A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Calder, Bob

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 5,315
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,056
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.585
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, o, in, to, he, that, it, his,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (687 words)
Lallans 70 - Hame-combin
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (225 words)

Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (110 words)

Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (1,326 words)
Lallans 58 - Allmairshall
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (2,288 words)
Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit
Lallans Magazine (2000-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (679 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
and155 29,162.75218.543
tae2 376.29209.065
to63 11,853.25168.724
an22 4,139.23147.771
envelope14 2,634.0592.512
there's19 3,574.7988.723
duis9 1,693.3275.003
wes32 6,020.7071.206
publican7 1,317.0367.971
til27 5,079.9662.689
s3 564.4458.925
builder6 1,128.8857.687
he'd14 2,634.0557.076
he's11 2,069.6147.219
duisna5 940.7337.750
hes11 2,069.6137.400
gantry4 752.5937.283
stamp5 940.7336.618
poets6 1,128.8832.797
puit4 752.5932.747
whyte5 940.7332.372
it's20 3,762.9431.074
receipt4 752.5928.878
receipts3 564.4427.219
sanct5 940.7326.805
dr8 1,505.1726.412
gin18 3,386.6425.721
suir3 564.4424.998
buke3 564.4424.998
scots2 376.2923.424
nou12 2,257.7622.791
saut4 752.5922.424
maclean3 564.4422.187
railway4 752.5922.000
raither7 1,317.0321.553
criticism3 564.4421.173
nor15 2,822.2020.060
peace5 940.7319.320
owre8 1,505.1719.261
merit3 564.4418.303
standards3 564.4417.764
priorities3 564.4417.764
gray4 752.5917.715
wesna5 940.7317.346
flecks2 376.2917.329
reliance2 376.2917.329
moths2 376.2917.329
maccaig2 376.2917.329
bylt2 376.2917.329
invoice2 376.2917.329
fable2 376.2917.329
strata2 376.2917.329
mcculloch2 376.2917.329
woud2 376.2917.329
three-piece2 376.2917.329
bar6 1,128.8817.214
they5 940.7316.965
arena3 564.4416.397
ye10 1,881.4716.282
mou5 940.7316.085
aye21 3,951.0816.058
i12 2,257.7615.945
thon14 2,634.0515.877
delaney10 1,881.47nan
mairshall10 1,881.47nan
athoot6 1,128.8815.718
clearances2 376.2915.613
muriel2 376.2915.613
door's2 376.2915.613
greenock2 376.2915.613
sauls2 376.2915.613
toxic2 376.2915.613
smellin2 376.2915.613
things11 2,069.6115.585
o152 28,598.3115.238
doun10 1,881.4715.089
soutar3 564.4414.972
i'll6 1,128.8814.788
office5 940.7314.784
ane16 3,010.3514.685
goodsir2 376.2914.438
impeccable2 376.2914.438
extensive2 376.2914.438
rippit2 376.2914.438
concerns3 564.4414.099
fluir3 564.4413.836
discomfort2 376.2913.540
scholarship2 376.2913.540
savour2 376.2913.540
critics2 376.2913.540
shoud3 564.4413.114
inby3 564.4413.114
macdiarmid3 564.4412.893
she11 2,069.6112.831
definitive2 376.2912.813
hailly2 376.2912.813
fac2 376.2912.813
dern2 376.2912.813
tanner2 376.2912.813
premises2 376.2912.813
quite5 940.7312.598
ony13 2,445.9112.577
muir3 564.4412.477
whisky3 564.4412.280
few7 1,317.0312.231
advantages2 376.2912.202
whaur's2 376.2912.202
secretary2 376.2912.202
special4 752.5911.968
firm3 564.4411.906
produce3 564.4411.906
least6 1,128.8811.802
cleaner2 376.2911.674
unusual2 376.2911.674
allwullie6 1,128.88nan
accessible2 376.2911.674
spylt2 376.2911.674
apron2 376.2911.674
thumb2 376.2911.674
accoont4 752.5911.475
the369 69,426.1511.422
slack2 376.2911.211
cd2 376.2911.211
journal2 376.2911.211
ms2 376.2911.211
restaurant2 376.2911.211
blend2 376.2911.211
pest2 376.2911.211
tid2 376.2911.211
bottle4 752.5911.195
rest6 1,128.8810.999
juist13 2,445.9110.903
cites2 376.2910.798
representative2 376.2910.798
literary3 564.4410.489
i'd3 564.4410.353
beer3 564.4410.353
notion3 564.4410.091
sunlicht2 376.2910.087
legend2 376.2910.087
poetry4 752.5910.032
fresh4 752.599.957
drap4 752.599.882
waas3 564.449.841
coal3 564.449.721
poetic2 376.299.490
moments2 376.299.490
sexual2 376.299.490
saul2 376.299.490
roun3 564.449.488
ideas3 564.449.376
enough6 1,128.889.285
faas2 376.299.224
gey9 1,693.329.214
perfectly2 376.298.975
sey2 376.298.975
coin2 376.298.975
nae28 5,268.118.763
perspective2 376.298.743
anes4 752.598.738
duin5 940.738.703
pub3 564.448.653
across5 940.738.571
throu8 1,505.178.537
cellar2 376.298.524
has8 1,505.178.512
gets4 752.598.381
guest2 376.298.318
feelins2 376.298.318
till8 1,505.178.313
haurd3 564.448.283
finnd3 564.448.283
sen3 564.448.283
pavement2 376.298.122
whyte's2 376.29nan
thing9 1,693.328.128
solid2 376.298.122
aathing3 564.448.109
dram2 376.297.937
lets2 376.297.937
onywey3 564.447.858
mense2 376.297.761
benedict4 752.59nan
aa20 3,762.948.057
prayin2 376.297.761
sowl2 376.297.761
sheet2 376.297.593
adult2 376.297.593
braw6 1,128.887.551
haill3 564.447.543
deil3 564.447.543
some16 3,010.357.498
bolt2 376.297.433
sorts2 376.297.433
langsyne2 376.297.433
mebbe5 940.737.340
talk4 752.597.284
landscape2 376.297.280
bit5 940.737.241
himsel5 940.737.198
he'll2 376.297.133
pocket2 376.297.133
it'll2 376.296.992
upper2 376.296.992
peyin2 376.296.992
mairshall's3 564.44nan
tither3 564.446.970
suin4 752.596.962
source2 376.296.857
reference2 376.296.857
novel2 376.296.857
tellt4 752.596.830
peyed3 564.446.773
hairy2 376.296.727
if2 376.296.617
obvious2 376.296.601
breist2 376.296.601
specific2 376.296.601
twelve2 376.296.601
phrase2 376.296.480
inbye2 376.296.480
allmairshall4 752.59nan
attention3 564.447.543
book3 564.446.462
manahan's3 564.44nan
me8 1,505.176.424
wather2 376.296.363
academic2 376.296.363
his45 8,466.606.232
publican's3 564.44nan
formal2 376.296.250
ay2 376.296.175
grant2 376.296.141
slow2 376.296.035
hurt2 376.295.933
historical2 376.295.933
no24 4,515.525.847
fae25 4,703.675.824
are14 2,634.055.815
faa3 564.445.796
sort3 564.445.796
series2 376.295.737
broun2 376.295.737
seems4 752.595.667
unco3 564.445.595
in105 19,755.415.577
he63 11,853.255.547
faur5 940.735.530
page3 564.445.451
brig3 564.445.404
suit2 376.295.377
lips2 376.295.377
she'd3 564.445.312
personal2 376.295.211
review2 376.295.211
i've2 376.295.211
brings2 376.295.211
tree4 752.595.207
but32 6,020.705.148
hadna2 376.295.131
past5 940.735.080
day4 752.595.077
it46 8,654.755.063
indeed2 376.295.054
ill3 564.445.047
ablow3 564.445.004
whase2 376.294.978
hae21 3,951.084.932
maitter3 564.444.921
flung2 376.294.904
at22 4,139.234.890
professor2 376.294.831
ha2 376.294.761
or27 5,079.964.733
main3 564.444.680
says8 1,505.174.646
queyn3 564.44nan
that's5 940.734.602
maclean's3 564.44nan
mark2 376.294.904
except2 376.294.493
research2 376.294.493
thinks2 376.294.493
poet2 376.294.430
times5 940.734.411
k2 376.294.368
shut3 564.444.346
been17 3,198.494.340
air5 940.734.329
clean3 564.444.311
band2 376.294.308
gowd2 376.294.308
serious2 376.294.308
its12 2,257.764.261
alive2 376.294.248
coud2 376.294.248
wind3 564.444.241
whiles4 752.594.229
plain2 376.294.133
seein3 564.444.106
whether2 376.294.077
tho6 1,128.884.035
price2 376.294.022
feelin3 564.443.976
trees3 564.443.976
waur2 376.293.968
sound2 376.293.968
picked2 376.293.915
needit2 376.293.915
proper2 376.293.864
save2 376.293.864
afore2 376.293.832
haein4 752.593.827
she's2 376.293.813
gaes2 376.293.813
as44 8,278.463.736
gane2 376.293.714
haunds2 376.293.714
when11 2,069.613.690
hauds2 376.293.665
waa2 376.293.665
neither2 376.293.618
somethin4 752.593.587
hauf4 752.593.545
friday3 564.443.528
poem3 564.443.528
lie2 376.293.436
aboot9 1,693.323.428
there21 3,951.083.320
my9 1,693.323.308
i'm3 564.443.235
wheen4 752.593.226
idea3 564.443.209
isna3 564.443.184
for40 7,525.873.156
so2 376.293.152
delaney's4 752.59nan
inevitable2 376.299.490
nane3 564.443.135
fowler2 376.29nan
wild2 376.293.107
buke's2 376.29nan
heat2 376.293.107
on43 8,090.313.018
twa3 564.442.992
moment2 376.292.957
tells2 376.292.921
public3 564.442.921
ain10 1,881.472.845
frost2 376.292.816
intil4 752.592.799
wey9 1,693.322.658
they're2 376.292.587
culture3 564.442.439
could8 1,505.172.406
thae5 940.732.390
ithers3 564.442.363
ye'll2 376.292.297
less3 564.442.290
allwullie's2 376.29nan
dae3 564.442.200
readin2 376.292.190
aince3 564.442.184
need5 940.732.181
geynear2 376.29nan
free3 564.442.345
whaur7 1,317.032.163
later3 564.442.149
corner2 376.292.139
heich2 376.292.139
alang5 940.732.126
him9 1,693.322.112
poems2 376.292.065
hame-combin2 376.29nan
thocht8 1,505.172.041
muckle8 1,505.172.033
white3 564.442.033
weans2 376.291.993
black3 564.441.985
speakin2 376.291.902
shop2 376.291.902
morn2 376.291.902
dark2 376.291.858
said4 752.591.789
you6 1,128.881.776
easy2 376.291.731
thochts2 376.291.731
true2 376.291.711
ae13 2,445.911.656
care2 376.291.632
monday2 376.291.613
turn3 564.441.582
did7 1,317.031.558
up15 2,822.201.553
haund2 376.291.538
sae5 940.731.521
daein3 564.441.517
aff4 752.591.512
scotland3 564.441.475
than3 564.441.437
either2 376.291.416
cam2 376.291.406
nicht2 376.291.400
another2 376.291.382
richt4 752.591.337
feet3 564.441.326
folk4 752.591.311
kept2 376.291.302
toun2 376.291.271
maist2 376.291.249
leave2 376.291.211
state2 376.291.154
bide3 564.441.145
real2 376.291.140
giein2 376.291.085
her22 4,139.231.080
century2 376.291.072
week2 376.291.046
een2 376.291.045
line2 376.291.020
this25 4,703.671.014
fact2 376.291.007
still6 1,128.880.982
guid8 1,505.170.982
history2 376.290.958
even6 1,128.880.912
can11 2,069.610.912
clerical2 376.29nan
close2 376.290.899
got3 564.440.863
that46 8,654.750.827
thinkin2 376.290.801
canna3 564.440.792
set4 752.590.790
blue2 376.290.750
schuil2 376.290.740
gies2 376.290.720
agin2 376.290.701
watter3 564.440.656
pedestrian2 376.29nan
every2 376.290.638
be31 5,832.550.635
get5 940.730.626
big2 376.290.621
whit9 1,693.320.619
ti6 1,128.880.614
went4 752.590.596
fine2 376.290.593
will3 564.440.575
naebody2 376.290.546
sic4 752.590.545
life2 376.290.518
last4 752.590.512
scottish2 376.290.507
wark3 564.440.502
amang2 376.290.500
forby2 376.290.493
then4 752.590.470
kirk2 376.290.464
place4 752.590.462
bein5 940.730.457
compairtments2 376.29nan
nugget2 376.29nan
naethin2 376.290.451
baith2 376.290.444
door5 940.730.431
tak3 564.440.424
mair13 2,445.910.399
fell2 376.290.392
gien3 564.440.388
ahint2 376.290.386
dry2 376.290.386
ben2 376.290.333
say6 1,128.880.327
wha4 752.590.326
is36 6,773.280.313
name3 564.440.309
suinest2 376.29nan
new3 564.440.291
just2 376.290.291
lot2 376.290.290
them10 1,881.470.284
open2 376.290.270
fiend2 376.29nan
best3 564.440.262
fire2 376.290.260
which3 564.440.244
mind3 564.440.224
weel5 940.730.218
out2 376.290.211
read2 376.290.203
sair2 376.290.199
convent2 376.29nan
face2 376.290.197
gettin2 376.290.195
ither7 1,317.030.184
efter7 1,317.030.175
auld6 1,128.880.170
through2 376.290.164
fair3 564.440.151
only2 376.290.147
first4 752.590.146
queyn's2 376.29nan
wad5 940.730.136
what2 376.290.131
were7 1,317.030.123
their8 1,505.170.119
bi7 1,317.030.114
naw2 376.290.102
lik2 376.290.083
dinna2 376.290.081
anither3 564.440.080
atween2 376.290.077
by9 1,693.320.074
a159 29,915.330.074
lang6 1,128.880.073
wee12 2,257.760.067
like15 2,822.200.064
these2 376.290.062
come5 940.730.058
hoose5 940.730.051
seen4 752.590.048
better3 564.440.047
while2 376.290.040
thegither2 376.290.036
man5 940.730.031
didna3 564.440.031
though2 376.290.030
comin2 376.290.029
esau2 376.29nan
year4 752.590.028
time9 1,693.320.028
comes2 376.290.026
of7 1,317.030.024
side2 376.290.022
again4 752.590.017
greenfield's2 376.29nan
oot23 4,327.380.017
awa6 1,128.880.017
hou2 376.290.015
pairt2 376.290.012
your2 376.290.011
men2 376.290.009
wi39 7,337.720.008
let2 376.290.006
years2 376.290.006
same3 564.440.004
here6 1,128.880.004
rain2 376.290.003
haun2 376.290.002
near2 376.290.001
had7 1,317.030.001
back11 2,069.610.000
taen2 376.290.000
gie4 752.590.000