A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cameron, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,318
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 565
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.333
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, i, or, wi, they, your,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (182 words)
Lallans 58 - Naebody’s Rose
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (47 words)
Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (89 words)
Lallans 82 - Nevermas
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (117 words)
Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)

Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)

Lallans 73 - The Stranger
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (598 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
and37 28,072.8451.130
naebody's4 3,034.9043.957
snaw6 4,552.3543.692
your10 7,587.2540.324
rose6 4,552.3539.307
planes4 3,034.9039.107
tae4 3,034.9033.420
wind6 4,552.3531.416
daw3 2,276.1830.580
crystal3 2,276.1830.580
an8 6,069.8029.253
i've4 3,034.9026.435
bluid5 3,793.6325.526
the122 92,564.4924.886
i25 18,968.1324.525
petal2 1,517.4522.936
anerly2 1,517.4522.936
my9 6,828.5321.699
nevermas2 1,517.4521.212
yowdendrift2 1,517.4521.212
handsel2 1,517.4521.212
he'll3 2,276.1820.905
blaws3 2,276.1820.693
sall3 2,276.1819.914
warld6 4,552.3519.816
mysel3 2,276.1819.561
lowdie6 4,552.35nan
scart2 1,517.4519.124
hand4 3,034.9018.923
or16 12,139.6118.456
deid5 3,793.6318.444
bairn's2 1,517.4518.389
swith2 1,517.4517.770
blinnd2 1,517.4517.770
our4 3,034.9017.690
mirk3 2,276.1817.431
stane4 3,034.9017.411
flourish2 1,517.4517.235
flouer2 1,517.4515.617
was8 6,069.8015.505
sheuch2 1,517.4515.299
it3 2,276.1815.223
when8 6,069.8014.975
mune2 1,517.4514.731
that2 1,517.4514.632
owre4 3,034.9014.486
peel2 1,517.4514.475
whiles4 3,034.9013.664
hinmaist2 1,517.4512.710
sowl2 1,517.4512.710
ken8 6,069.8012.444
flouers2 1,517.4512.264
he2 1,517.4512.115
bairns5 3,793.6311.777
rowed2 1,517.4511.740
gray2 1,517.4511.389
simmer3 2,276.1811.161
nicht6 4,552.3511.079
stranger2 1,517.4511.067
hou4 3,034.9010.324
stour2 1,517.4510.077
to7 5,311.089.878
hear4 3,034.909.837
cauld4 3,034.909.677
nou4 3,034.909.607
gowd2 1,517.459.561
tam3 2,276.189.552
flee2 1,517.459.425
itsel3 2,276.189.304
s2 1,517.459.233
fields2 1,517.459.168
til5 3,793.639.064
aince3 2,276.188.942
black3 2,276.188.843
where3 2,276.188.581
in35 26,555.398.501
een5 3,793.638.489
yon4 3,034.908.260
sometimes2 1,517.458.194
whilk2 1,517.458.194
nurse2 1,517.458.054
orra2 1,517.458.008
mistress2 1,517.458.008
it's5 3,793.637.960
hert3 2,276.187.910
he's2 1,517.457.544
aa8 6,069.807.418
afore6 4,552.357.276
grund2 1,517.457.204
wha4 3,034.906.946
gless2 1,517.456.894
they12 9,104.706.710
ablow2 1,517.456.671
morn2 1,517.456.641
as2 1,517.456.600
care2 1,517.456.433
auld6 4,552.356.378
airts2 1,517.456.292
legs2 1,517.456.211
i'll2 1,517.456.053
early2 1,517.455.977
merle's2 1,517.45nan
luik2 1,517.455.854
gang3 2,276.185.785
toun2 1,517.455.666
years3 2,276.185.493
lift2 1,517.455.488
sang2 1,517.455.488
i'm2 1,517.455.466
frae7 5,311.085.251
ye2 1,517.455.129
yae2 1,517.454.934
ever2 1,517.454.674
provan2 1,517.45nan
are5 3,793.634.453
say4 3,034.904.290
siller2 1,517.454.087
ahint2 1,517.454.059
lassie2 1,517.454.006
bairn2 1,517.453.864
mavis'2 1,517.45nan
out2 1,517.453.705
ee2 1,517.453.622
sun2 1,517.453.509
that's2 1,517.453.297
wi16 12,139.613.239
air2 1,517.453.168
here4 3,034.902.998
kent3 2,276.182.868
mind3 2,276.182.755
end2 1,517.452.700
gie3 2,276.182.687
rain2 1,517.452.684
never2 1,517.452.645
her3 2,276.182.640
gin3 2,276.182.611
thon3 2,276.182.531
hame3 2,276.182.330
road2 1,517.452.312
you5 3,793.632.248
us4 3,034.902.215
juist3 2,276.182.207
come3 2,276.182.207
throu2 1,517.452.113
dinna2 1,517.452.023
atween2 1,517.451.926
aye4 3,034.901.694
last2 1,517.451.687
cornfields2 1,517.45nan
a47 35,660.091.717
heid3 2,276.181.675
there6 4,552.351.647
lang3 2,276.181.526
thing2 1,517.451.426
see4 3,034.901.343
nor2 1,517.450.987
time4 3,034.900.973
him2 1,517.450.762
think2 1,517.450.743
ony2 1,517.450.721
did2 1,517.450.719
no2 1,517.450.690
tak2 1,517.450.646
on6 4,552.350.635
muckle2 1,517.450.531
o31 23,520.490.506
ane2 1,517.450.378
nae5 3,793.630.374
sae3 2,276.180.368
we4 3,034.900.357
man2 1,517.450.296
whit2 1,517.450.263
his9 6,828.530.262
warld-blinnd2 1,517.45nan
ain2 1,517.450.244
this4 3,034.900.236
mair2 1,517.450.214
wad2 1,517.450.195
nicht-at-eenie2 1,517.45nan
back2 1,517.450.188
ll2 1,517.450.178
me5 3,793.630.145
but6 4,552.350.144
were2 1,517.450.134
like4 3,034.900.093
day3 2,276.180.082
be6 4,552.350.061
get2 1,517.450.050
for8 6,069.800.048
at8 6,069.800.025
she7 5,311.080.015
can2 1,517.450.000
cannle-flame2 1,517.45nan
wee3 2,276.180.020