Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, J. Barrie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 476
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.556
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, in, i, aa, they, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (176 words)
Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)
Lallans 82 - Forth Brig
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (230 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
towrist	2	4,201.68	26.955
tracks	2	4,201.68	19.621
thon	5	10,504.20	17.504
waas	2	4,201.68	14.360
aa	6	12,605.04	12.824
wi'	2	4,201.68	11.025
brig	2	4,201.68	11.025
stood	2	4,201.68	9.770
then	4	8,403.36	9.728
across	2	4,201.68	8.853
voice	2	4,201.68	8.592
sea	2	4,201.68	8.348
nivver	2	4,201.68	8.241
doon	5	10,504.20	7.891
tak	3	6,302.52	7.116
by	4	8,403.36	7.044
like	5	10,504.20	6.336
ither	3	6,302.52	5.454
through	2	4,201.68	5.037
roon	2	4,201.68	4.756
i	7	14,705.88	4.366
they	5	10,504.20	3.713
cam	2	4,201.68	3.450
frae	3	6,302.52	3.000
ma	5	10,504.20	2.910
up	4	8,403.36	1.946
auld	2	4,201.68	1.870
twa	2	4,201.68	1.868
but	4	8,403.36	1.840
if	2	4,201.68	1.504
it	3	6,302.52	1.498
as	5	10,504.20	1.262
their	2	4,201.68	1.246
me	3	6,302.52	1.039
airches	2	4,201.68	nan
an	9	18,907.56	0.881
mair	2	4,201.68	0.830
wis	3	6,302.52	0.812
wee	2	4,201.68	0.783
tae	13	27,310.92	0.733
that	3	6,302.52	0.707
ower	2	4,201.68	0.657
a	17	35,714.29	0.646
oot	3	6,302.52	0.432
nae	2	4,201.68	0.270
aboot	2	4,201.68	0.218
the	30	63,025.21	0.196
or	2	4,201.68	0.124
o	9	18,907.56	0.068
in	8	16,806.72	0.045
we	2	4,201.68	0.007
at	3	6,302.52	0.001