Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Thom, Williamina

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 352
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 180
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.956
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, her, a, an, o, wis, aw, had, she,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as weans (352 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
tibby	4	11,363.64	47.944
her	15	42,613.64	37.665
brig	4	11,363.64	30.144
ewes	2	5,681.82	28.163
pagan	2	5,681.82	23.609
lass	3	8,522.73	21.801
yowes	2	5,681.82	18.406
howff	2	5,681.82	17.444
weel-kent	2	5,681.82	16.444
had	5	14,204.55	14.676
luikin	2	5,681.82	13.482
hoose	4	11,363.64	13.374
aw	6	17,045.45	13.275
cross	2	5,681.82	13.230
yince	2	5,681.82	12.903
dad	2	5,681.82	12.134
caa	2	5,681.82	11.990
wid	4	11,363.64	11.591
stane	2	5,681.82	11.371
whaur	3	8,522.73	9.417
later	2	5,681.82	9.362
still	3	8,522.73	9.278
wheen	2	5,681.82	8.527
watter	2	5,681.82	7.525
were	3	8,522.73	6.851
tae	15	42,613.64	5.901
roon	2	5,681.82	5.844
aye	3	8,522.73	5.808
oor	3	8,522.73	5.744
noo	3	8,522.73	5.132
made	2	5,681.82	4.815
pit	2	5,681.82	4.119
she	5	14,204.55	3.772
doon	3	8,522.73	3.768
efter	2	5,681.82	3.298
on	5	14,204.55	2.732
fae	3	8,522.73	2.697
wee	2	5,681.82	1.475
wis	6	17,045.45	1.382
ower	2	5,681.82	1.314
hae	2	5,681.82	1.204
nae	2	5,681.82	0.775
be	3	8,522.73	0.708
aboot	2	5,681.82	0.692
a	13	36,931.82	0.668
ye	3	8,522.73	0.552
an	11	31,250.00	0.458
in	4	11,363.64	0.451
o	9	25,568.18	0.405
it	3	8,522.73	0.365
is	3	8,522.73	0.284
up	2	5,681.82	0.277
we	2	5,681.82	0.235
the	22	62,500.00	0.115
that	3	8,522.73	0.068
wi	3	8,522.73	0.053
as	2	5,681.82	0.010