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Armstrong, Kate

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,338
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.241
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, tae, a, in, his, sae, be, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,338 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
fer12 8,968.6160.722
sae15 11,210.7633.370
aathing4 2,989.5423.272
ensample2 1,494.7722.827
palins2 1,494.7721.104
thon's3 2,242.1520.964
willna2 1,494.7719.921
forbye4 2,989.5417.771
gait3 2,242.1517.767
aye10 7,473.8417.068
cooncil4 2,989.5417.042
the115 85,949.1816.454
plain3 2,242.1515.999
brawest2 1,494.7715.856
an59 44,095.6715.614
thraw2 1,494.7715.509
toon4 2,989.5414.693
wid8 5,979.0714.203
ever4 2,989.5413.860
angel2 1,494.7713.107
has5 3,736.9212.716
langsyne2 1,494.7712.603
frae10 7,473.8412.475
he'll2 1,494.7712.449
spak3 2,242.1512.405
cost2 1,494.7712.300
whilie2 1,494.7712.300
wis3 2,242.1512.147
sic5 3,736.9211.309
rowth2 1,494.7711.282
sune2 1,494.7710.961
luik3 2,242.1510.894
smilin2 1,494.7710.761
will6 4,484.3010.231
yae3 2,242.159.431
faither4 2,989.549.213
ithers3 2,242.159.049
bonny3 2,242.158.946
sud2 1,494.778.883
neither2 1,494.778.599
white3 2,242.158.551
win4 2,989.548.534
ain6 4,484.308.265
whit's2 1,494.778.187
a23 17,189.848.059
siller3 2,242.158.034
new5 3,736.927.961
efter6 4,484.307.653
lest2 1,494.777.325
hoo3 2,242.157.162
kennin2 1,494.776.996
s3 2,242.156.976
thole2 1,494.776.860
sin3 2,242.156.838
o42 31,390.136.739
wantin2 1,494.776.540
are6 4,484.306.491
laddie2 1,494.776.305
there's2 1,494.776.248
fu2 1,494.776.193
ilka3 2,242.156.042
yaised2 1,494.776.032
gang3 2,242.155.763
ilk'ane3 2,242.15nan
man5 3,736.925.733
his15 11,210.765.595
toun2 1,494.775.591
oor6 4,484.305.558
och2 1,494.775.500
done2 1,494.775.369
strechtwise3 2,242.15nan
thon4 2,989.545.303
fowk6 4,484.305.238
gin4 2,989.544.984
thinkin2 1,494.774.839
her2 1,494.774.796
gairden2 1,494.774.785
hermann3 2,242.15nan
takin2 1,494.774.785
tak4 2,989.544.652
be13 9,715.994.586
maun3 2,242.154.533
forrit2 1,494.774.418
whae2 1,494.774.356
hoose4 2,989.544.324
naethin2 1,494.774.177
no8 5,979.074.169
place3 2,242.154.116
him8 5,979.074.114
haein2 1,494.774.050
wha3 2,242.153.842
fire2 1,494.773.736
but10 7,473.843.418
braw2 1,494.773.410
jist5 3,736.923.290
graithins2 1,494.77nan
it9 6,726.463.535
guid4 2,989.543.248
that's2 1,494.773.230
times2 1,494.773.130
canna2 1,494.773.005
by5 3,736.922.974
them5 3,736.922.835
i13 9,715.992.700
wark2 1,494.772.626
they2 1,494.772.553
whit6 4,484.302.495
ma10 7,473.842.389
thae2 1,494.772.135
hae6 4,484.302.089
muckle3 2,242.152.022
set2 1,494.771.913
bairns2 1,494.771.735
went2 1,494.771.730
ye11 8,221.231.716
or2 1,494.771.577
on12 8,968.611.542
lang3 2,242.151.492
he8 5,979.071.273
noo4 2,989.541.248
aboot2 1,494.771.196
gaun2 1,494.771.188
we3 2,242.151.180
fine2 1,494.771.174
this3 2,242.151.025
nor2 1,494.770.999
syne2 1,494.770.992
tae34 25,411.060.976
bein2 1,494.770.958
whaur2 1,494.770.871
us3 2,242.150.815
ony2 1,494.770.759
there2 1,494.770.720
mak2 1,494.770.714
auld3 2,242.150.694
as6 4,484.300.630
thocht2 1,494.770.501
wi12 8,968.610.395
that11 8,221.230.393
can3 2,242.150.390
nae5 3,736.920.343
oot7 5,231.690.309
pothecar2 1,494.77nan
it's2 1,494.770.690
see3 2,242.150.304
up4 2,989.540.267
their3 2,242.150.214
is7 5,231.690.200
day2 1,494.770.153
were2 1,494.770.127
its2 1,494.770.115
been2 1,494.770.093
yer2 1,494.770.069
like4 2,989.540.058
ken2 1,494.770.056
me4 2,989.540.037
in20 14,947.680.035
at9 6,726.460.021
some2 1,494.770.011
ower3 2,242.150.000