A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Anderson, Elizabeth

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 437
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.813
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, o, the, a, wis, in, he, his, at, scots,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (437 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
alistair6 13,729.9878.268
academy4 9,153.3245.520
aiberdeen5 11,441.6538.632
brainch3 6,864.9936.110
ears4 9,153.3235.680
retiral2 4,576.6627.304
gifted2 4,576.6627.304
taylor2 4,576.6625.579
hymns2 4,576.6622.130
mony5 11,441.6521.670
comatee3 6,864.9920.945
poetry3 6,864.9920.195
schools2 4,576.6619.077
tuik3 6,864.9917.206
prose2 4,576.6617.203
friens2 4,576.6617.203
an27 61,784.9016.852
enjoyed2 4,576.6616.315
books2 4,576.6615.482
wis14 32,036.6113.284
society2 4,576.6612.848
wide2 4,576.6612.687
stanes2 4,576.6612.532
scots7 16,018.3110.698
his9 20,594.9710.211
buik2 4,576.669.727
o19 43,478.268.677
he10 22,883.307.058
pairt2 4,576.666.040
efter3 6,864.995.873
gied2 4,576.665.722
bi3 6,864.995.712
at7 16,018.314.468
the16 36,613.274.259
aa3 6,864.993.497
muckle2 4,576.663.417
on6 13,729.983.055
ower3 6,864.992.707
tae5 11,441.652.480
in11 25,171.622.215
of2 4,576.661.973
time2 4,576.661.323
been2 4,576.661.254
a16 36,613.270.764
wi2 4,576.660.563
and2 4,576.660.328
as2 4,576.660.182
i2 4,576.660.150
for3 6,864.990.116
up2 4,576.660.060