A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Jarvie, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,185
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 587
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.019
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, a, tae, he, wis, in, ye, o, they,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (108 words)
Lallans 76 - Mither tung?
Lallans Magazine (2010-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (203 words)

Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (702 words)

Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (172 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
duncan5 4,219.4139.801
morningside2 1,687.7623.302
fairmhoose2 1,687.7623.302
crossed3 2,531.6521.237
he28 23,628.6920.981
pilgrim2 1,687.7620.395
waitin4 3,375.5319.767
ballad2 1,687.7619.490
ould2 1,687.7619.490
joe3 2,531.6518.213
tuik4 3,375.5317.585
college3 2,531.6517.297
donnie8 6,751.05nan
tung5 4,219.4117.042
holy2 1,687.7616.328
sea4 3,375.5315.138
hud5 4,219.4114.059
sterts2 1,687.7613.953
haly2 1,687.7613.953
an51 43,037.9712.425
derry2 1,687.7611.978
drinkin2 1,687.7611.748
sune2 1,687.7611.637
freend2 1,687.7610.942
abune2 1,687.7610.433
they13 10,970.4610.408
d8 6,751.0510.211
wine2 1,687.769.985
road4 3,375.539.978
thir4 3,375.539.415
gied4 3,375.539.294
months2 1,687.768.639
ye15 12,658.238.499
the47 39,662.458.334
lane2 1,687.768.180
fer3 2,531.658.144
hell2 1,687.767.696
wir4 3,375.537.583
ca2 1,687.767.203
please2 1,687.767.043
morn2 1,687.766.981
o13 10,970.466.529
and2 1,687.766.384
tellt2 1,687.766.286
thon4 3,375.536.080
here5 4,219.416.073
leave2 1,687.765.975
ilk2 1,687.765.952
ready2 1,687.765.862
is2 1,687.765.466
broon2 1,687.765.447
lik3 2,531.655.332
year4 3,375.535.283
him8 6,751.055.272
say4 3,375.534.829
auld5 4,219.414.708
place3 2,531.654.680
mither3 2,531.654.671
sure2 1,687.764.629
wis20 16,877.644.448
wha3 2,531.654.412
gaed3 2,531.654.125
lang4 3,375.534.056
sun2 1,687.763.869
back6 5,063.293.720
til3 2,531.653.645
his12 10,126.583.352
weel4 3,375.533.342
wi4 3,375.533.341
ken4 3,375.532.874
ve3 2,531.652.863
us4 3,375.532.847
yer5 4,219.412.830
haun2 1,687.762.825
hiv2 1,687.762.817
again3 2,531.652.808
hame3 2,531.652.774
ma2 1,687.762.602
thocht3 2,531.652.492
till2 1,687.762.423
sayd3 2,531.65nan
anither3 2,531.653.626
a44 37,130.802.366
that7 5,907.172.217
tae33 27,848.102.159
went2 1,687.762.083
three2 1,687.762.050
can4 3,375.531.963
left2 1,687.761.925
man3 2,531.651.910
then3 2,531.651.812
up2 1,687.761.801
this2 1,687.761.793
when3 2,531.651.643
life2 1,687.761.551
tell2 1,687.761.514
leid2 1,687.761.494
re2 1,687.761.409
syne2 1,687.761.269
to3 2,531.651.180
me2 1,687.761.127
aff3 2,531.651.058
gie2 1,687.761.028
fur5 4,219.411.026
gin2 1,687.760.991
some3 2,531.650.898
could2 1,687.760.836
her4 3,375.530.813
wee4 3,375.530.787
aboot2 1,687.760.775
whit4 3,375.530.672
lili2 1,687.76nan
nae2 1,687.760.653
see3 2,531.650.542
for5 4,219.410.454
guid2 1,687.760.406
ain2 1,687.760.392
so2 1,687.760.366
but6 5,063.290.364
in16 13,502.110.351
time3 2,531.650.321
conseether2 1,687.76nan
or5 4,219.410.319
it12 10,126.580.309
scots3 2,531.650.299
efter2 1,687.760.297
ll2 1,687.760.287
been3 2,531.650.275
aa3 2,531.650.265
at9 7,594.940.249
buke2 1,687.76nan
no4 3,375.530.230
oot4 3,375.530.210
be7 5,907.170.171
s10 8,438.820.121
get2 1,687.760.116
had2 1,687.760.104
as8 6,751.050.084
mair2 1,687.760.078
aye2 1,687.760.061
fowk2 1,687.760.031
frae2 1,687.760.031
fae3 2,531.650.026
we5 4,219.410.021
if2 1,687.760.019
on7 5,907.170.011
them2 1,687.760.009
there3 2,531.650.001
i7 5,907.170.000
their2 1,687.760.000