A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cairns, Pauline

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 739
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.142
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, we, for, wi, guid,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (427 words)
Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (312 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
snd6 8,119.0857.933
ingan4 5,412.7244.537
add5 6,765.9043.231
bacon4 5,412.7240.011
supplement3 4,059.5438.990
stock4 5,412.7235.056
oven3 4,059.5428.955
dost3 4,059.5426.603
beef3 4,059.5426.288
chappit3 4,059.5425.704
parsley2 2,706.3625.171
cubes2 2,706.3625.171
mushrooms2 2,706.3625.171
sprig2 2,706.3623.446
herbs2 2,706.3623.446
guid8 10,825.4423.055
we're4 5,412.7222.817
cook3 4,059.5422.076
olive2 2,706.3621.356
oral2 2,706.3620.620
collectin2 2,706.3619.464
susan2 2,706.3619.464
ingans2 2,706.3619.464
salt2 2,706.3618.992
pat3 4,059.5418.644
oor8 10,825.4418.570
steep2 2,706.3617.842
addin2 2,706.3617.523
pepper2 2,706.3617.227
ile2 2,706.3615.252
big5 6,765.9014.784
dundee2 2,706.3614.616
hooanever2 2,706.3614.069
yin5 6,765.9013.867
grant2 2,706.3613.703
twa-three2 2,706.3612.263
pan2 2,706.3612.183
above2 2,706.3611.809
daein3 4,059.5411.028
university2 2,706.3610.702
we10 13,531.8010.556
intil3 4,059.5410.327
wee7 9,472.2610.269
goat3 4,059.5410.143
yaise2 2,706.369.680
readin2 2,706.369.150
new4 5,412.728.838
us5 6,765.908.685
easy2 2,706.368.446
had5 6,765.908.303
fur7 9,472.268.034
either2 2,706.367.982
pit4 5,412.727.882
oan5 6,765.907.821
until2 2,706.367.162
too2 2,706.367.142
unner2 2,706.366.889
find2 2,706.366.515
enough2 2,706.366.164
fine3 4,059.546.143
past2 2,706.365.481
mak3 4,059.545.091
year3 4,059.544.862
aboot6 8,119.084.501
if4 5,412.724.373
oot7 9,472.263.575
three2 2,706.363.466
no5 6,765.903.340
weel3 4,059.543.269
thing2 2,706.363.211
dae3 4,059.543.121
wir2 2,706.363.042
tae23 31,123.142.931
for8 10,825.442.807
o22 29,769.962.783
twa3 4,059.542.647
anither2 2,706.362.617
an26 35,182.682.539
ower4 5,412.722.383
mind2 2,706.362.308
gie2 2,706.362.267
hae4 5,412.722.218
it's2 2,706.362.114
tak2 2,706.362.039
at2 2,706.362.013
could2 2,706.361.986
wey2 2,706.361.634
so2 2,706.361.294
when2 2,706.361.277
but5 6,765.901.251
is7 9,472.261.119
its2 2,706.361.089
wi8 10,825.440.999
whit3 4,059.540.972
ken2 2,706.360.924
and3 4,059.540.867
the48 64,952.640.597
as3 4,059.540.557
them2 2,706.360.483
noo2 2,706.360.449
this4 5,412.720.435
nae3 4,059.540.339
burgundy2 2,706.36nan
time2 2,706.360.299
yer2 2,706.360.298
that6 8,119.080.235
in10 13,531.800.202
be3 4,059.540.154
or3 4,059.540.142
back2 2,706.360.137
a20 27,063.600.137
it8 10,825.440.070
ah4 5,412.720.046
aw2 2,706.360.027
bourguignon2 2,706.36nan
fae2 2,706.360.000
ye4 5,412.720.000