A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacDonald, Bo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,109
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 455
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.437
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - th', mah, ah, tae, as, wis, me, n', o', a,

List of texts in corpus

CAULD NIGHT
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as weans (1,109 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
th'72 64,923.35912.497
mah55 49,594.23681.510
n'21 18,935.98226.340
kip15 13,525.70170.567
o'17 15,329.13104.718
ah44 39,675.38100.576
awa'7 6,311.9979.778
thare12 10,820.5668.564
ankle5 4,508.5751.305
coupon5 4,508.5749.537
me23 20,739.4047.727
somethin9 8,115.4245.967
under7 6,311.9942.705
twas4 3,606.8538.155
felt8 7,213.7137.436
as28 25,247.9737.341
nothin5 4,508.5736.844
duvet3 2,705.1434.436
stairted4 3,606.8530.831
identical3 2,705.1429.717
thay7 6,311.9928.468
forcin3 2,705.1427.137
ne'er3 2,705.1426.175
hud7 6,311.9925.823
lay5 4,508.5724.941
boney2 1,803.4323.622
intrigued2 1,803.4323.622
slowly4 3,606.8523.282
foot3 2,705.1421.925
discomfort2 1,803.4321.898
hee2 1,803.4321.898
tangled2 1,803.4321.898
finally4 3,606.8521.110
wi'4 3,606.8521.110
breaths2 1,803.4319.809
creakin2 1,803.4319.809
bruise2 1,803.4319.809
wooden2 1,803.4319.074
grip3 2,705.1418.443
bedroom3 2,705.1418.325
escaped2 1,803.4317.919
became3 2,705.1417.876
wance3 2,705.1417.876
silence3 2,705.1417.071
noise3 2,705.1417.071
slipped2 1,803.4315.981
themselves2 1,803.4315.686
chill2 1,803.4315.412
behind3 2,705.1415.307
tis2 1,803.4314.915
something4 3,606.8514.692
against3 2,705.1414.535
fankle2 1,803.4314.474
heid7 6,311.9914.443
locked2 1,803.4314.270
spread2 1,803.4314.270
fingers3 2,705.1413.547
flair3 2,705.1413.398
feet4 3,606.8513.323
haw2 1,803.4313.233
scream2 1,803.4313.233
purple2 1,803.4312.940
masell2 1,803.4312.940
mynd3 2,705.1412.884
silent2 1,803.4312.669
waited2 1,803.4312.539
wasnae2 1,803.4312.539
brain2 1,803.4312.539
body4 3,606.8512.472
disturbin3 2,705.14nan
aroond3 2,705.1412.213
attempt2 1,803.4312.176
pushed2 1,803.4311.952
ilk3 2,705.1411.582
up13 11,722.2711.572
eyes3 2,705.1411.242
appeared2 1,803.4310.992
cauld4 3,606.8510.968
night3 2,705.1410.861
oan7 6,311.9910.696
a16 14,427.4110.650
keek2 1,803.4310.440
dyke2 1,803.4310.226
turned3 2,705.149.837
action2 1,803.439.769
wis23 20,739.409.760
caught2 1,803.439.709
breath2 1,803.438.663
fresh2 1,803.438.357
skin2 1,803.438.193
decided2 1,803.438.114
suddenly2 1,803.437.961
weeks2 1,803.437.537
form2 1,803.437.129
yit2 1,803.437.070
feelin2 1,803.436.790
how3 2,705.146.607
een4 3,606.856.497
he3 2,705.146.407
deep2 1,803.436.385
it's4 3,606.856.076
didnae3 2,705.145.976
win3 2,705.145.739
fae8 7,213.715.641
whin2 1,803.435.383
at2 1,803.435.185
looked2 1,803.434.909
run2 1,803.434.879
on2 1,803.434.827
fell2 1,803.434.733
hert2 1,803.434.486
bin2 1,803.434.395
git2 1,803.433.646
wull2 1,803.433.494
yin3 2,705.143.483
end2 1,803.433.255
again3 2,705.143.159
let2 1,803.432.982
come3 2,705.142.904
his11 9,918.852.803
wey3 2,705.142.465
mak'2 1,803.43nan
dizziness2 1,803.43nan
thair3 2,705.142.441
lang3 2,705.142.146
wha2 1,803.431.908
thing2 1,803.431.885
be3 2,705.141.440
bit5 4,508.571.334
even2 1,803.431.221
tae29 26,149.681.074
juist2 1,803.430.929
doon4 3,606.850.895
is5 4,508.570.550
nae2 1,803.430.491
time3 2,705.140.468
efter2 1,803.430.398
him2 1,803.430.343
in15 13,525.700.327
it15 13,525.700.290
back3 2,705.140.225
wee3 2,705.140.181
ower3 2,705.140.105
aye2 1,803.430.082
intae2 1,803.430.010
tak'2 1,803.43nan
by2 1,803.430.038
fur3 2,705.140.005