A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Duncan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,332
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 492
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.707
Tagged as EDN (Edinburgh) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, a, an, tae, that, cornish, we, language, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish
Lallans Magazine (2013 ) in Central dialect (EDN), categorised as prose (1,332 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
cornish26 19,519.52286.467
language19 14,264.2671.627
spikkers9 6,756.7671.339
staundart6 4,504.5056.484
dialecks6 4,504.5048.153
deifferent4 3,003.0045.794
ideological4 3,003.0045.794
leivin5 3,753.7544.923
medieval5 3,753.7544.332
staundarts4 3,003.0043.874
revival4 3,003.0036.701
activists4 3,003.0033.908
tung8 6,006.0132.507
debates3 2,252.2529.496
offeicial3 2,252.2529.496
fechts3 2,252.2527.869
attempts3 2,252.2527.197
we21 15,765.7726.119
minority5 3,753.7524.491
schuills2 1,501.5022.894
faction2 1,501.5022.894
scots18 13,513.5122.752
community5 3,753.7522.617
irish4 3,003.0022.059
o55 41,291.2921.726
nummer5 3,753.7521.587
rls2 1,501.5021.171
thrie3 2,252.2520.427
spik4 3,003.0020.001
ane9 6,756.7619.834
wir7 5,255.2618.582
hae13 9,759.7617.163
brigs2 1,501.5015.922
haes8 6,006.0115.609
ruits2 1,501.5015.576
stairt3 2,252.2515.554
soorces2 1,501.5014.963
classical2 1,501.5014.689
agin4 3,003.0014.193
unlike2 1,501.5014.193
threip2 1,501.5014.193
religious2 1,501.5013.357
spellin3 2,252.2512.862
wurld2 1,501.5012.669
respeck2 1,501.5012.515
modren3 2,252.2512.402
unity2 1,501.5012.223
sum3 2,252.2512.116
clesses2 1,501.5011.699
i19 14,264.2611.603
allooed2 1,501.5011.348
that27 20,270.2711.258
bigg2 1,501.5011.131
hie2 1,501.5011.131
dialeck2 1,501.5011.131
degree2 1,501.5011.131
whit10 7,507.5110.845
forms2 1,501.5010.826
this14 10,510.5110.500
major2 1,501.5010.282
fowk8 6,006.0110.146
warkin2 1,501.509.521
languages3 2,252.259.495
mibbie2 1,501.509.255
thaim6 4,504.509.224
as18 13,513.518.843
terms2 1,501.508.831
is18 13,513.518.728
in9 6,756.768.601
grammar2 1,501.508.349
dinna4 3,003.008.287
deid3 2,252.258.210
richts2 1,501.507.924
mak5 3,753.757.714
yaise2 1,501.507.388
lest2 1,501.507.388
example2 1,501.507.275
problem2 1,501.507.275
dae6 4,504.507.233
taewards2 1,501.507.059
common2 1,501.507.024
or11 8,258.266.985
biggin2 1,501.506.664
wull3 2,252.256.324
weys2 1,501.506.093
written2 1,501.505.816
either2 1,501.505.792
nor4 3,003.005.646
bring2 1,501.505.605
disna2 1,501.505.451
ye2 1,501.505.236
micht4 3,003.005.184
until2 1,501.505.123
whan5 3,753.755.094
culture2 1,501.504.844
monie2 1,501.504.588
for14 10,510.514.544
kind2 1,501.504.492
are5 3,753.754.383
sic3 2,252.254.278
their6 4,504.504.231
amang2 1,501.504.205
tae40 30,030.034.115
hauf2 1,501.504.051
haein2 1,501.504.051
weill2 1,501.504.051
turn2 1,501.503.905
brocht2 1,501.503.718
a51 38,288.293.400
lang4 3,003.003.390
eneuch2 1,501.503.183
at4 3,003.003.034
coorse2 1,501.503.003
though2 1,501.502.984
the92 69,069.072.908
mair6 4,504.502.851
an44 33,033.032.585
up2 1,501.502.496
it's3 2,252.252.485
pairt2 1,501.502.336
time5 3,753.752.224
thir2 1,501.502.126
muckle3 2,252.252.047
want2 1,501.501.876
frae5 3,753.751.787
wey3 2,252.251.774
gey2 1,501.501.770
wis9 6,756.761.639
it11 8,258.261.554
can4 3,003.001.513
by4 3,003.001.383
intae4 3,003.001.125
they3 2,252.251.083
aw5 3,753.750.933
aboot6 4,504.500.892
een2 1,501.500.853
gin2 1,501.500.762
maist2 1,501.500.742
no2 1,501.500.719
be9 6,756.760.717
could2 1,501.500.623
like5 3,753.750.603
hoose2 1,501.500.500
aye3 2,252.250.486
jist3 2,252.250.435
doon2 1,501.500.301
guid2 1,501.500.240
back2 1,501.500.203
been3 2,252.250.130
but6 4,504.500.125
wi9 6,756.760.096
on9 6,756.760.067
oot5 3,753.750.064
ken2 1,501.500.055
there3 2,252.250.054
twa2 1,501.500.022
nae4 3,003.000.011
ower3 2,252.250.000