A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Connelly, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 900
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 340
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.647
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, ye, the, a, and, o, in, yer, that, them,

List of texts in corpus

Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (900 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
ye37 41,111.1187.369
scrievin9 10,000.0074.609
letter8 8,888.8957.695
yer18 20,000.0054.543
person6 6,666.6743.864
faimily6 6,666.6741.757
mebbe7 7,777.7837.471
celebration4 4,444.4435.630
life9 10,000.0033.860
scrieve5 5,555.5632.808
an2 2,222.2232.405
them12 13,333.3330.216
gawin3 3,333.3329.465
and23 25,555.5628.099
stairt4 4,444.4426.898
how6 6,666.6722.877
helped3 3,333.3321.252
images2 2,222.2219.239
tae41 45,555.5619.065
luved2 2,222.2217.811
special3 3,333.3317.775
lives3 3,333.3317.604
moment3 3,333.3316.527
thon6 6,666.6716.061
celebratin2 2,222.2215.937
emotions2 2,222.2215.937
somethin4 4,444.4415.746
somebody3 3,333.3315.681
past4 4,444.4414.713
memmer2 2,222.2213.579
memories2 2,222.2213.445
sel2 2,222.2213.190
positive2 2,222.2212.836
important3 3,333.3312.774
able3 3,333.3312.163
freend2 2,222.2212.027
yersel3 3,333.3311.388
noo7 7,777.7810.965
list2 2,222.2210.923
things4 4,444.4410.894
try3 3,333.3310.663
could5 5,555.5610.634
memory2 2,222.2210.533
especially2 2,222.2210.180
durin2 2,222.2210.069
thank2 2,222.229.805
luikin2 2,222.229.805
some6 6,666.679.370
aboot9 10,000.009.278
view2 2,222.229.068
future2 2,222.229.027
lines2 2,222.228.986
the33 36,666.678.734
pynt2 2,222.227.899
let3 3,333.337.495
think4 4,444.447.480
pittin2 2,222.227.213
has3 3,333.337.068
time6 6,666.677.034
anely2 2,222.226.903
pit4 4,444.446.626
each2 2,222.226.597
frae6 6,666.676.505
why2 2,222.226.454
wey4 4,444.446.204
ithers2 2,222.226.040
or8 8,888.896.019
like7 7,777.785.901
forrit2 2,222.225.851
haein2 2,222.225.458
doon6 6,666.675.432
few2 2,222.225.342
bairn2 2,222.225.189
re3 3,333.335.074
were4 4,444.444.906
felt2 2,222.224.903
great2 2,222.224.805
times2 2,222.224.464
ken4 4,444.444.378
are4 4,444.444.292
year3 3,333.333.910
feel2 2,222.223.770
oor4 4,444.443.669
years2 2,222.223.615
jist4 4,444.443.533
fowk4 4,444.443.456
whit5 5,555.563.296
ower5 5,555.563.162
in21 23,333.333.072
as2 2,222.222.950
through2 2,222.222.908
hae5 5,555.562.891
three2 2,222.222.872
wi11 12,222.222.332
dae3 3,333.332.312
richt3 3,333.332.065
yin2 2,222.221.948
that13 14,444.441.691
mak2 2,222.221.630
at3 3,333.331.621
a33 36,666.671.599
ve2 2,222.221.548
tak2 2,222.221.517
can3 3,333.331.435
by3 3,333.331.403
will2 2,222.221.380
muckle2 2,222.221.330
aw4 4,444.441.232
d3 3,333.331.123
their3 3,333.331.111
oot2 2,222.221.026
bit4 4,444.441.016
there4 4,444.441.001
guid2 2,222.220.919
ain2 2,222.220.900
when2 2,222.220.812
but2 2,222.220.786
this2 2,222.220.710
o22 24,444.440.643
they5 5,555.560.586
wee3 3,333.330.561
s5 5,555.560.533
us2 2,222.220.529
we5 5,555.560.521
get2 2,222.220.468
aff2 2,222.220.467
twa2 2,222.220.448
on7 7,777.780.368
if2 2,222.220.250
sae2 2,222.220.224
no3 3,333.330.154
been2 2,222.220.067
you2 2,222.220.060
is5 5,555.560.056
be5 5,555.560.047
it10 11,111.110.041
mair2 2,222.220.014
back2 2,222.220.012