A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gillespie, Alan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 853
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 400
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.133
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, tae, in, wis, a, i, rovers, it, my,

List of texts in corpus

Mon the Rovers
Scottish Book Trust (2021) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (853 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
and34 39,859.3265.913
mon5 5,861.6641.866
my11 12,895.6639.214
goal4 4,689.3335.668
thomson3 3,517.0029.787
half5 5,861.6629.329
scored3 3,517.0027.672
rovers12 14,068.00nan
should've2 2,344.6724.623
sinclair2 2,344.6724.623
munich2 2,344.6724.623
silent3 3,517.0023.204
midfield2 2,344.6722.899
second4 4,689.3322.413
we're4 4,689.3322.005
banner2 2,344.6719.453
germans2 2,344.6718.446
battered2 2,344.6718.025
german3 3,517.0018.005
over3 3,517.0017.920
scott4 4,689.3317.803
two4 4,689.3317.654
edinburra5 5,861.66nan
with4 4,689.3317.188
played3 3,517.0016.435
fans2 2,344.6716.407
league2 2,344.6716.407
frae9 10,551.0016.178
everyone2 2,344.6715.909
won3 3,517.0015.875
were7 8,206.3315.554
europe3 3,517.0015.365
everybody2 2,344.6715.070
ball2 2,344.6714.885
goals2 2,344.6714.885
waved2 2,344.6714.378
seats2 2,344.6714.223
someone2 2,344.6713.930
says5 5,861.6613.464
school3 3,517.0013.454
whole2 2,344.6712.829
mind5 5,861.6612.085
good3 3,517.0011.692
team2 2,344.6710.805
jimmy2 2,344.6710.681
danny2 2,344.6710.621
next3 3,517.0010.544
davie2 2,344.6710.332
just4 4,689.3310.267
boys2 2,344.6710.064
lennon3 3,517.00nan
leg2 2,344.6710.117
behind2 2,344.679.535
goes2 2,344.679.403
big4 4,689.339.200
being2 2,344.679.192
getting2 2,344.679.192
cameron2 2,344.679.152
cup2 2,344.678.916
so5 5,861.668.906
we10 11,723.338.545
game2 2,344.678.453
teacher2 2,344.678.354
box2 2,344.678.226
park2 2,344.677.811
news2 2,344.677.701
question2 2,344.677.568
hud3 3,517.007.457
klinsmann3 3,517.00nan
cos2 2,344.677.340
a13 15,240.337.161
i12 14,068.006.886
night2 2,344.676.652
about2 2,344.676.047
them5 5,861.665.826
enough2 2,344.675.636
few2 2,344.675.534
out2 2,344.675.168
wis16 18,757.335.056
da6 7,034.004.792
how2 2,344.673.849
best2 2,344.673.651
got3 3,517.003.607
then3 3,517.003.090
went2 2,344.673.058
like5 5,861.662.486
klinsmann's2 2,344.67nan
rougier2 2,344.67nan
first3 3,517.003.695
us3 3,517.002.294
get3 3,517.002.155
back4 4,689.332.112
made2 2,344.671.986
aye3 3,517.001.881
they6 7,034.001.786
ay3 3,517.001.742
if3 3,517.001.616
come2 2,344.671.535
he11 12,895.661.533
was2 2,344.671.257
there4 4,689.331.189
kahn2 2,344.67nan
heid2 2,344.671.167
as3 3,517.001.105
papin2 2,344.67nan
time3 3,517.001.110
him4 4,689.331.090
in17 19,929.660.972
that6 7,034.000.779
raith2 2,344.67nan
to2 2,344.670.640
ken2 2,344.670.639
the55 64,478.310.588
this2 2,344.670.565
pars2 2,344.67nan
kirkcoddy2 2,344.67nan
on7 8,206.330.544
some2 2,344.670.466
me4 4,689.330.454
oan2 2,344.670.441
at4 4,689.330.436
ye6 7,034.000.391
is4 4,689.330.330
no3 3,517.000.228
their2 2,344.670.190
didnay2 2,344.67nan
nicholl2 2,344.67nan
his4 4,689.330.162
up4 4,689.330.154
for4 4,689.330.137
been2 2,344.670.108
it11 12,895.660.079
wisnay2 2,344.67nan
nae2 2,344.670.079
but3 3,517.000.036
wee2 2,344.670.025
whit2 2,344.670.011
tae18 21,101.990.003
intay2 2,344.67nan
aw2 2,344.670.002