A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matheson, Ann

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,757
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 915
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.92
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, tae, in, his, that, wi, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 84 - Attrition
Lallans Magazine (2014-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (353 words)
Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (798 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (606 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
lik14 7,968.1353.217
houever5 2,845.7646.583
maugre5 2,845.7640.354
border6 3,414.9133.985
thorough3 1,707.4633.829
jess3 1,707.4633.829
geyan3 1,707.4626.131
disjaskit3 1,707.4625.460
weirs3 1,707.4624.313
weird4 2,276.6122.752
perceivit2 1,138.3021.733
frae15 8,537.2821.704
chronicles2 1,138.3020.010
stickit2 1,138.3020.010
borderers2 1,138.3020.010
buik5 2,845.7619.664
novel3 1,707.4618.910
lealtie2 1,138.3018.828
rivin2 1,138.3017.924
heilan2 1,138.3016.571
reivers2 1,138.3016.037
oan11 6,260.6715.935
analysis2 1,138.3014.769
scunnersome2 1,138.3014.769
craters2 1,138.3014.423
athout2 1,138.3014.423
cams2 1,138.3014.423
releegious2 1,138.3014.106
shell2 1,138.3013.284
eident2 1,138.3013.044
coarner2 1,138.3012.606
tait2 1,138.3012.029
story4 2,276.6111.977
lunnon2 1,138.3011.527
gas2 1,138.3011.527
reader2 1,138.3011.226
dan3 1,707.4611.208
deid4 2,276.6110.999
thrie2 1,138.3010.947
weill4 2,276.6110.912
or15 8,537.2810.456
whan8 4,553.2210.454
it8 4,553.2210.372
anent4 2,276.6110.176
reek2 1,138.3010.105
whole2 1,138.309.795
michael2 1,138.309.795
edinburgh3 1,707.469.635
ends2 1,138.309.509
rael2 1,138.309.418
haar2 1,138.309.418
drama2 1,138.309.329
scrievit2 1,138.309.158
whase2 1,138.309.076
etc2 1,138.308.995
taks3 1,707.468.814
hantle2 1,138.308.338
had8 4,553.228.337
plain2 1,138.308.080
whether2 1,138.308.080
invernevis3 1,707.46nan
luve2 1,138.308.018
on3 1,707.467.930
grun3 1,707.467.888
his20 11,383.047.783
haill2 1,138.307.614
estate2 1,138.307.559
german2 1,138.307.506
with3 1,707.467.207
whiles3 1,707.467.114
gart2 1,138.306.922
orra2 1,138.306.833
thae4 2,276.616.825
family2 1,138.306.747
sindry2 1,138.306.461
are7 3,984.066.398
won2 1,138.306.197
wheen3 1,707.466.164
maist5 2,845.765.878
mak5 2,845.765.759
gets2 1,138.305.694
kintra2 1,138.305.397
wha4 2,276.615.201
mary2 1,138.305.073
been8 4,553.224.956
hou3 1,707.464.799
tuik2 1,138.304.711
for4 2,276.614.527
lift2 1,138.304.429
at5 2,845.764.409
son2 1,138.304.327
never3 1,707.464.234
tent2 1,138.304.171
nor4 2,276.614.115
tree2 1,138.303.934
word2 1,138.303.899
maks2 1,138.303.848
monie2 1,138.303.684
o48 27,319.293.593
atween3 1,707.463.516
fur9 5,122.373.386
this12 6,829.823.377
black2 1,138.303.340
gaelic3 1,707.463.200
wi20 11,383.043.163
haein2 1,138.303.151
face3 1,707.463.054
sic3 1,707.463.054
afore5 2,845.763.034
street2 1,138.302.975
bairn2 1,138.302.950
faur2 1,138.302.799
but3 1,707.462.794
who2 1,138.302.700
sair2 1,138.302.700
aw8 4,553.222.663
thaim4 2,276.612.306
heid4 2,276.612.192
wis12 6,829.822.179
coorse2 1,138.302.172
comin2 1,138.302.089
jess's2 1,138.30nan
be5 2,845.761.991
warld2 1,138.301.947
bein3 1,707.461.887
oot4 2,276.611.874
scots3 1,707.461.846
so4 2,276.611.816
heard2 1,138.301.726
micht3 1,707.461.636
faither2 1,138.301.608
her13 7,398.981.557
cud2 1,138.301.517
sae5 2,845.761.487
it's3 1,707.461.438
while2 1,138.301.385
win2 1,138.301.358
they4 2,276.611.335
dinna2 1,138.301.249
wee6 3,414.911.232
hoose3 1,707.461.162
gey2 1,138.301.041
left2 1,138.300.942
yer5 2,845.760.927
a58 33,010.810.819
of4 2,276.610.814
and9 5,122.370.708
ye7 3,984.060.701
up9 5,122.370.698
him3 1,707.460.675
like3 1,707.460.668
life2 1,138.300.660
no3 1,707.460.650
guid3 1,707.460.634
big2 1,138.300.602
you2 1,138.300.570
mair5 2,845.760.492
fin2 1,138.300.446
bairnt2 1,138.30nan
is13 7,398.980.406
that20 11,383.040.397
their2 1,138.300.364
een2 1,138.300.364
hae3 1,707.460.328
intae4 2,276.610.297
as9 5,122.370.283
ower3 1,707.460.235
tak2 1,138.300.214
hame2 1,138.300.209
whit3 1,707.460.192
tae35 19,920.320.185
juist2 1,138.300.182
come2 1,138.300.162
my2 1,138.300.139
muckle2 1,138.300.134
in29 16,505.410.095
wey2 1,138.300.075
was2 1,138.300.066
auld2 1,138.300.051
there5 2,845.760.048
an46 26,180.990.046
the104 59,191.800.030
scotland2 1,138.300.010
he15 8,537.280.004
its2 1,138.300.001
she9 5,122.370.001
efter2 1,138.300.001
bi2 1,138.300.001
were2 1,138.300.000
nae5 2,845.760.000