A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cairns, Pauline

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 739
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.142
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, we, for, wi, guid,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (427 words)
Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (312 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
snd6 8,119.0858.022
ingan4 5,412.7244.596
add5 6,765.9043.305
bacon4 5,412.7240.070
supplement3 4,059.5439.034
stock4 5,412.7235.115
oven3 4,059.5428.999
dost3 4,059.5426.647
beef3 4,059.5426.332
chappit3 4,059.5425.748
parsley2 2,706.3625.201
cubes2 2,706.3625.201
mushrooms2 2,706.3625.201
sprig2 2,706.3623.476
herbs2 2,706.3623.476
guid8 10,825.4423.095
we're4 5,412.7222.875
cook3 4,059.5422.120
olive2 2,706.3621.386
ingans2 2,706.3619.494
collectin2 2,706.3619.494
susan2 2,706.3619.494
oral2 2,706.3619.022
salt2 2,706.3619.022
pat3 4,059.5418.687
oor8 10,825.4418.560
steep2 2,706.3617.871
addin2 2,706.3617.552
pepper2 2,706.3617.256
ile2 2,706.3615.281
big5 6,765.9014.712
dundee2 2,706.3614.501
hooanever2 2,706.3614.098
yin5 6,765.9013.922
grant2 2,706.3613.733
twa-three2 2,706.3612.292
pan2 2,706.3612.212
above2 2,706.3611.767
daein3 4,059.5411.027
we10 13,531.8010.506
university2 2,706.3610.423
intil3 4,059.5410.368
wee7 9,472.2610.254
goat3 4,059.5410.059
yaise2 2,706.369.549
readin2 2,706.369.108
new4 5,412.728.837
us5 6,765.908.633
easy2 2,706.368.474
had5 6,765.908.240
either2 2,706.368.010
fur7 9,472.267.992
pit4 5,412.727.903
oan5 6,765.907.777
until2 2,706.367.190
too2 2,706.367.169
unner2 2,706.366.897
find2 2,706.366.526
fine3 4,059.546.180
enough2 2,706.366.131
past2 2,706.365.495
mak3 4,059.545.115
year3 4,059.544.818
aboot6 8,119.084.486
if4 5,412.724.386
oot7 9,472.263.594
three2 2,706.363.490
no5 6,765.903.334
weel3 4,059.543.265
thing2 2,706.363.212
dae3 4,059.543.105
wir2 2,706.363.065
tae23 31,123.142.937
for8 10,825.442.830
o22 29,769.962.748
twa3 4,059.542.662
anither2 2,706.362.613
an26 35,182.682.581
ower4 5,412.722.400
mind2 2,706.362.307
gie2 2,706.362.251
hae4 5,412.722.187
it's2 2,706.362.132
tak2 2,706.362.043
at2 2,706.362.031
could2 2,706.361.983
wey2 2,706.361.646
so2 2,706.361.305
but5 6,765.901.261
when2 2,706.361.248
is7 9,472.261.133
its2 2,706.361.095
wi8 10,825.441.002
whit3 4,059.540.956
ken2 2,706.360.925
and3 4,059.540.891
the48 64,952.640.588
as3 4,059.540.573
them2 2,706.360.488
noo2 2,706.360.452
this4 5,412.720.437
nae3 4,059.540.341
burgundy2 2,706.36nan
time2 2,706.360.300
yer2 2,706.360.299
that6 8,119.080.246
in10 13,531.800.210
be3 4,059.540.150
or3 4,059.540.142
back2 2,706.360.138
a20 27,063.600.132
it8 10,825.440.067
ah4 5,412.720.043
aw2 2,706.360.025
bourguignon2 2,706.36nan
fae2 2,706.360.002
ye4 5,412.720.000