A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Coyne, Hilary

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 738
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.139
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, he, and, it, to, i, s, that, she,

List of texts in corpus

The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked
hilarycoyne.com/ (2021-08-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (738 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
finn7 9,485.0985.499
to13 17,615.1845.636
all7 9,485.0937.833
mccool2 2,710.0325.252
causeway2 2,710.0325.252
ll8 10,840.1122.231
well5 6,775.0721.929
alright2 2,710.0320.701
about4 5,420.0518.645
ben4 5,420.0517.263
tae3 4,065.0415.960
was6 8,130.0814.708
put3 4,065.0414.210
he18 24,390.2414.022
already2 2,710.0313.558
two3 4,065.0412.788
broken2 2,710.0312.678
needed2 2,710.0312.424
mention2 2,710.0312.185
although2 2,710.0312.109
she12 16,260.1611.572
of6 8,130.0811.511
i13 17,615.1811.468
and14 18,970.1911.457
finger2 2,710.0311.357
lucky2 2,710.0311.295
pride2 2,710.0311.234
over2 2,710.0311.175
wife3 4,065.0411.037
but10 13,550.1410.798
turnin2 2,710.0310.624
if6 8,130.0810.525
him8 10,840.1110.490
when5 6,775.0710.327
then5 6,775.0710.234
o5 6,775.079.505
teeth2 2,710.039.263
heard3 4,065.048.910
maybe2 2,710.038.891
wind2 2,710.038.582
ask2 2,710.038.110
no7 9,485.098.042
oonagh3 4,065.04nan
leave2 2,710.037.859
now2 2,710.037.740
from2 2,710.037.740
benandonner3 4,065.04nan
not2 2,710.037.694
doot2 2,710.037.320
too2 2,710.037.279
hill2 2,710.037.198
with2 2,710.036.624
enough2 2,710.036.442
tell3 4,065.046.278
something2 2,710.036.269
re3 4,065.046.207
few2 2,710.036.163
the28 37,940.386.070
me7 9,485.096.019
s12 16,260.165.859
out2 2,710.035.731
sun2 2,710.035.529
think3 4,065.045.136
these2 2,710.034.969
came2 2,710.034.958
say3 4,065.044.552
right2 2,710.034.494
his9 12,195.124.087
gied2 2,710.033.958
d4 5,420.053.822
be8 10,840.113.742
ahve2 2,710.03nan
her8 10,840.113.588
bit5 6,775.073.513
fir2 2,710.032.903
big2 2,710.032.751
they6 8,130.082.608
that12 16,260.162.574
doon4 5,420.052.557
aye3 4,065.042.299
still2 2,710.032.296
aw4 5,420.052.148
did2 2,710.032.141
by3 4,065.042.043
it13 17,615.181.902
my2 2,710.031.893
first2 2,710.031.763
their3 4,065.041.749
man2 2,710.031.453
a27 36,585.371.256
ah2 2,710.031.244
in8 10,840.111.221
efter2 2,710.031.202
wee3 4,065.041.074
get2 2,710.030.876
or4 5,420.050.843
said2 2,710.030.761
for6 8,130.080.737
is3 4,065.040.605
see2 2,710.030.472
oot2 2,710.030.446
at6 8,130.080.313
you2 2,710.030.307
wis6 8,130.080.292
back2 2,710.030.151
mair2 2,710.030.134
on4 5,420.050.075
as4 5,420.050.064
there2 2,710.030.006
nae2 2,710.030.005
like2 2,710.030.004