A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Philip, George

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,687
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 716
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.356
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, a, tae, in, i, wis, on, his,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (157 words)
Luikin Back
Jas Gaesham (2008-01-06 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (549 words)
Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent
Lallans Magazine (2000-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (981 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
fergusson13 7,705.99127.215
scotsoun8 4,742.1592.778
kistie6 3,556.6165.630
myn5 2,963.8444.389
robert7 4,149.3841.323
skweel6 3,556.6141.044
soun6 3,556.6140.278
our7 4,149.3834.775
kisties3 1,778.3034.038
i32 18,968.5830.618
video4 2,371.0729.818
society5 2,963.8427.852
archive3 1,778.3026.339
burns6 3,556.6126.186
sang6 3,556.6125.833
waatch3 1,778.3025.668
holy3 1,778.3024.521
ye'll5 2,963.8423.889
poems5 2,963.8423.032
nurses3 1,778.3022.011
diphtheria2 1,185.5421.872
fergusson's2 1,185.5421.872
kiver2 1,185.5421.872
hugh3 1,778.3020.517
farin2 1,185.5420.149
firsten2 1,185.5420.149
ospital2 1,185.5420.149
poem5 2,963.8420.112
whilk4 2,371.0719.668
thir7 4,149.3818.992
wul4 2,371.0718.589
winda2 1,185.5418.063
garioch2 1,185.5418.063
races2 1,185.5418.063
himsel5 2,963.8417.156
gait3 1,778.3016.363
birks2 1,185.5415.706
anent5 2,963.8415.156
on25 14,819.2114.885
fair6 3,556.6114.306
it6 3,556.6113.666
his23 13,633.6713.412
gif3 1,778.3013.271
thon7 4,149.3812.996
ssc6 3,556.61nan
merriet2 1,185.5412.956
screive2 1,185.5412.743
model2 1,185.5412.541
mebbe4 2,371.0712.266
glisk2 1,185.5412.166
leith2 1,185.5411.991
sheet2 1,185.5411.991
milk3 1,778.3011.730
fag2 1,185.5411.664
macdiarmid2 1,185.5411.510
frae11 6,520.4511.430
readin3 1,778.3011.301
thrie2 1,185.5411.083
harns2 1,185.5411.083
grave2 1,185.5411.083
makars2 1,185.5410.579
forbye3 1,778.3010.402
trainin2 1,185.5410.350
alang5 2,963.8410.286
gearie4 2,371.07nan
invermay4 2,371.07nan
ainly2 1,185.5410.134
yin6 3,556.6110.008
bed4 2,371.079.999
by9 5,334.919.694
wordies4 2,371.07nan
tuik3 1,778.309.417
speikers2 1,185.549.377
slaw2 1,185.549.210
tak6 3,556.618.527
lallans2 1,185.548.470
sicht3 1,778.308.157
p2 1,185.547.913
bob2 1,185.547.856
fite2 1,185.547.856
possible2 1,185.547.856
includin2 1,185.547.800
forget2 1,185.547.745
years4 2,371.077.618
university2 1,185.547.533
teachers2 1,185.546.919
wis29 17,190.286.902
ettle2 1,185.546.876
places2 1,185.546.876
vyce2 1,185.546.834
lord2 1,185.546.669
may2 1,185.546.590
pitten2 1,185.546.512
out3 1,778.306.231
throwe2 1,185.546.218
spellin2 1,185.546.183
raither2 1,185.545.883
haed5 2,963.845.542
thochts2 1,185.545.382
i'll2 1,185.545.121
hae9 5,334.914.835
puckle2 1,185.544.743
winter2 1,185.544.549
stert2 1,185.544.528
near3 1,778.304.466
pairt3 1,778.304.272
twa6 3,556.614.258
fin4 2,371.074.233
thinkin2 1,185.544.017
made4 2,371.073.992
guid5 2,963.843.984
later2 1,185.543.705
a37 21,932.423.544
aa7 4,149.383.518
and18 10,669.833.495
bairns3 1,778.303.308
mony3 1,778.303.226
scotscreive2 1,185.54nan
weill2 1,185.543.223
mither3 1,778.303.075
for15 8,891.522.729
scots10 5,927.682.524
niver2 1,185.542.164
watter2 1,185.542.123
hear2 1,185.542.006
fowk5 2,963.841.976
gang2 1,185.541.882
nou2 1,185.541.840
me9 5,334.911.807
doun2 1,185.541.668
new3 1,778.301.667
sae5 2,963.841.662
in33 19,561.351.651
oot4 2,371.071.629
cud2 1,185.541.607
birsay2 1,185.54nan
afore4 2,371.071.606
cam3 1,778.301.565
has2 1,185.541.535
shankland2 1,185.54nan
did3 1,778.301.540
gied2 1,185.541.423
wi17 10,077.061.418
set2 1,185.541.313
come3 1,778.301.311
sic2 1,185.541.174
o41 24,303.501.152
an50 29,638.411.147
they4 2,371.071.123
first3 1,778.301.093
left2 1,185.541.022
ower2 1,185.541.006
some4 2,371.070.972
thing2 1,185.540.944
wha2 1,185.540.899
whit2 1,185.540.898
ma10 5,927.680.831
day5 2,963.840.760
life2 1,185.540.748
back2 1,185.540.738
the106 62,833.430.650
keeker-kistie2 1,185.54nan
tell2 1,185.540.708
mair5 2,963.840.618
is8 4,742.150.618
waard2 1,185.54nan
wad3 1,778.300.579
anither2 1,185.540.568
whan3 1,778.300.564
syne2 1,185.540.555
efter3 1,778.300.550
scotsleir2 1,185.54nan
lang3 1,778.300.821
see4 2,371.070.537
bein2 1,185.540.522
no6 3,556.610.493
there3 1,778.300.469
kent2 1,185.540.453
or4 2,371.070.435
gie-in2 1,185.54nan
but5 2,963.840.436
that14 8,298.760.425
een2 1,185.540.425
still2 1,185.540.394
time2 1,185.540.392
gie2 1,185.540.374
gin2 1,185.540.337
are3 1,778.300.300
as12 7,113.220.292
hame2 1,185.540.252
juist2 1,185.540.221
aboot4 2,371.070.212
pit2 1,185.540.168
ye8 4,742.150.140
can2 1,185.540.139
thair2 1,185.540.122
he16 9,484.290.115
got2 1,185.540.115
of2 1,185.540.057
this7 4,149.380.046
up7 4,149.380.042
tae35 20,746.890.034
doon4 2,371.070.031
bit4 2,371.070.030
than2 1,185.540.028
we7 4,149.380.018
richt2 1,185.540.012
us2 1,185.540.007
ken2 1,185.540.007
at11 6,520.450.005
kko3 1,778.30nan
tellt2 1,185.544.997