A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 578
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.028
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, is, a, o, that, oor, eu, as,

List of texts in corpus

Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?
The Sair Fecht (21-06-2016) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (578 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
eu10 17,301.0497.636
britain9 15,570.9383.803
internaitional5 8,650.5259.874
upbiggin4 6,920.4245.601
oor11 19,031.1436.886
inequality3 5,190.3136.691
warld6 10,380.6229.269
poverty3 5,190.3129.177
tynes2 3,460.2126.182
memmer3 5,190.3125.530
is16 27,681.6623.488
gains2 3,460.2122.366
makkin4 6,920.4219.684
spendin2 3,460.2119.197
aid2 3,460.2118.234
haes6 10,380.6217.831
vital2 3,460.2117.701
alliance2 3,460.2117.460
vote3 5,190.3116.882
justice2 3,460.2116.256
aroond3 5,190.3115.755
global2 3,460.2115.070
govrenment2 3,460.2114.263
focus2 3,460.2114.060
warkin2 3,460.2112.875
siller3 5,190.3112.776
oorsels2 3,460.2112.395
richts2 3,460.2111.188
british2 3,460.2111.095
managed2 3,460.2111.004
political2 3,460.2110.235
an28 48,442.919.893
community2 3,460.218.819
human2 3,460.218.696
re3 5,190.317.326
nor3 5,190.317.072
are4 6,920.427.023
as9 15,570.935.987
that12 20,761.255.334
ane3 5,190.315.254
we6 10,380.624.181
vailues2 3,460.21nan
mair4 6,920.424.146
baith2 3,460.213.808
fowk3 5,190.313.236
muckle2 3,460.212.546
tae18 31,141.872.309
frae3 5,190.312.231
whan2 3,460.211.836
i6 10,380.621.576
but4 6,920.421.088
by2 3,460.211.017
at2 3,460.210.947
ae2 3,460.210.844
for5 8,650.520.823
aboot3 5,190.310.791
been2 3,460.210.654
the38 65,743.940.573
a14 24,221.450.555
s6 10,380.620.548
wi3 5,190.310.445
doon2 3,460.210.382
whit2 3,460.210.370
o14 24,221.450.368
it8 13,840.830.188
bit2 3,460.210.162
no2 3,460.210.136
in8 13,840.830.118
oot2 3,460.210.082
on4 6,920.420.056
or2 3,460.210.009
be3 5,190.310.003