A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robertson, Sine

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,271
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 463
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.745
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, in, o, scots, at, folk, or,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (643 words)
Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (628 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
slrc12 9,441.38146.184
folk21 16,522.42114.765
deein11 8,654.6076.261
e11 8,654.6041.359
would8 6,294.2641.286
wabsite5 3,933.9137.906
sikkin4 3,147.1336.334
scots21 16,522.4233.081
newbattle3 2,360.3531.965
fit's4 3,147.1331.108
conference4 3,147.1330.796
or19 14,948.8628.459
concert3 2,360.3527.404
there's5 3,933.9124.679
are11 8,654.6023.351
publicise2 1,573.5623.032
caaf2 1,573.5621.309
interest4 3,147.1320.840
spik4 3,147.1320.428
forbyes2 1,573.5620.126
comparin2 1,573.5619.221
ain9 7,081.0419.078
foo5 3,933.9118.747
conferences2 1,573.5618.485
playgrun2 1,573.5617.866
hasna2 1,573.5617.866
meetins2 1,573.5617.866
ye've3 2,360.3517.816
tee3 2,360.3517.816
spikkin3 2,360.3517.693
fae14 11,014.9517.653
tow2 1,573.5616.860
im3 2,360.3516.694
ploys2 1,573.5616.060
cd2 1,573.5616.060
fan5 3,933.9116.046
actors2 1,573.5615.713
wark5 3,933.9114.707
neuk3 2,360.3514.588
america2 1,573.5614.570
teachers3 2,360.3514.314
at21 16,522.4214.184
ye're3 2,360.3514.181
moosies2 1,573.5614.104
gaithered2 1,573.5613.889
toons2 1,573.5613.687
if9 7,081.0413.504
fitiver2 1,573.5613.134
interestit2 1,573.5613.134
lot4 3,147.1312.851
centre3 2,360.3512.851
amongst2 1,573.5612.502
spoken3 2,360.3512.313
anne2 1,573.5612.221
collogue2 1,573.5611.959
thochts3 2,360.3511.910
he2 1,573.5611.291
thing5 3,933.9111.127
tongue3 2,360.3511.109
party2 1,573.5610.961
puckle3 2,360.3510.784
difference2 1,573.5610.771
han2 1,573.5610.679
november2 1,573.5610.417
tam3 2,360.3510.285
due2 1,573.5610.251
writers2 1,573.5610.016
ken7 5,507.479.874
was6 4,720.699.727
warkin2 1,573.569.654
lallans2 1,573.569.586
let4 3,147.139.538
monie3 2,360.359.357
whether2 1,573.569.324
fore2 1,573.569.262
needin2 1,573.569.139
has4 3,147.138.978
warks2 1,573.568.963
fit6 4,720.698.880
workin2 1,573.568.532
wrocht2 1,573.568.481
university2 1,573.568.334
for16 12,588.518.180
grand2 1,573.568.100
book2 1,573.568.055
pitten2 1,573.567.595
pit5 3,933.917.284
help3 2,360.356.516
in32 25,177.036.442
fish2 1,573.566.381
weys2 1,573.566.246
anither4 3,147.136.154
edinburgh2 1,573.566.116
tellt2 1,573.565.990
speirt2 1,573.565.917
written2 1,573.565.917
write2 1,573.565.893
the55 43,273.015.659
since2 1,573.565.575
century2 1,573.565.468
job2 1,573.565.447
ither5 3,933.915.442
teen2 1,573.565.285
affa3 2,360.355.221
aboot9 7,081.045.220
wye3 2,360.355.200
languages2 1,573.565.056
work2 1,573.564.983
schuil2 1,573.564.912
far3 2,360.354.664
about2 1,573.564.595
thocht4 3,147.134.524
last3 2,360.354.449
slrc's2 1,573.56nan
forrit2 1,573.564.595
time6 4,720.694.192
somethin2 1,573.564.074
lookin2 1,573.564.048
on14 11,014.954.011
brocht2 1,573.563.970
scotspeak2 1,573.56nan
hae7 5,507.473.965
should2 1,573.563.702
dee2 1,573.563.702
onie2 1,573.563.385
mair6 4,720.693.255
nor3 2,360.353.249
comin2 1,573.563.057
hear2 1,573.562.865
ae5 3,933.912.806
ony3 2,360.352.770
be11 8,654.602.728
their5 3,933.912.728
gang2 1,573.562.711
tae36 28,324.152.652
it's3 2,360.352.628
we9 7,081.042.548
us4 3,147.132.499
richt4 3,147.132.466
yer5 3,933.912.424
get4 3,147.132.327
will3 2,360.352.291
been5 3,933.912.274
muckle3 2,360.352.214
atween2 1,573.562.115
that18 14,162.082.113
things2 1,573.562.039
bairns2 1,573.561.874
gey2 1,573.561.853
can4 3,147.131.665
see4 3,147.131.475
me2 1,573.561.409
tell2 1,573.561.338
gaun2 1,573.561.311
and12 9,441.381.290
oot3 2,360.351.232
a44 34,618.411.199
fin2 1,573.561.082
an38 29,897.721.004
i5 3,933.910.985
it19 14,948.860.970
still2 1,573.560.926
mind2 1,573.560.918
o31 24,390.240.882
they3 2,360.350.871
nae2 1,573.560.861
maist2 1,573.560.850
gin2 1,573.560.842
had3 2,360.350.822
cam2 1,573.560.774
tak2 1,573.560.729
some3 2,360.350.714
could2 1,573.560.688
like2 1,573.560.645
wi12 9,441.380.632
first2 1,573.560.511
got2 1,573.560.478
by3 2,360.350.473
wey2 1,573.560.466
noo3 2,360.350.382
so2 1,573.560.269
ye8 6,294.260.182
its2 1,573.560.164
back2 1,573.560.157
day3 2,360.350.105
as7 5,507.470.075
bit3 2,360.350.022
is8 6,294.260.004
but5 3,933.910.000
them2 1,573.560.000