A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ahmad, Nyla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 699
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.453
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, ye, o, the, tae, or, in, it, could, yer,

List of texts in corpus

How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (699 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
objects8 11,444.9280.475
ye31 44,349.0777.533
celebrate7 10,014.3169.276
scrieve8 11,444.9264.263
scrievin6 8,583.6947.598
recipe4 5,722.4643.210
celebratin4 5,722.4639.942
recipes3 4,291.8539.355
could10 14,306.1538.585
celebration4 5,722.4637.637
invitation3 4,291.8537.125
relationship4 5,722.4636.180
or15 21,459.2331.503
list4 5,722.4629.437
inspiration3 4,291.8529.319
moment4 5,722.4626.324
ingredients2 2,861.2325.414
functional2 2,861.2325.414
map3 4,291.8524.596
yer10 14,306.1524.226
uses2 2,861.2321.599
by-ordinar2 2,861.2321.599
yese2 2,861.2320.243
weddin2 2,861.2319.707
an3 4,291.8519.136
directions2 2,861.2318.813
think6 8,583.6918.146
lanely2 2,861.2317.194
weys3 4,291.8515.169
specific2 2,861.2314.713
practical2 2,861.2314.713
can7 10,014.3114.511
important3 4,291.8514.223
herts2 2,861.2314.184
a39 55,793.9913.730
ve5 7,153.0813.177
used3 4,291.8513.169
need4 5,722.4613.064
wey5 7,153.0811.727
stairt2 2,861.2311.642
the22 31,473.5310.857
re4 5,722.4610.485
whit7 10,014.3110.467
when5 7,153.0810.374
these3 4,291.8510.182
cup2 2,861.239.678
mind4 5,722.469.493
space2 2,861.239.455
aw7 10,014.319.380
aroond2 2,861.238.187
tea2 2,861.237.800
else2 2,861.237.644
ain4 5,722.467.073
story2 2,861.236.878
mebbe2 2,861.236.826
thegither2 2,861.235.132
this7 10,014.314.864
for9 12,875.544.826
how2 2,861.234.564
things2 2,861.233.902
want2 2,861.233.834
e2 2,861.233.597
o22 31,473.533.554
place2 2,861.233.524
and9 12,875.543.164
life2 2,861.233.079
are3 4,291.853.062
aboot5 7,153.082.967
doon4 5,722.462.821
s2 2,861.232.691
be7 10,014.312.687
thon2 2,861.232.531
maist2 2,861.232.377
see3 4,291.852.159
noo3 4,291.852.125
pit2 2,861.231.974
like4 5,722.461.881
first2 2,861.231.867
frae3 4,291.851.542
as7 10,014.311.495
we5 7,153.081.463
efter2 2,861.231.324
weel2 2,861.231.252
dae2 2,861.231.175
tae19 27,181.691.033
richt2 2,861.231.013
hae3 4,291.850.919
some2 2,861.230.836
oor2 2,861.230.777
wis5 7,153.080.699
fowk2 2,861.230.698
fur3 4,291.850.655
at3 4,291.850.555
d2 2,861.230.469
is3 4,291.850.450
it10 14,306.150.344
up2 2,861.230.187
wee2 2,861.230.178
that8 11,444.920.171
wi6 8,583.690.117
on5 7,153.080.111
they3 4,291.850.034
in11 15,736.770.001