A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ahmad, Nyla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 699
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.453
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, ye, o, the, tae, or, in, it, could, yer,

List of texts in corpus

How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (699 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
objects8 11,444.9280.501
ye31 44,349.0777.387
celebrate7 10,014.3169.299
scrieve8 11,444.9264.289
scrievin6 8,583.6947.617
recipe4 5,722.4643.223
celebratin4 5,722.4639.955
recipes3 4,291.8539.365
could10 14,306.1538.527
celebration4 5,722.4637.650
invitation3 4,291.8537.134
relationship4 5,722.4636.193
or15 21,459.2331.537
list4 5,722.4629.449
inspiration3 4,291.8529.328
moment4 5,722.4626.337
ingredients2 2,861.2325.421
functional2 2,861.2325.421
map3 4,291.8524.606
yer10 14,306.1524.217
uses2 2,861.2321.606
by-ordinar2 2,861.2321.606
yese2 2,861.2320.249
weddin2 2,861.2319.713
an3 4,291.8519.111
directions2 2,861.2318.819
think6 8,583.6918.164
lanely2 2,861.2317.200
weys3 4,291.8515.179
specific2 2,861.2314.719
practical2 2,861.2314.719
can7 10,014.3114.530
important3 4,291.8514.232
herts2 2,861.2314.190
a39 55,793.9913.733
used3 4,291.8513.178
ve5 7,153.0813.137
need4 5,722.4613.075
wey5 7,153.0811.741
stairt2 2,861.2311.648
the22 31,473.5310.867
re4 5,722.4610.464
whit7 10,014.3110.455
when5 7,153.0810.372
these3 4,291.8510.174
cup2 2,861.239.684
mind4 5,722.469.495
space2 2,861.239.461
aw7 10,014.319.342
aroond2 2,861.238.193
tea2 2,861.237.806
else2 2,861.237.650
ain4 5,722.467.084
story2 2,861.236.849
mebbe2 2,861.236.832
thegither2 2,861.235.138
this7 10,014.314.869
for9 12,875.544.843
how2 2,861.234.527
things2 2,861.233.908
want2 2,861.233.826
e2 2,861.233.602
o22 31,473.533.580
place2 2,861.233.529
and9 12,875.543.177
life2 2,861.233.084
are3 4,291.853.069
aboot5 7,153.082.967
doon4 5,722.462.822
s2 2,861.232.702
be7 10,014.312.685
thon2 2,861.232.528
maist2 2,861.232.382
see3 4,291.852.160
noo3 4,291.852.129
pit2 2,861.231.979
like4 5,722.461.883
first2 2,861.231.872
frae3 4,291.851.548
as7 10,014.311.485
we5 7,153.081.464
efter2 2,861.231.324
weel2 2,861.231.254
dae2 2,861.231.165
tae19 27,181.691.035
richt2 2,861.231.017
hae3 4,291.850.923
some2 2,861.230.836
oor2 2,861.230.779
fowk2 2,861.230.702
wis5 7,153.080.692
fur3 4,291.850.650
at3 4,291.850.556
d2 2,861.230.471
is3 4,291.850.448
it10 14,306.150.342
up2 2,861.230.188
wee2 2,861.230.177
that8 11,444.920.170
wi6 8,583.690.117
on5 7,153.080.113
they3 4,291.850.032
in11 15,736.770.001