A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Perrie, Walter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 766
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 436
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.757
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, tae, is, for, o, but, he, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Sindrins
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (52 words)
Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (98 words)

Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (616 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
tod6 7,832.9065.646
stoat5 6,527.4258.472
spile3 3,916.4538.892
mankind3 3,916.4535.076
sindrins3 3,916.4531.940
man8 10,443.8623.047
lion3 3,916.4522.449
aul3 3,916.4521.010
ours2 2,610.9719.935
seik2 2,610.9717.458
baist2 2,610.9717.458
ou2 2,610.9716.887
disease2 2,610.9716.630
seas2 2,610.9716.630
earth3 3,916.4516.348
leeve2 2,610.9715.946
man's2 2,610.9715.742
wha5 6,527.4215.353
us7 9,138.3815.339
suin3 3,916.4514.308
oor7 9,138.3813.897
an38 49,608.3613.719
nor5 6,527.4213.596
steer2 2,610.9713.305
naitur2 2,610.9712.805
pooer2 2,610.9712.622
are6 7,832.9012.036
mrs3 3,916.4511.974
hoo3 3,916.4510.034
began2 2,610.979.957
he's2 2,610.979.617
crack2 2,610.979.457
country2 2,610.978.881
caa2 2,610.978.624
hen2 2,610.978.562
wuid2 2,610.978.326
he'd2 2,610.978.326
juist4 5,221.937.937
but9 11,749.357.910
has3 3,916.457.908
stert2 2,610.977.464
isna2 2,610.977.353
in4 5,221.937.230
was4 5,221.936.777
fell2 2,610.976.029
hert2 2,610.975.773
sair2 2,610.975.497
it3 3,916.455.447
still3 3,916.455.141
ony3 3,916.454.887
young2 2,610.974.700
never2 2,610.974.403
for9 11,749.353.923
till2 2,610.973.715
that3 3,916.453.609
maun2 2,610.973.533
ain3 3,916.453.524
bocage2 2,610.97nan
o9 11,749.353.560
wad3 3,916.453.342
wan2 2,610.973.093
were3 3,916.453.090
is9 11,749.353.071
roon2 2,610.973.049
frae4 5,221.932.915
had3 3,916.452.433
whit4 5,221.932.428
even2 2,610.972.193
fowk3 3,916.452.042
by3 3,916.451.907
or5 6,527.421.880
i2 2,610.971.727
their3 3,916.451.620
there4 5,221.931.616
like4 5,221.931.570
his7 9,138.381.320
when2 2,610.971.279
aa3 3,916.451.202
the38 49,608.360.997
wi8 10,443.860.807
oan2 2,610.970.718
aye2 2,610.970.559
s4 5,221.930.555
if2 2,610.970.512
can2 2,610.970.500
no3 3,916.450.450
sae2 2,610.970.441
tae14 18,276.760.395
noo2 2,610.970.384
he8 10,443.860.239
at4 5,221.930.184
on4 5,221.930.124
mair2 2,610.970.100
doon2 2,610.970.068
nae2 2,610.970.016
a23 30,026.110.012
we3 3,916.450.003
him2 2,610.970.001
they3 3,916.450.000