Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Curt_Kenobi

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 525
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 283
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.855
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, tae, a, the, me, it, ehs, fir, ay, sae,

List of texts in corpus

Mates
archiveofourown.org (2016-09-27) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (525 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
ehs	8	15,238.10	115.552
ah	20	38,095.24	44.223
ah'm	6	11,428.57	41.857
sick	4	7,619.05	33.928
fir	7	13,333.33	30.110
n	6	11,428.57	30.062
all	5	9,523.81	27.026
natural	3	5,714.29	23.007
compliment	2	3,809.52	20.907
blond	2	3,809.52	20.907
eh's	6	11,428.57	nan
shite	3	5,714.29	20.784
fucker	2	3,809.52	19.283
eh	4	7,619.05	18.613
ay	7	13,333.33	18.581
theory	2	3,809.52	18.134
kissed	2	3,809.52	17.892
long	3	5,714.29	16.470
ihm	5	9,523.81	nan
fuckin	4	7,619.05	16.120
it's	5	9,523.81	16.018
me	9	17,142.86	15.767
chest	2	3,809.52	15.766
oan	6	11,428.57	15.181
wonder	2	3,809.52	15.020
forward	2	3,809.52	14.908
almost	2	3,809.52	14.908
makes	2	3,809.52	14.204
jist	6	11,428.57	14.013
sae	6	11,428.57	13.543
when	5	9,523.81	13.305
ah've	2	3,809.52	12.955
birds	2	3,809.52	12.513
that's	3	5,714.29	12.089
the	14	26,666.67	11.592
colour	2	3,809.52	10.885
dinnae	3	5,714.29	10.758
go	3	5,714.29	10.006
mooth	2	3,809.52	9.986
an	4	7,619.05	9.476
boy	2	3,809.52	9.416
fuck	2	3,809.52	9.364
now	2	3,809.52	9.040
since	2	3,809.52	8.993
eyes	2	3,809.52	8.786
across	2	3,809.52	8.570
about	2	3,809.52	7.954
do	2	3,809.52	7.954
cunt	2	3,809.52	7.798
hair	2	3,809.52	7.323
am	2	3,809.52	6.918
in	2	3,809.52	6.821
masel	2	3,809.52	6.473
git	2	3,809.52	6.271
boy's	2	3,809.52	nan
though	2	3,809.52	6.206
face	2	3,809.52	4.699
are	3	5,714.29	4.486
ken	3	5,714.29	4.387
life	2	3,809.52	4.031
still	2	3,809.52	3.346
gie	2	3,809.52	3.334
think	2	3,809.52	3.213
but	5	9,523.81	3.063
aboot	4	7,619.05	2.645
us	2	3,809.52	1.674
no	3	5,714.29	1.474
like	3	5,714.29	1.464
ma	4	7,619.05	1.205
wi	2	3,809.52	1.162
it	9	17,142.86	1.156
tae	15	28,571.43	1.138
his	5	9,523.81	1.105
outta	2	3,809.52	nan
had	2	3,809.52	1.548
or	3	5,714.29	0.761
and	2	3,809.52	0.732
back	2	3,809.52	0.650
mair	2	3,809.52	0.616
wis	4	7,619.05	0.340
we	3	5,714.29	0.326
him	2	3,809.52	0.233
a	14	26,666.67	0.138
be	3	5,714.29	0.047
that	5	9,523.81	0.007