A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Jarvie, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,185
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 587
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.019
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, a, tae, he, wis, in, ye, o, they,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (108 words)
Lallans 76 - Mither tung?
Lallans Magazine (2010-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (203 words)

Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (702 words)

Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (172 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
duncan5 4,219.4139.618
morningside2 1,687.7623.357
fairmhoose2 1,687.7623.357
he28 23,628.6920.680
pilgrim2 1,687.7620.451
crossed3 2,531.6520.360
waitin4 3,375.5319.875
ballad2 1,687.7619.545
ould2 1,687.7619.545
tuik4 3,375.5317.692
joe3 2,531.6517.486
college3 2,531.6517.379
tung5 4,219.4117.172
holy2 1,687.7616.383
sea4 3,375.5314.750
hud5 4,219.4114.693
donnie8 6,751.05nan
sterts2 1,687.7614.008
haly2 1,687.7614.008
drinkin2 1,687.7612.033
derry2 1,687.7612.033
an51 43,037.9711.798
sune2 1,687.7611.692
freend2 1,687.7610.907
abune2 1,687.7610.487
they13 10,970.4610.268
d8 6,751.0510.195
wine2 1,687.7610.110
road4 3,375.539.844
thir4 3,375.539.497
gied4 3,375.539.421
months2 1,687.768.742
ye15 12,658.238.506
lane2 1,687.768.190
the47 39,662.458.034
hell2 1,687.767.786
wir4 3,375.537.609
fer3 2,531.657.434
ca2 1,687.767.190
please2 1,687.767.158
morn2 1,687.767.064
o13 10,970.466.637
tellt2 1,687.766.466
and2 1,687.766.202
leave2 1,687.766.095
here5 4,219.416.048
ilk2 1,687.765.957
ready2 1,687.765.891
thon4 3,375.535.663
is2 1,687.765.461
broon2 1,687.765.401
year4 3,375.535.332
lik3 2,531.655.318
him8 6,751.055.254
say4 3,375.534.931
auld5 4,219.414.783
mither3 2,531.654.635
wis20 16,877.644.616
sure2 1,687.764.560
place3 2,531.654.526
wha3 2,531.654.365
gaed3 2,531.654.166
lang4 3,375.534.038
sun2 1,687.763.881
back6 5,063.293.790
anither3 2,531.653.573
til3 2,531.653.560
wi4 3,375.533.382
his12 10,126.583.271
weel4 3,375.533.230
ve3 2,531.653.125
haun2 1,687.762.938
again3 2,531.652.881
ken4 3,375.532.849
yer5 4,219.412.846
hiv2 1,687.762.792
hame3 2,531.652.759
us4 3,375.532.728
thocht3 2,531.652.534
till2 1,687.762.350
a44 37,130.802.321
ma2 1,687.762.278
that7 5,907.172.235
sayd3 2,531.65nan
tae33 27,848.102.089
went2 1,687.762.047
can4 3,375.532.010
three2 1,687.761.994
man3 2,531.651.929
left2 1,687.761.928
up2 1,687.761.834
when3 2,531.651.813
this2 1,687.761.808
then3 2,531.651.774
life2 1,687.761.562
tell2 1,687.761.510
re2 1,687.761.475
to3 2,531.651.289
leid2 1,687.761.282
syne2 1,687.761.259
gie2 1,687.761.050
aff3 2,531.651.048
fur5 4,219.411.016
gin2 1,687.761.011
me2 1,687.761.010
some3 2,531.650.912
could2 1,687.760.855
her4 3,375.530.805
aboot2 1,687.760.796
wee4 3,375.530.784
whit4 3,375.530.726
lili2 1,687.76nan
nae2 1,687.760.659
see3 2,531.650.548
for5 4,219.410.451
guid2 1,687.760.403
ain2 1,687.760.392
but6 5,063.290.388
so2 1,687.760.380
in16 13,502.110.357
time3 2,531.650.340
ll2 1,687.760.309
efter2 1,687.760.302
scots3 2,531.650.295
conseether2 1,687.76nan
been3 2,531.650.298
it12 10,126.580.280
or5 4,219.410.279
no4 3,375.530.258
at9 7,594.940.243
buke2 1,687.76nan
oot4 3,375.530.204
aa3 2,531.650.200
be7 5,907.170.174
s10 8,438.820.163
get2 1,687.760.133
mair2 1,687.760.089
had2 1,687.760.086
as8 6,751.050.072
aye2 1,687.760.039
frae2 1,687.760.039
if2 1,687.760.026
fowk2 1,687.760.025
fae3 2,531.650.017
on7 5,907.170.016
we5 4,219.410.010
them2 1,687.760.005
i7 5,907.170.001
there3 2,531.650.001
their2 1,687.760.000