A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McCrory, Pat

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,193
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 485
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.46
Tagged as GLA (Glasgow) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, it, in, he, said, that, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (601 words)
Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (163 words)
Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup
Lallans Magazine (2000 ) in Central (Cowcaddens) dialect (GLA), categorised as poetry (429 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
worm8 6,705.7882.807
jaickit6 5,029.3472.481
soup6 5,029.3447.415
class6 5,029.3438.132
maw6 5,029.3437.990
school7 5,867.5637.904
andy5 4,191.1137.064
said14 11,735.1235.530
embdy3 2,514.6734.004
oan13 10,896.9031.661
a'll5 4,191.1127.724
roun4 3,352.8926.214
wae9 7,544.0124.294
boy5 4,191.1124.243
o5 4,191.1123.675
ae12 10,058.6823.378
wi'oot2 1,676.4523.335
wa's2 1,676.4523.335
vindication2 1,676.4521.611
heidmaister2 1,676.4521.611
maw's2 1,676.4520.428
nou6 5,029.3419.860
hour3 2,514.6719.350
teacher4 3,352.8919.302
heidie2 1,676.4518.168
jimsie's7 5,867.56nan
flour2 1,676.4517.632
lost4 3,352.8917.348
meals2 1,676.4516.741
studied2 1,676.4516.360
wan6 5,029.3415.916
experiment2 1,676.4515.695
newspapers2 1,676.4515.400
sums2 1,676.4515.126
right5 4,191.1115.045
cawed3 2,514.6714.888
how5 4,191.1114.818
get8 6,705.7813.459
wheels2 1,676.4513.104
a58 48,616.9312.994
bowl2 1,676.4512.385
it's6 5,029.3412.337
that's4 3,352.8912.061
aw10 8,382.2311.017
don't2 1,676.4510.797
wrote2 1,676.4510.627
take3 2,514.6710.550
sell2 1,676.4510.465
a've2 1,676.4510.387
professor2 1,676.4510.234
health2 1,676.4510.017
caw2 1,676.4510.017
queen2 1,676.459.878
daen2 1,676.459.371
secret2 1,676.459.197
hall2 1,676.459.141
try3 2,514.679.055
if7 5,867.568.662
thin2 1,676.458.574
service2 1,676.458.211
see7 5,867.568.027
he's2 1,676.457.920
tale2 1,676.457.579
well3 2,514.677.571
got5 4,191.117.249
it25 20,955.577.067
tell4 3,352.897.053
came3 2,514.677.011
know3 2,514.676.878
big4 3,352.896.826
he'd2 1,676.456.660
doctor2 1,676.456.605
so5 4,191.116.305
stood2 1,676.456.242
put2 1,676.456.074
near3 2,514.676.029
can6 5,029.346.022
even4 3,352.895.885
best3 2,514.675.840
done2 1,676.455.826
other2 1,676.455.741
gied3 2,514.675.540
each2 1,676.455.516
stertit2 1,676.455.516
night2 1,676.455.438
word2 1,676.455.288
ten2 1,676.454.924
less2 1,676.454.875
say4 3,352.894.872
went3 2,514.674.861
last3 2,514.674.754
yer6 5,029.344.695
tryin2 1,676.454.512
hard2 1,676.454.026
feet2 1,676.453.908
ye12 10,058.683.883
oot10 8,382.233.868
when4 3,352.893.853
then4 3,352.893.793
her2 1,676.453.760
oh2 1,676.453.696
she2 1,676.453.674
wee6 5,029.343.514
be11 9,220.453.354
whaur3 2,514.673.319
made3 2,514.673.284
dae4 3,352.893.179
gie3 2,514.673.095
end2 1,676.453.010
never2 1,676.452.944
hiv2 1,676.452.759
let2 1,676.452.744
could3 2,514.672.721
look2 1,676.452.693
for3 2,514.672.583
my3 2,514.672.529
some4 3,352.892.390
lik2 1,676.452.261
fur6 5,029.342.135
at4 3,352.892.128
aye4 3,352.892.127
we2 1,676.452.118
through2 1,676.452.117
this8 6,705.782.104
jist4 3,352.892.015
tae33 27,661.361.983
his10 8,382.231.286
or2 1,676.451.169
he14 11,735.121.107
up7 5,867.561.088
had3 2,514.670.928
him5 4,191.110.902
tak2 1,676.450.838
fae5 4,191.110.805
oor3 2,514.670.738
nae2 1,676.450.677
they3 2,514.670.663
ower4 3,352.890.584
them3 2,514.670.528
was2 1,676.450.456
than2 1,676.450.407
their3 2,514.670.407
wis10 8,382.230.353
is9 7,544.010.344
wid2 1,676.450.340
you3 2,514.670.317
here2 1,676.450.305
ma6 5,029.340.197
me3 2,514.670.181
are2 1,676.450.165
whit2 1,676.450.128
back3 2,514.670.127
us2 1,676.450.120
aff2 1,676.450.108
as8 6,705.780.063
day2 1,676.450.039
but5 4,191.110.028
the68 56,999.160.015
like3 2,514.670.003
no3 2,514.670.003
there3 2,514.670.001
intae2 1,676.450.000
andy's2 1,676.45nan
that13 10,896.900.122
jimsie2 1,676.45nan
in20 16,764.460.102
jannie2 1,676.45nan
an35 29,337.800.585