A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mackintosh, Henrietta

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 727
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 346
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.101
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, an, o, that, a, aboot, gaelic, fowk, scots,

List of texts in corpus

A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve
The Sair Fecht (22-06-2015) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (727 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
gaelic12 16,506.1961.586
thir10 13,755.1649.952
leids7 9,628.6136.741
fowk12 16,506.1936.204
aboot13 17,881.7125.233
stereotypes2 2,751.0322.355
scrieves2 2,751.0320.712
authors2 2,751.0320.712
are8 11,004.1320.426
affection2 2,751.0318.282
speak4 5,502.0617.910
deserve2 2,751.0316.787
parteecular2 2,751.0316.787
attitudes2 2,751.0316.545
romantic2 2,751.0315.899
scots11 15,130.6715.856
efforts2 2,751.0315.705
speakin3 4,126.5515.633
landscape2 2,751.0315.344
katie2 2,751.0315.344
respeck2 2,751.0315.175
yaised3 4,126.5514.907
seem3 4,126.5514.657
passion2 2,751.0314.563
airticles2 2,751.0314.424
value2 2,751.0313.795
beauty2 2,751.0313.795
tent3 4,126.5513.421
yaisin2 2,751.0312.960
wurds2 2,751.0312.517
that18 24,759.2811.643
mibbie2 2,751.0311.624
teuk2 2,751.0311.494
scrievin2 2,751.0311.245
wha4 5,502.0611.173
words3 4,126.5510.785
mean3 4,126.5510.419
scotland5 6,877.5810.296
daes2 2,751.0310.200
common2 2,751.039.494
problem2 2,751.039.457
speakers2 2,751.038.592
tak4 5,502.068.583
of5 6,877.588.011
important2 2,751.037.774
real2 2,751.037.681
thaim4 5,502.067.439
languages2 2,751.037.128
baith3 4,126.556.611
hae6 8,253.096.590
scottish3 4,126.556.469
nor3 4,126.555.892
am2 2,751.035.677
tae25 34,387.904.973
language3 4,126.554.712
whit5 6,877.584.684
wey3 4,126.554.301
i9 12,379.643.885
on9 12,379.643.592
is9 12,379.643.546
ither3 4,126.553.484
a14 19,257.222.923
tell2 2,751.032.916
the32 44,016.512.914
wi2 2,751.032.859
twa3 4,126.552.735
mind2 2,751.032.361
can3 4,126.552.190
and2 2,751.032.179
ae3 4,126.551.856
say2 2,751.031.829
their3 4,126.551.808
no4 5,502.061.729
yer3 4,126.551.618
an24 33,012.381.579
been3 4,126.551.524
we5 6,877.581.292
mair3 4,126.551.196
were2 2,751.031.165
o19 26,134.801.042
oor2 2,751.030.702
at3 4,126.550.680
it11 15,130.670.620
as6 8,253.090.504
s4 5,502.060.455
be5 6,877.580.442
she5 6,877.580.373
you2 2,751.030.271
they2 2,751.030.262
for5 6,877.580.196
in10 13,755.160.163
this3 4,126.550.018
gallogly-swan2 2,751.03nan
moyes2 2,751.03nan
vonny2 2,751.03nan
or3 4,126.550.163
there2 2,751.030.008
but3 4,126.550.008
like2 2,751.030.003
fae2 2,751.030.000