550.721
thirs2 958.77nan
face2 958.770.715
is10 4,793.860.696
the112 53,691.280.675
as10 4,793.860.663
by2 958.770.571
wee6 2,876.320.547
him4 1,917.550.475
aboot8 3,835.090.466
big2 958.770.300
had2 958.770.280
of2 958.770.277
so3 1,438.160.260
bein2 958.770.214
aw4 1,917.550.184
they7 3,355.700.160
mind2 958.770.139
see4 1,917.550.125
gie2 958.770.122
up9 4,314.480.113
could2 958.770.053
noo3 1,438.160.048
my2 958.770.027
then2 958.770.017
when2 958.770.013
at13 6,232.020.011
can3 1,438.160.008
and14 6,711.410.005
was2 958.770.003
oor3 1,438.160.001
aye3 1,438.160.001
heid2 958.770.000
his12 5,752.640.000
day4 1,917.550.000