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Foyle, Ghillie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 553
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 301
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.837
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, his, a, in, o, that, thu, me, wes,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (553 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
thu9 16,274.86119.877
sinn7 12,658.2399.664
rade3 5,424.9530.738
shiels2 3,616.6426.361
wes7 12,658.2325.165
thai5 9,041.5924.637
ither's2 3,616.6424.636
hildebrand6 10,849.91nan
hosts2 3,616.6424.636
graith3 5,424.9523.555
daith3 5,424.9519.195
spak3 5,424.9517.542
his13 23,508.1417.329
ti7 12,658.2317.321
mint2 3,616.6417.195
truith2 3,616.6416.611
sa2 3,616.6416.434
kemp2 3,616.6416.434
beild2 3,616.6416.265
nou4 7,233.2716.065
gin5 9,041.5915.613
aft2 3,616.6414.882
ding2 3,616.6414.547
thair5 9,041.5913.986
steel2 3,616.6413.952
stour2 3,616.6413.435
thy2 3,616.6412.839
band2 3,616.6412.703
twae2 3,616.6412.031
me8 14,466.5511.411
thon4 7,233.2711.252
lane2 3,616.6411.134
wul2 3,616.6411.003
faither3 5,424.9510.139
bluid2 3,616.6410.126
fecht2 3,616.649.895
fu2 3,616.649.530
sang2 3,616.648.678
wha3 5,424.958.275
frae5 9,041.597.714
telt3 5,424.957.643
ahint2 3,616.647.204
thare2 3,616.647.204
auld4 7,233.277.033
man3 5,424.955.175
ain3 5,424.955.039
than3 5,424.955.017
thir2 3,616.644.935
can3 5,424.953.298
made2 3,616.643.289
aestlins2 3,616.64nan
hildebrand's2 3,616.64nan
hadubrand4 7,233.27nan
men2 3,616.645.717
cam2 3,616.642.976
it3 5,424.952.433
thaim2 3,616.642.391
haes2 3,616.642.388
lang2 3,616.642.226
that9 16,274.861.943
us2 3,616.641.598
dietrich2 3,616.64nan
bi2 3,616.641.845
richt2 3,616.641.581
aw3 5,424.951.531
up4 7,233.271.329
aye2 3,616.641.319
in12 21,699.821.207
fowk2 3,616.641.205
he7 12,658.230.890
ma4 7,233.270.851
heribrand's2 3,616.64nan
at2 3,616.640.802
a13 23,508.140.696
is2 3,616.640.688
ower2 3,616.640.403
the29 52,441.230.349
be2 3,616.640.246
for4 7,233.270.240
wi5 9,041.590.179
o10 18,083.180.173
as4 7,233.270.112
on3 5,424.950.047
an14 25,316.460.000