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Armstrong, Kate

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,338
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.241
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, tae, a, in, his, sae, be, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,338 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
fer12 8,968.6160.685
sae15 11,210.7633.328
aathing4 2,989.5423.260
ensample2 1,494.7722.821
palins2 1,494.7721.097
thon's3 2,242.1520.954
willna2 1,494.7719.915
forbye4 2,989.5417.758
gait3 2,242.1517.757
aye10 7,473.8417.129
cooncil4 2,989.5417.029
the115 85,949.1816.473
plain3 2,242.1515.990
brawest2 1,494.7715.849
an59 44,095.6715.571
thraw2 1,494.7715.503
toon4 2,989.5414.758
wid8 5,979.0714.182
ever4 2,989.5413.848
angel2 1,494.7713.101
has5 3,736.9212.702
langsyne2 1,494.7712.597
frae10 7,473.8412.451
he'll2 1,494.7712.442
spak3 2,242.1512.396
whilie2 1,494.7712.294
cost2 1,494.7712.294
wis3 2,242.1512.182
sic5 3,736.9211.295
rowth2 1,494.7711.276
sune2 1,494.7710.955
luik3 2,242.1510.885
smilin2 1,494.7710.755
will6 4,484.3010.215
yae3 2,242.159.422
faither4 2,989.549.202
ithers3 2,242.159.040
bonny3 2,242.158.937
sud2 1,494.778.876
neither2 1,494.778.593
white3 2,242.158.542
win4 2,989.548.523
ain6 4,484.308.250
whit's2 1,494.778.180
a23 17,189.848.062
siller3 2,242.158.026
new5 3,736.927.948
efter6 4,484.307.654
lest2 1,494.777.319
hoo3 2,242.157.153
kennin2 1,494.776.990
s3 2,242.156.951
thole2 1,494.776.854
sin3 2,242.156.846
o42 31,390.136.691
wantin2 1,494.776.534
are6 4,484.306.477
laddie2 1,494.776.299
there's2 1,494.776.242
fu2 1,494.776.187
ilka3 2,242.156.033
yaised2 1,494.776.026
man5 3,736.925.776
gang3 2,242.155.755
strechtwise3 2,242.15nan
ilk'ane3 2,242.15nan
his15 11,210.765.611
toun2 1,494.775.585
oor6 4,484.305.550
och2 1,494.775.494
done2 1,494.775.363
thon4 2,989.545.310
fowk6 4,484.305.225
gin4 2,989.544.975
thinkin2 1,494.774.833
her2 1,494.774.807
gairden2 1,494.774.780
hermann3 2,242.15nan
takin2 1,494.774.780
tak4 2,989.544.643
be13 9,715.994.590
maun3 2,242.154.525
forrit2 1,494.774.412
whae2 1,494.774.350
hoose4 2,989.544.315
no8 5,979.074.187
naethin2 1,494.774.171
him8 5,979.074.119
place3 2,242.154.108
haein2 1,494.774.044
wha3 2,242.153.835
it9 6,726.463.524
braw2 1,494.773.416
but10 7,473.843.407
jist5 3,736.923.301
guid4 2,989.543.240
that's2 1,494.773.225
graithins2 1,494.77nan
fire2 1,494.773.730
times2 1,494.773.125
canna2 1,494.773.000
by5 3,736.922.976
them5 3,736.922.850
i13 9,715.992.687
wark2 1,494.772.621
they2 1,494.772.531
whit6 4,484.302.501
ma10 7,473.842.384
thae2 1,494.772.131
hae6 4,484.302.080
muckle3 2,242.152.016
set2 1,494.771.909
went2 1,494.771.741
ye11 8,221.231.736
bairns2 1,494.771.736
or2 1,494.771.583
on12 8,968.611.529
lang3 2,242.151.487
he8 5,979.071.268
noo4 2,989.541.244
aboot2 1,494.771.196
gaun2 1,494.771.184
we3 2,242.151.181
fine2 1,494.771.170
this3 2,242.151.028
nor2 1,494.770.995
syne2 1,494.770.989
tae34 25,411.060.974
bein2 1,494.770.955
pothecar2 1,494.77nan
whaur2 1,494.770.867
us3 2,242.150.814
ony2 1,494.770.758
there2 1,494.770.718
mak2 1,494.770.711
auld3 2,242.150.693
it's2 1,494.770.687
as6 4,484.300.622
thocht2 1,494.770.499
wi12 8,968.610.393
that11 8,221.230.389
can3 2,242.150.387
nae5 3,736.920.343
oot7 5,231.690.311
see3 2,242.150.304
up4 2,989.540.265
their3 2,242.150.214
is7 5,231.690.202
day2 1,494.770.154
were2 1,494.770.126
its2 1,494.770.113
been2 1,494.770.093
yer2 1,494.770.069
like4 2,989.540.058
ken2 1,494.770.055
me4 2,989.540.037
in20 14,947.680.036
at9 6,726.460.021
some2 1,494.770.011
ower3 2,242.150.000