A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- dialect comparison - fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Cameron, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,318
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 565
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.333
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, i, or, wi, they, your,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (182 words)
Lallans 58 - Naebody’s Rose
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (47 words)
Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (89 words)
Lallans 82 - Nevermas
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (117 words)
Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)

Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)

Lallans 73 - The Stranger
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (598 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
and37 28,072.8450.259
naebody's4 3,034.9043.846
snaw6 4,552.3543.527
rose6 4,552.3539.861
your10 7,587.2539.476
planes4 3,034.9038.997
tae4 3,034.9033.196
wind6 4,552.3530.994
crystal3 2,276.1830.497
daw3 2,276.1830.497
an8 6,069.8028.476
i've4 3,034.9026.148
bluid5 3,793.6325.640
the122 92,564.4924.259
i25 18,968.1323.825
anerly2 1,517.4522.880
petal2 1,517.4522.880
my9 6,828.5321.463
yowdendrift2 1,517.4521.157
nevermas2 1,517.4521.157
handsel2 1,517.4521.157
he'll3 2,276.1821.043
blaws3 2,276.1820.611
lowdie6 4,552.35nan
sall3 2,276.1819.832
warld6 4,552.3519.662
mysel3 2,276.1819.653
scart2 1,517.4519.069
hand4 3,034.9018.951
or16 12,139.6118.874
deid5 3,793.6318.427
bairn's2 1,517.4518.334
blinnd2 1,517.4518.334
mirk3 2,276.1818.110
swith2 1,517.4517.715
stane4 3,034.9017.698
our4 3,034.9017.471
flourish2 1,517.4517.180
was8 6,069.8016.253
sheuch2 1,517.4515.562
flouer2 1,517.4515.562
it3 2,276.1815.405
owre4 3,034.9014.870
mune2 1,517.4514.675
that2 1,517.4514.588
peel2 1,517.4514.419
when8 6,069.8014.332
whiles4 3,034.9013.658
sowl2 1,517.4513.160
hinmaist2 1,517.4512.656
ken8 6,069.8012.507
flouers2 1,517.4512.210
he2 1,517.4511.954
rowed2 1,517.4511.685
gray2 1,517.4511.685
bairns5 3,793.6311.673
simmer3 2,276.1811.200
nicht6 4,552.3511.132
stranger2 1,517.4511.013
hou4 3,034.9010.284
hear4 3,034.9010.091
tam3 2,276.1810.073
stour2 1,517.4510.024
nou4 3,034.909.668
itsel3 2,276.189.532
cauld4 3,034.909.527
s2 1,517.459.525
to7 5,311.089.496
gowd2 1,517.459.439
flee2 1,517.459.372
til5 3,793.639.220
fields2 1,517.459.178
aince3 2,276.188.841
black3 2,276.188.623
where3 2,276.188.552
in35 26,555.398.540
een5 3,793.638.515
yon4 3,034.908.221
whilk2 1,517.458.189
sometimes2 1,517.458.001
orra2 1,517.457.956
mistress2 1,517.457.956
aa8 6,069.807.886
it's5 3,793.637.859
hert3 2,276.187.796
he's2 1,517.457.571
nurse2 1,517.457.531
afore6 4,552.357.441
grund2 1,517.457.188
wha4 3,034.907.010
gless2 1,517.456.943
they12 9,104.706.824
ablow2 1,517.456.810
morn2 1,517.456.559
as2 1,517.456.506
auld6 4,552.356.284
legs2 1,517.456.214
care2 1,517.456.187
airts2 1,517.456.160
i'll2 1,517.456.028
gang3 2,276.185.829
early2 1,517.455.827
luik2 1,517.455.827
toun2 1,517.455.638
years3 2,276.185.507
lift2 1,517.455.460
sang2 1,517.455.438
i'm2 1,517.455.395
frae7 5,311.085.385
ye2 1,517.455.133
yae2 1,517.454.885
ever2 1,517.454.495
are5 3,793.634.243
say4 3,034.904.193
ahint2 1,517.454.108
lassie2 1,517.453.920
mavis'2 1,517.45nan
siller2 1,517.454.026
cornfields2 1,517.45nan
bairn2 1,517.453.894
provan2 1,517.45nan
merle's2 1,517.45nan
out2 1,517.453.659
ee2 1,517.453.600
sun2 1,517.453.497
wi16 12,139.613.292
that's2 1,517.453.273
air2 1,517.453.162
here4 3,034.903.016
kent3 2,276.182.889
thon3 2,276.182.800
mind3 2,276.182.725
end2 1,517.452.723
rain2 1,517.452.682
her3 2,276.182.655
gie3 2,276.182.646
gin3 2,276.182.575
never2 1,517.452.474
road2 1,517.452.367
hame3 2,276.182.344
us4 3,034.902.326
juist3 2,276.182.245
come3 2,276.182.176
throu2 1,517.452.160
you5 3,793.632.034
atween2 1,517.452.008
dinna2 1,517.452.008
aye4 3,034.901.848
a47 35,660.091.757
last2 1,517.451.689
heid3 2,276.181.644
there6 4,552.351.629
lang3 2,276.181.536
thing2 1,517.451.524
see4 3,034.901.333
nor2 1,517.451.028
time4 3,034.900.938
ony2 1,517.450.788
him2 1,517.450.757
think2 1,517.450.752
no2 1,517.450.734
did2 1,517.450.699
tak2 1,517.450.660
on6 4,552.350.600
o31 23,520.490.542
muckle2 1,517.450.524
nae5 3,793.630.380
sae3 2,276.180.376
ane2 1,517.450.360
we4 3,034.900.306
whit2 1,517.450.295
man2 1,517.450.289
his9 6,828.530.285
warld-blinnd2 1,517.45nan
ain2 1,517.450.243
this4 3,034.900.230
nicht-at-eenie2 1,517.45nan
back2 1,517.450.202
mair2 1,517.450.197
wad2 1,517.450.179
ll2 1,517.450.160
were2 1,517.450.140
but6 4,552.350.129
me5 3,793.630.098
like4 3,034.900.073
day3 2,276.180.069
be6 4,552.350.063
for8 6,069.800.047
get2 1,517.450.039
at8 6,069.800.024
she7 5,311.080.005
can2 1,517.450.000
cannle-flame2 1,517.45nan
wee3 2,276.180.021