A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matheson, Ann

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,757
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 915
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.92
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, tae, in, his, that, wi, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 84 - Attrition
Lallans Magazine (2014-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (353 words)
Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (798 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (606 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
lik14 7,968.1353.260
houever5 2,845.7646.599
maugre5 2,845.7640.370
border6 3,414.9134.004
thorough3 1,707.4633.839
jess3 1,707.4633.839
geyan3 1,707.4626.140
disjaskit3 1,707.4625.470
weirs3 1,707.4624.322
weird4 2,276.6122.764
frae15 8,537.2821.741
perceivit2 1,138.3021.739
chronicles2 1,138.3020.016
stickit2 1,138.3020.016
borderers2 1,138.3020.016
buik5 2,845.7619.679
novel3 1,707.4618.920
lealtie2 1,138.3018.835
rivin2 1,138.3017.930
heilan2 1,138.3016.578
reivers2 1,138.3016.044
oan11 6,260.6715.742
analysis2 1,138.3014.775
scunnersome2 1,138.3014.775
craters2 1,138.3014.429
athout2 1,138.3014.429
cams2 1,138.3014.429
releegious2 1,138.3014.112
shell2 1,138.3013.290
eident2 1,138.3013.051
coarner2 1,138.3012.410
tait2 1,138.3012.035
story4 2,276.6111.921
lunnon2 1,138.3011.534
gas2 1,138.3011.534
reader2 1,138.3011.232
dan3 1,707.4611.217
deid4 2,276.6111.011
thrie2 1,138.3010.953
weill4 2,276.6110.923
or15 8,537.2810.481
whan8 4,553.2210.473
it8 4,553.2210.391
anent4 2,276.6110.187
reek2 1,138.3010.112
whole2 1,138.309.801
michael2 1,138.309.801
edinburgh3 1,707.469.605
ends2 1,138.309.515
rael2 1,138.309.424
haar2 1,138.309.424
drama2 1,138.309.336
scrievit2 1,138.309.164
whase2 1,138.309.082
etc2 1,138.309.001
taks3 1,707.468.823
had8 4,553.228.355
hantle2 1,138.308.344
plain2 1,138.308.086
whether2 1,138.308.086
invernevis3 1,707.46nan
luve2 1,138.308.024
on3 1,707.467.904
grun3 1,707.467.870
his20 11,383.047.761
haill2 1,138.307.620
estate2 1,138.307.566
german2 1,138.307.512
with3 1,707.467.215
whiles3 1,707.467.122
gart2 1,138.306.928
orra2 1,138.306.839
thae4 2,276.616.835
family2 1,138.306.753
sindry2 1,138.306.467
are7 3,984.066.414
won2 1,138.306.203
wheen3 1,707.466.172
maist5 2,845.765.890
mak5 2,845.765.771
gets2 1,138.305.669
kintra2 1,138.305.403
wha4 2,276.615.211
mary2 1,138.305.079
been8 4,553.224.957
hou3 1,707.464.807
tuik2 1,138.304.717
for4 2,276.614.507
lift2 1,138.304.434
at5 2,845.764.413
son2 1,138.304.312
never3 1,707.464.218
tent2 1,138.304.176
nor4 2,276.614.124
tree2 1,138.303.940
word2 1,138.303.905
maks2 1,138.303.854
monie2 1,138.303.689
o48 27,319.293.632
atween3 1,707.463.523
this12 6,829.823.383
fur9 5,122.373.367
black2 1,138.303.345
gaelic3 1,707.463.207
wi20 11,383.043.169
haein2 1,138.303.156
face3 1,707.463.061
sic3 1,707.463.061
afore5 2,845.763.039
street2 1,138.302.956
bairn2 1,138.302.920
faur2 1,138.302.793
but3 1,707.462.785
sair2 1,138.302.705
who2 1,138.302.683
aw8 4,553.222.636
thaim4 2,276.612.314
heid4 2,276.612.191
coorse2 1,138.302.177
wis12 6,829.822.160
comin2 1,138.302.085
jess's2 1,138.30nan
be5 2,845.761.993
warld2 1,138.301.952
bein3 1,707.461.893
oot4 2,276.611.878
scots3 1,707.461.836
so4 2,276.611.819
heard2 1,138.301.730
micht3 1,707.461.641
faither2 1,138.301.613
her13 7,398.981.565
cud2 1,138.301.521
sae5 2,845.761.494
it's3 1,707.461.443
while2 1,138.301.389
win2 1,138.301.362
they4 2,276.611.354
dinna2 1,138.301.253
wee6 3,414.911.229
hoose3 1,707.461.166
gey2 1,138.301.044
left2 1,138.300.934
yer5 2,845.760.925
a58 33,010.810.820
of4 2,276.610.819
ye7 3,984.060.714
and9 5,122.370.700
up9 5,122.370.694
him3 1,707.460.677
like3 1,707.460.666
life2 1,138.300.663
no3 1,707.460.657
guid3 1,707.460.637
big2 1,138.300.588
you2 1,138.300.571
mair5 2,845.760.496
fin2 1,138.300.448
bairnt2 1,138.30nan
is13 7,398.980.411
that20 11,383.040.393
een2 1,138.300.366
their2 1,138.300.364
hae3 1,707.460.325
intae4 2,276.610.295
as9 5,122.370.289
ower3 1,707.460.232
tak2 1,138.300.215
hame2 1,138.300.210
whit3 1,707.460.194
tae35 19,920.320.184
juist2 1,138.300.184
come2 1,138.300.164
my2 1,138.300.140
muckle2 1,138.300.136
in29 16,505.410.098
wey2 1,138.300.076
was2 1,138.300.067
auld2 1,138.300.051
an46 26,180.990.048
there5 2,845.760.047
the104 59,191.800.029
scotland2 1,138.300.010
he15 8,537.280.004
its2 1,138.300.001
she9 5,122.370.001
efter2 1,138.300.001
bi2 1,138.300.000
were2 1,138.300.000
nae5 2,845.760.000