A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cameron, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,318
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 565
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.333
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, i, or, wi, they, your,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (182 words)
Lallans 58 - Naebody’s Rose
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (47 words)
Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (89 words)
Lallans 82 - Nevermas
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (117 words)
Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)

Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)

Lallans 73 - The Stranger
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (598 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
and37 28,072.8450.342
naebody's4 3,034.9043.859
snaw6 4,552.3543.546
rose6 4,552.3539.880
your10 7,587.2539.507
planes4 3,034.9039.010
tae4 3,034.9033.187
wind6 4,552.3531.013
daw3 2,276.1830.506
crystal3 2,276.1830.506
an8 6,069.8028.433
i've4 3,034.9026.160
bluid5 3,793.6325.656
the122 92,564.4924.236
i25 18,968.1323.870
petal2 1,517.4522.887
anerly2 1,517.4522.887
my9 6,828.5321.488
handsel2 1,517.4521.163
nevermas2 1,517.4521.163
yowdendrift2 1,517.4521.163
he'll3 2,276.1821.052
blaws3 2,276.1820.620
sall3 2,276.1819.842
warld6 4,552.3519.680
mysel3 2,276.1819.662
scart2 1,517.4519.075
or16 12,139.6118.905
deid5 3,793.6318.442
lowdie6 4,552.35nan
hand4 3,034.9018.964
blinnd2 1,517.4518.340
bairn's2 1,517.4518.340
mirk3 2,276.1818.119
swith2 1,517.4517.721
stane4 3,034.9017.653
our4 3,034.9017.483
flourish2 1,517.4517.186
was8 6,069.8016.275
sheuch2 1,517.4515.569
flouer2 1,517.4515.569
it3 2,276.1815.424
owre4 3,034.9014.882
mune2 1,517.4514.682
that2 1,517.4514.604
peel2 1,517.4514.426
when8 6,069.8014.330
whiles4 3,034.9013.670
sowl2 1,517.4513.166
hinmaist2 1,517.4512.662
ken8 6,069.8012.527
flouers2 1,517.4512.216
he2 1,517.4511.968
gray2 1,517.4511.692
rowed2 1,517.4511.692
bairns5 3,793.6311.670
simmer3 2,276.1811.209
nicht6 4,552.3511.148
stranger2 1,517.4511.019
hou4 3,034.9010.296
hear4 3,034.9010.103
tam3 2,276.1810.082
stour2 1,517.4510.030
nou4 3,034.909.679
s2 1,517.459.552
itsel3 2,276.189.541
cauld4 3,034.909.539
to7 5,311.089.514
gowd2 1,517.459.445
flee2 1,517.459.378
til5 3,793.639.233
fields2 1,517.459.184
aince3 2,276.188.850
black3 2,276.188.632
in35 26,555.398.560
een5 3,793.638.528
where3 2,276.188.491
yon4 3,034.908.232
whilk2 1,517.458.195
sometimes2 1,517.458.007
orra2 1,517.457.962
mistress2 1,517.457.962
aa8 6,069.807.904
it's5 3,793.637.872
hert3 2,276.187.804
he's2 1,517.457.577
nurse2 1,517.457.537
afore6 4,552.357.448
grund2 1,517.457.194
wha4 3,034.907.021
gless2 1,517.456.949
ablow2 1,517.456.816
they12 9,104.706.778
morn2 1,517.456.565
as2 1,517.456.528
auld6 4,552.356.286
care2 1,517.456.193
legs2 1,517.456.193
airts2 1,517.456.166
i'll2 1,517.456.034
gang3 2,276.185.838
early2 1,517.455.833
luik2 1,517.455.833
toun2 1,517.455.644
years3 2,276.185.515
lift2 1,517.455.466
sang2 1,517.455.444
i'm2 1,517.455.401
frae7 5,311.085.399
ye2 1,517.455.160
yae2 1,517.454.891
ever2 1,517.454.501
are5 3,793.634.254
cornfields2 1,517.45nan
say4 3,034.904.190
ahint2 1,517.454.086
siller2 1,517.454.031
lassie2 1,517.453.925
bairn2 1,517.453.861
out2 1,517.453.664
ee2 1,517.453.605
sun2 1,517.453.503
wi16 12,139.613.297
that's2 1,517.453.278
air2 1,517.453.158
kent3 2,276.182.896
thon3 2,276.182.796
mind3 2,276.182.726
mavis'2 1,517.45nan
end2 1,517.452.728
merle's2 1,517.45nan
here4 3,034.903.019
rain2 1,517.452.687
gie3 2,276.182.653
her3 2,276.182.647
gin3 2,276.182.582
never2 1,517.452.465
road2 1,517.452.365
hame3 2,276.182.346
us4 3,034.902.326
juist3 2,276.182.251
come3 2,276.182.182
throu2 1,517.452.165
you5 3,793.632.032
dinna2 1,517.452.012
atween2 1,517.452.012
aye4 3,034.901.832
last2 1,517.451.684
provan2 1,517.45nan
a47 35,660.091.758
heid3 2,276.181.643
there6 4,552.351.626
lang3 2,276.181.542
thing2 1,517.451.529
see4 3,034.901.335
nor2 1,517.451.032
time4 3,034.900.943
ony2 1,517.450.788
him2 1,517.450.758
think2 1,517.450.756
no2 1,517.450.740
did2 1,517.450.698
tak2 1,517.450.663
on6 4,552.350.593
o31 23,520.490.555
muckle2 1,517.450.527
nae5 3,793.630.380
sae3 2,276.180.379
ane2 1,517.450.362
we4 3,034.900.306
whit2 1,517.450.297
his9 6,828.530.281
man2 1,517.450.281
warld-blinnd2 1,517.45nan
ain2 1,517.450.245
this4 3,034.900.229
nicht-at-eenie2 1,517.45nan
back2 1,517.450.205
mair2 1,517.450.195
wad2 1,517.450.181
ll2 1,517.450.155
were2 1,517.450.141
but6 4,552.350.131
me5 3,793.630.099
like4 3,034.900.073
day3 2,276.180.070
be6 4,552.350.063
for8 6,069.800.049
get2 1,517.450.039
at8 6,069.800.024
she7 5,311.080.005
can2 1,517.450.000
cannle-flame2 1,517.45nan
wee3 2,276.180.020