A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hodgson, Brent

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 3,036
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,281
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.37
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, tae, is, on, at, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (806 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,539 words)
Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems
Lallans Magazine (2001-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (531 words)
Lallans 58 - The Rooks
Lallans Magazine (2001-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (160 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
beuk13 4,281.9592.587
bike13 4,281.9582.409
poems14 4,611.3375.714
hes13 4,281.9561.825
wis2 658.7646.813
poem10 3,293.8142.094
haiku4 1,317.5241.746
that3 988.1440.273
hyde5 1,646.9040.236
shepherd5 1,646.9038.622
wyfe4 1,317.5234.408
jack6 1,976.2833.936
the255 83,992.0932.451
shark4 1,317.5232.365
jekyll4 1,317.5230.749
gaes6 1,976.2829.369
wes15 4,940.7128.567
yuise3 988.1428.339
brock3 988.1426.757
jackie4 1,317.5226.393
sheep6 1,976.2825.879
yon11 3,623.1925.876
ar7 2,305.6725.799
backgrun3 988.1425.520
wudna3 988.1425.520
defineetion3 988.1424.502
apon3 988.1424.502
readin6 1,976.2823.533
luve5 1,646.9023.373
sonnet3 988.1422.881
wud6 1,976.2822.758
o103 33,926.2222.563
wha11 3,623.1922.461
spence3 988.1422.213
betty3 988.1422.213
hie4 1,317.5222.048
quad14 4,611.33nan
baskin4 1,317.5239.118
kennedy3 988.1421.614
hir8 2,635.0521.467
whilk5 1,646.9021.099
kay3 988.1421.070
wul5 1,646.9019.778
it13 4,281.9519.571
punctuation2 658.7619.558
novella2 658.7619.558
shepherds2 658.7619.558
anerly2 658.7619.558
princesses2 658.7619.558
epitaphs2 658.7619.558
naether2 658.7619.558
'2 658.7619.558
wer3 988.1419.295
weill7 2,305.6719.208
at's5 1,646.9018.628
blackhall3 988.1418.576
sum5 1,646.9018.362
ir7 2,305.6717.529
career3 988.1417.094
soud3 988.1416.839
marrae2 658.7616.658
vairsions2 658.7616.658
sheena3 988.1416.594
sik3 988.1416.594
plot2 658.7615.756
frainch2 658.7615.756
roamin2 658.7615.756
fra2 658.7615.756
novel3 988.1415.709
she3 988.1415.489
yirdit2 658.7615.024
men's2 658.7614.409
isna5 1,646.9014.010
makar3 988.1413.962
braes3 988.1413.962
is37 12,187.0913.931
mackay2 658.7613.409
owther5 1,646.90nan
whispers2 658.7613.409
whan12 3,952.5713.180
subjeck3 988.1412.634
lan3 988.1412.634
pictish2 658.7612.616
be-in2 658.7612.616
bi12 3,952.5712.502
pruive2 658.7612.273
reiver2 658.7612.273
up2 658.7612.220
ridin2 658.7611.957
with5 1,646.9011.677
white5 1,646.9011.485
objeck2 658.7611.396
midgie5 1,646.90nan
finnd3 988.1411.284
mune2 658.7611.143
kis3 988.1411.016
hou6 1,976.2811.005
buit2 658.7610.906
edinburgh4 1,317.5210.901
here11 3,623.1910.880
warna2 658.7610.683
graphic2 658.7610.472
iain2 658.7610.273
gae4 1,317.5210.107
speik2 658.7610.083
ilk4 1,317.5210.020
bot5 1,646.9010.017
disna4 1,317.529.934
plane2 658.769.903
picturs2 658.769.566
granite2 658.769.566
deith2 658.769.409
sun5 1,646.909.397
ettle3 988.149.134
reader2 658.769.112
wurd2 658.769.112
fantoosh2 658.769.112
na5 1,646.908.986
fitt2 658.768.972
thrie2 658.768.838
airlie2 658.768.838
humour2 658.768.708
cum3 988.148.672
fowk12 3,952.578.496
press3 988.148.301
grant2 658.768.230
heeze2 658.768.013
cuttin2 658.768.013
includit2 658.767.809
chapter2 658.767.711
radical2 658.767.522
sudden2 658.767.431
characters2 658.767.343
form3 988.147.170
he14 4,611.337.031
craitur2 658.767.011
the'r3 988.146.974
mr4 1,317.526.923
they4 1,317.526.875
derk2 658.766.855
wurds2 658.766.855
gress2 658.766.855
bird2 658.766.707
dead2 658.766.707
echt2 658.766.635
your5 1,646.906.449
weir2 658.766.428
poet2 658.766.428
war7 2,305.676.321
de2 658.766.297
coud2 658.766.233
bit2 658.766.145
bak2 658.766.049
braw4 1,317.525.998
fore2 658.765.990
p2 658.765.763
polis2 658.765.763
shaws2 658.765.708
wesna2 658.765.708
haill2 658.765.602
feck2 658.765.602
hame7 2,305.675.568
agane2 658.765.551
daurk2 658.765.500
herd2 658.765.500
lichts2 658.765.449
awfu2 658.765.449
durin2 658.765.400
puir3 988.145.353
accoont2 658.765.304
thay4 1,317.525.219
gif2 658.765.210
university2 658.765.119
leuk3 988.145.073
wun2 658.765.031
my7 2,305.674.986
bidin2 658.764.861
speir2 658.764.740
mebbe3 988.144.632
aiberdeen2 658.764.585
poetry2 658.764.585
may2 658.764.511
james2 658.764.511
red2 658.764.367
lest2 658.764.367
tae49 16,139.664.348
suddenly2 658.764.332
micht6 1,976.284.326
spring2 658.764.230
tale2 658.764.197
deid3 988.144.065
glesca2 658.764.006
and12 3,952.573.985
back2 658.763.930
maitter2 658.763.797
stap2 658.763.797
dr2 658.763.769
flair2 658.763.658
throu4 1,317.523.538
aboot4 1,317.523.514
thir4 1,317.523.467
wrait2 658.76nan
sair3 988.143.419
true2 658.763.373
eftir2 658.763.373
wind2 658.763.325
on27 8,893.283.319
airt2 658.763.301
park2 658.763.254
atween4 1,317.523.253
reid2 658.763.139
you2 658.763.138
twa8 2,635.053.006
lay2 658.762.925
thair6 1,976.282.827
rooks2 658.76nan
toun2 658.762.825
see9 2,964.432.802
aa10 3,293.812.776
och2 658.762.747
taks2 658.762.672
sang2 658.762.654
of8 2,635.052.638
winter2 658.762.636
high2 658.762.636
mind5 1,646.902.536
haes6 1,976.282.527
hill2 658.762.428
an64 21,080.372.371
erth2 658.76nan
gin5 1,646.902.340
writin2 658.762.300
dis4 1,317.522.271
tellin2 658.762.223
wee3 988.142.206
this17 5,599.472.205
owre2 658.762.193
a103 33,926.222.178
wint2 658.762.164
scots6 1,976.282.162
maks2 658.762.149
gies2 658.762.078
nou3 988.142.075
oot8 2,635.052.066
ti8 2,635.051.985
year5 1,646.901.956
take2 658.761.943
scottish4 1,317.521.936
leid4 1,317.521.821
i24 7,905.141.788
or6 1,976.281.739
ay2 658.761.721
jist2 658.761.692
kirk2 658.761.687
fower2 658.761.687
thae3 988.141.602
lat2 658.761.599
said7 2,305.671.581
anither4 1,317.521.525
wi17 5,599.471.524
all2 658.761.464
at25 8,234.521.458
alang3 988.141.436
ae8 2,635.051.426
turn2 658.761.415
tarot2 658.76nan
dinna3 988.141.395
for22 7,246.381.334
like5 1,646.901.317
anent2 658.761.277
had2 658.761.265
want3 988.141.247
whaur4 1,317.521.242
what3 988.141.235
leids2 658.761.217
as14 4,611.331.201
haud2 658.761.151
enfield's2 658.76nan
tap2 658.761.200
gey3 988.141.118
us2 658.761.076
new4 1,317.521.017
rodeo2 658.76nan
licht2 658.761.050
man5 1,646.900.993
me7 2,305.670.991
mak4 1,317.520.971
onie2 658.760.964
sae7 2,305.670.942
it's4 1,317.520.930
guid5 1,646.900.923
nicht4 1,317.520.906
times2 658.760.904
nae6 1,976.280.897
awa2 658.760.858
john2 658.760.821
canna2 658.760.821
came2 658.760.803
its2 658.760.791
but9 2,964.430.767
comes2 658.760.739
by3 988.140.695
men2 658.760.648
life3 988.140.627
muckle4 1,317.520.612
rain2 658.760.594
wark2 658.760.585
gang2 658.760.543
than2 658.760.511
been4 1,317.520.502
til3 988.140.432
name2 658.760.413
road2 658.760.413
nor3 988.140.396
cud2 658.760.384
thaim4 1,317.520.377
ane4 1,317.520.362
heid2 658.760.359
we10 3,293.810.355
hed2 658.760.350
in51 16,798.420.289
made3 988.140.289
till2 658.760.288
fae7 2,305.670.263
onnerstaun2 658.76nan
frae7 2,305.670.243
set2 658.760.216
ken3 988.140.189
to3 988.140.188
be17 5,599.470.185
scotland4 1,317.520.178
hae6 1,976.280.174
come2 658.760.131
face2 658.760.125
ye15 4,940.710.119
hadfield2 658.76nan
dae3 988.140.116
freits2 658.76nan
aye5 1,646.900.109
mair7 2,305.670.100
days2 658.760.093
left2 658.760.093
mither2 658.760.092
ower6 1,976.280.090
afore3 988.140.083
were3 988.140.072
thing2 658.760.067
cam2 658.760.066
hoose3 988.140.063
think2 658.760.047
ither3 988.140.045
maist2 658.760.041
his18 5,928.850.029
tarset2 658.76nan
gie2 658.760.033
can5 1,646.900.027
oor4 1,317.520.026
thon2 658.760.017
big2 658.760.005
telt2 658.760.005
richt4 1,317.520.004
yin2 658.760.003
bloodaxe2 658.76nan
day6 1,976.280.001
lang3 988.140.001
auld4 1,317.520.000
get4 1,317.520.000
no8 2,635.050.000