A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gillen, Charles

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,119
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 460
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.433
Tagged as CUL (Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, i, an, a, for, tae, an', t, but, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Fifty Nine
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (77 words)

Whun A’ The Kye Had Names
Ullans Press (01-01-2005) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as poetry (637 words)

Oot Here Mae Lane
Words without Borders Magazine (01-06-2004) in Ulster dialect (CUL), categorised as prose (405 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
an'18 16,085.79107.605
i41 36,639.8683.038
oul12 10,723.8678.689
t18 16,085.7976.728
mae9 8,042.9061.282
al7 6,255.5954.950
lake6 5,361.9349.854
kye6 5,361.9348.814
wus9 8,042.9045.878
wains4 3,574.6243.732
joost5 4,468.2837.938
mine6 5,361.9332.393
jamie4 3,574.6229.312
whut5 4,468.2829.120
whun4 3,574.6225.273
bak4 3,574.6223.731
naw6 5,361.9323.468
lane4 3,574.6222.447
ouler2 1,787.3121.862
polly2 1,787.3121.862
crocus2 1,787.3120.679
straps2 1,787.3120.679
gyely2 1,787.3120.679
names4 3,574.6220.458
stud2 1,787.3119.774
for20 17,873.1019.097
wud4 3,574.6218.081
rodden2 1,787.3117.883
och4 3,574.6217.589
min3 2,680.9717.508
knowed2 1,787.3116.991
lent2 1,787.3116.611
shane2 1,787.3116.264
but15 13,404.8315.974
mane2 1,787.3115.120
heaven2 1,787.3115.120
nice3 2,680.9714.920
noo9 8,042.9014.477
gentle2 1,787.3114.438
mere2 1,787.3114.438
dane2 1,787.3114.438
spring3 2,680.9714.306
ploo2 1,787.3114.235
sich2 1,787.3114.042
man7 6,255.5913.905
whur2 1,787.3113.513
o'4 3,574.6213.230
only5 4,468.2813.145
think6 5,361.9313.070
fermin2 1,787.3113.048
wae6 5,361.9312.685
stan2 1,787.3112.504
shud2 1,787.3112.258
know4 3,574.6211.735
wile2 1,787.3111.602
i'm3 2,680.9711.427
fifty2 1,787.3111.043
han2 1,787.3110.957
luk2 1,787.3110.791
pipe2 1,787.3110.632
had7 6,255.5910.435
blue3 2,680.9710.428
echt2 1,787.3110.332
lan2 1,787.3110.122
o10 8,936.559.655
ye15 13,404.839.528
here6 5,361.939.475
nine2 1,787.319.440
it's5 4,468.289.335
sure3 2,680.979.331
all3 2,680.978.956
be's3 2,680.97nan
quate2 1,787.318.962
boys2 1,787.318.912
meg2 1,787.318.720
grew2 1,787.318.538
hir3 2,680.978.281
milk2 1,787.317.965
earth2 1,787.317.965
maybe2 1,787.317.309
iver2 1,787.317.216
yit2 1,787.317.037
gate2 1,787.316.950
ago2 1,787.316.922
i'll2 1,787.316.703
seem2 1,787.316.651
rid2 1,787.316.574
years3 2,680.976.349
since2 1,787.316.144
clear2 1,787.315.823
grun2 1,787.315.440
wur3 2,680.974.798
somethin2 1,787.314.521
lang4 3,574.624.369
life3 2,680.974.336
if5 4,468.284.277
fae7 6,255.593.744
coorse2 1,787.313.578
m4 3,574.623.406
niver2 1,787.313.391
men2 1,787.313.320
yer5 4,468.283.184
richt4 3,574.623.114
dinnae2 1,787.313.086
best2 1,787.312.807
a24 21,447.722.711
cud2 1,787.312.689
go2 1,787.312.669
wye2 1,787.312.596
things2 1,787.312.299
roan2 1,787.31nan
better2 1,787.312.293
wee5 4,468.282.274
an37 33,065.242.195
far2 1,787.312.183
three2 1,787.312.156
e2 1,787.312.140
same2 1,787.311.998
in12 10,723.861.950
thing2 1,787.311.861
he6 5,361.931.719
at4 3,574.621.692
hae5 4,468.281.656
time4 3,574.621.582
weel3 2,680.971.578
dae3 2,680.971.576
she3 2,680.971.527
that15 13,404.831.281
warts2 1,787.31nan
as10 8,936.551.267
bridgit2 1,787.31nan
they7 6,255.591.369
on10 8,936.551.204
still2 1,787.311.191
him5 4,468.281.153
ony2 1,787.311.070
tak2 1,787.310.977
nae5 4,468.280.881
it10 8,936.550.829
can3 2,680.970.819
first2 1,787.310.776
tae20 17,873.100.738
dake2 1,787.31nan
s6 5,361.930.708
got2 1,787.310.691
we3 2,680.970.580
d3 2,680.970.549
me5 4,468.280.517
ll2 1,787.310.392
oot6 5,361.930.335
its2 1,787.310.300
the61 54,512.960.232
be5 4,468.280.073
mair2 1,787.310.045
by2 1,787.310.034
his6 5,361.930.027
or4 3,574.620.025
them2 1,787.310.023
up4 3,574.620.023
is7 6,255.590.001
oul'2 1,787.31nan
day2 1,787.310.011