Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Geddes, Jenny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 845
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 393
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.15
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, the, a, an, we, s, ah, o, in, it,

List of texts in corpus

Fling the creepie in January
McRenegade.Scots (2018-01-18) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (845 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
social	8	9,467.46	52.037
identity	5	5,917.16	37.178
fer	7	8,284.02	32.941
media	5	5,917.16	30.644
identities	3	3,550.30	30.589
friendship	3	3,550.30	30.589
wha	7	8,284.02	24.708
we	16	18,934.91	24.520
those	4	4,733.73	23.873
cry	4	4,733.73	22.868
ta'en	2	2,366.86	21.802
git	5	5,917.16	19.834
ahm	2	2,366.86	17.730
which	5	5,917.16	17.335
facebook	2	2,366.86	16.237
sich	2	2,366.86	15.156
virtual	2	2,366.86	15.156
prose	2	2,366.86	14.971
january	2	2,366.86	14.795
an'	4	4,733.73	14.285
oan	7	8,284.02	13.810
positive	2	2,366.86	13.248
personal	2	2,366.86	12.608
surely	2	2,366.86	12.510
culture	3	3,550.30	12.072
pan	2	2,366.86	11.891
dae	6	7,100.59	11.598
simply	2	2,366.86	11.429
ithers	3	3,550.30	11.412
tae	34	40,236.69	11.288
ah've	2	2,366.86	11.083
try	3	3,550.30	11.038
tryin	3	3,550.30	10.895
some	6	7,100.59	10.023
intil	3	3,550.30	9.522
view	2	2,366.86	9.401
being	2	2,366.86	9.235
s	15	17,751.48	8.828
are	5	5,917.16	7.757
seem	2	2,366.86	7.702
best	3	3,550.30	7.657
boy	2	2,366.86	7.598
us	5	5,917.16	7.392
poem	2	2,366.86	7.349
want	3	3,550.30	6.910
until	2	2,366.86	6.814
sense	2	2,366.86	6.595
word	2	2,366.86	6.575
emoticon	3	3,550.30	nan
ah	11	13,017.75	6.459
fowk	5	5,917.16	6.252
place	3	3,550.30	6.207
so	4	4,733.73	5.808
be	10	11,834.32	5.663
way	2	2,366.86	5.627
re	3	3,550.30	5.526
all	2	2,366.86	5.513
their	5	5,917.16	5.373
the	34	40,236.69	5.352
who	2	2,366.86	5.220
o'	2	2,366.86	5.107
me	7	8,284.02	4.797
wis	3	3,550.30	4.779
ve	3	3,550.30	4.652
will	3	3,550.30	4.096
fb	3	3,550.30	nan
aye	4	4,733.73	3.881
oor	4	4,733.73	3.873
is	10	11,834.32	3.489
while	2	2,366.86	3.432
abused	2	2,366.86	nan
see	4	4,733.73	3.400
dinna	2	2,366.86	3.370
lik	2	2,366.86	3.330
hae	5	5,917.16	3.174
things	2	2,366.86	3.157
o	11	13,017.75	2.813
ither	3	3,550.30	2.764
no	5	5,917.16	2.652
m	3	3,550.30	2.526
as	9	10,650.89	2.322
fin	2	2,366.86	2.148
wee	4	4,733.73	2.071
for	2	2,366.86	2.041
mak	2	2,366.86	1.739
if	3	3,550.30	1.704
by	3	3,550.30	1.564
or	5	5,917.16	1.421
heid	2	2,366.86	1.211
ye	7	8,284.02	1.147
on	3	3,550.30	1.135
fae	4	4,733.73	1.024
nae	4	4,733.73	0.882
oot	2	2,366.86	0.804
i	7	8,284.02	0.776
they	5	5,917.16	0.776
awa	2	2,366.86	0.730
to	2	2,366.86	0.723
an	18	21,301.78	0.708
richt	2	2,366.86	0.632
get	2	2,366.86	0.610
of	2	2,366.86	0.515
in	11	13,017.75	0.390
can	2	2,366.86	0.347
sae	2	2,366.86	0.297
d	2	2,366.86	0.202
a	27	31,952.66	0.194
this	4	4,733.73	0.168
time	2	2,366.86	0.152
yer	2	2,366.86	0.146
ma	3	3,550.30	0.083
wi	7	8,284.02	0.071
that	9	10,650.89	0.050
mair	2	2,366.86	0.035
and	6	7,100.59	0.033
whit	2	2,366.86	0.020
like	2	2,366.86	0.018
there	2	2,366.86	0.014
bit	2	2,366.86	0.013
scots	3	3,550.30	0.005
it	10	11,834.32	0.001