Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Macdonald, Ileene

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 587
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 321
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.829
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, that, tae, but, i, in, have,

List of texts in corpus

Fit’s it aa aboot?
The Sair Fecht (29-12-2014) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (587 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
pro-independence	4	6,814.31	41.452
have	7	11,925.04	39.798
movement	4	6,814.31	35.906
referendum	5	8,517.89	32.145
become	4	6,814.31	28.412
has	6	10,221.47	26.659
voices	3	5,110.73	25.106
blogs	2	3,407.16	24.444
beginning	2	3,407.16	19.566
emerged	2	3,407.16	19.185
reading	2	3,407.16	18.221
politics	3	5,110.73	17.968
political	3	5,110.73	17.630
twitter	2	3,407.16	16.420
result	2	3,407.16	13.495
chynged	2	3,407.16	11.956
campaign	2	3,407.16	11.319
yes	2	3,407.16	11.082
media	2	3,407.16	10.044
country	2	3,407.16	9.974
pynt	2	3,407.16	9.584
question	2	3,407.16	9.120
by	5	8,517.89	8.818
but	8	13,628.62	8.703
scotland	4	6,814.31	8.255
puir	2	3,407.16	8.144
been	5	8,517.89	7.621
monie	2	3,407.16	7.603
way	2	3,407.16	6.965
bein	3	5,110.73	6.930
this	7	11,925.04	6.437
new	3	5,110.73	6.415
much	2	3,407.16	5.884
coorse	2	3,407.16	5.820
end	2	3,407.16	5.429
hiv	2	3,407.16	5.140
i	8	13,628.62	4.469
frae	4	6,814.31	4.366
far	2	3,407.16	4.229
to	3	5,110.73	4.060
aboot	5	8,517.89	4.013
wur	2	3,407.16	3.984
are	3	5,110.73	3.968
fir	2	3,407.16	3.638
of	3	5,110.73	3.549
wis	2	3,407.16	3.499
hae	4	6,814.31	3.250
could	2	3,407.16	2.698
their	3	5,110.73	2.612
o	18	30,664.40	2.527
first	2	3,407.16	2.411
nae	4	6,814.31	2.334
ane	2	3,407.16	2.230
we	5	8,517.89	2.223
haes	2	3,407.16	2.140
aa	3	5,110.73	2.113
tae	8	13,628.62	1.979
scots	4	6,814.31	1.551
that	9	15,332.20	1.529
it	4	6,814.31	1.448
aff	2	3,407.16	1.353
an	11	18,739.35	1.269
fowk	2	3,407.16	1.036
and	6	10,221.47	1.012
noo	2	3,407.16	0.868
ae	2	3,407.16	0.843
his	2	3,407.16	0.651
or	3	5,110.73	0.500
the	38	64,735.95	0.495
s	3	5,110.73	0.475
commonweal	2	3,407.16	nan
is	5	8,517.89	0.473
on	5	8,517.89	0.461
mair	2	3,407.16	0.426
be	4	6,814.31	0.337
at	3	5,110.73	0.169
in	8	13,628.62	0.156
oot	3	5,110.73	0.110
as	4	6,814.31	0.043
wi	4	6,814.31	0.036
a	18	30,664.40	0.034