Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, J. Barrie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 476
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.556
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, in, i, aa, they, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (176 words)
Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)
Lallans 82 - Forth Brig
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (230 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
towrist	2	4,201.68	26.962
tracks	2	4,201.68	19.627
thon	5	10,504.20	17.494
waas	2	4,201.68	14.366
aa	6	12,605.04	12.840
wi'	2	4,201.68	11.031
brig	2	4,201.68	11.031
stood	2	4,201.68	9.776
then	4	8,403.36	9.713
across	2	4,201.68	8.859
voice	2	4,201.68	8.578
sea	2	4,201.68	8.354
nivver	2	4,201.68	8.247
doon	5	10,504.20	7.893
tak	3	6,302.52	7.125
by	4	8,403.36	7.043
like	5	10,504.20	6.340
ither	3	6,302.52	5.462
through	2	4,201.68	5.029
roon	2	4,201.68	4.736
i	7	14,705.88	4.377
they	5	10,504.20	3.692
cam	2	4,201.68	3.456
frae	3	6,302.52	3.006
ma	5	10,504.20	2.913
up	4	8,403.36	1.942
auld	2	4,201.68	1.871
twa	2	4,201.68	1.869
but	4	8,403.36	1.845
if	2	4,201.68	1.505
it	3	6,302.52	1.502
as	5	10,504.20	1.254
their	2	4,201.68	1.246
me	3	6,302.52	1.041
airches	2	4,201.68	nan
an	9	18,907.56	0.876
mair	2	4,201.68	0.833
wis	3	6,302.52	0.806
wee	2	4,201.68	0.781
tae	13	27,310.92	0.734
that	3	6,302.52	0.710
ower	2	4,201.68	0.660
a	17	35,714.29	0.646
oot	3	6,302.52	0.431
nae	2	4,201.68	0.270
aboot	2	4,201.68	0.218
the	30	63,025.21	0.195
or	2	4,201.68	0.125
o	9	18,907.56	0.065
in	8	16,806.72	0.046
we	2	4,201.68	0.007
at	3	6,302.52	0.001