Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, J. Barrie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 476
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.556
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, in, i, aa, they, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (176 words)
Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)
Lallans 82 - Forth Brig
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (230 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
towrist	2	4,201.68	27.011
tracks	2	4,201.68	19.676
thon	5	10,504.20	16.886
waas	2	4,201.68	14.159
aa	6	12,605.04	12.390
brig	2	4,201.68	11.079
wi'	2	4,201.68	11.042
stood	2	4,201.68	9.719
then	4	8,403.36	9.653
across	2	4,201.68	8.906
voice	2	4,201.68	8.645
sea	2	4,201.68	8.155
nivver	2	4,201.68	8.138
doon	5	10,504.20	7.897
tak	3	6,302.52	7.078
by	4	8,403.36	6.951
like	5	10,504.20	6.471
ither	3	6,302.52	5.369
through	2	4,201.68	5.100
roon	2	4,201.68	4.627
i	7	14,705.88	4.537
they	5	10,504.20	3.661
cam	2	4,201.68	3.492
ma	5	10,504.20	3.221
frae	3	6,302.52	2.937
up	4	8,403.36	1.917
auld	2	4,201.68	1.901
but	4	8,403.36	1.878
twa	2	4,201.68	1.831
if	2	4,201.68	1.546
it	3	6,302.52	1.460
their	2	4,201.68	1.242
as	5	10,504.20	1.229
me	3	6,302.52	1.133
an	9	18,907.56	0.977
mair	2	4,201.68	0.805
wis	3	6,302.52	0.774
that	3	6,302.52	0.714
tae	13	27,310.92	0.708
ower	2	4,201.68	0.658
a	17	35,714.29	0.631
oot	3	6,302.52	0.438
nae	2	4,201.68	0.267
the	30	63,025.21	0.229
airches	2	4,201.68	nan
wee	2	4,201.68	0.780
aboot	2	4,201.68	0.210
or	2	4,201.68	0.108
o	9	18,907.56	0.075
in	8	16,806.72	0.044
we	2	4,201.68	0.003
at	3	6,302.52	0.001