Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Aitchison, Craig

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 656
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 438
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.498
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, in, ma, bi, sae, o, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Kythe
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (280 words)
Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (277 words)
nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch
Association for Scottish Literature (2022-07-29 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (99 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
witter	3	4,573.17	34.765
sea	5	7,621.95	26.070
autism	2	3,048.78	25.727
watter's	2	3,048.78	25.727
paulie	2	3,048.78	25.727
kythe	3	4,573.17	25.063
blossom	2	3,048.78	22.818
bi	7	10,670.73	18.710
stanes	3	4,573.17	18.681
maps	2	3,048.78	18.396
steert	2	3,048.78	17.780
am	4	6,097.56	17.321
mairches	2	3,048.78	16.779
yird	3	4,573.17	16.661
watter	4	6,097.56	15.524
merks	2	3,048.78	15.472
sae	7	10,670.73	14.931
wirds	4	6,097.56	14.845
star	2	3,048.78	14.138
mirk	2	3,048.78	12.809
miles	2	3,048.78	12.355
haunds	2	3,048.78	11.465
howp	2	3,048.78	11.409
daurk	2	3,048.78	11.353
fir	4	6,097.56	11.287
faimly	2	3,048.78	10.838
mairch	2	3,048.78	10.605
biggit	2	3,048.78	10.137
it's	4	6,097.56	9.561
throu	3	4,573.17	8.628
gae	2	3,048.78	8.096
a'm	2	3,048.78	7.543
roond	2	3,048.78	6.897
ahint	2	3,048.78	6.539
faur	2	3,048.78	6.189
different	2	3,048.78	6.046
aff	4	6,097.56	6.000
gie	3	4,573.17	5.891
oan	4	6,097.56	5.875
o	6	9,146.34	5.422
ower	5	7,621.95	5.230
cannae	2	3,048.78	4.998
dinnae	2	3,048.78	4.863
cauld	2	3,048.78	4.863
aw	5	7,621.95	4.840
ma	7	10,670.73	4.643
room	2	3,048.78	4.634
an	9	13,719.51	4.546
here	3	4,573.17	3.979
frae	4	6,097.56	3.733
the	27	41,158.54	3.703
ken	3	4,573.17	3.371
me	5	7,621.95	2.918
tak	2	3,048.78	2.360
ae	3	4,573.17	2.291
will	2	3,048.78	2.270
juist	2	3,048.78	2.270
it	4	6,097.56	2.185
wey	2	3,048.78	1.962
a	25	38,109.76	1.612
and	2	3,048.78	1.570
awa	2	3,048.78	1.285
no	3	4,573.17	0.812
be	2	3,048.78	0.598
intae	2	3,048.78	0.590
on	3	4,573.17	0.308
wi	6	9,146.34	0.229
in	9	13,719.51	0.158
haim	2	3,048.78	nan
see	2	3,048.78	0.681
this	2	3,048.78	0.113
but	3	4,573.17	0.076
tae	15	22,865.85	0.058
bit	2	3,048.78	0.056
like	2	3,048.78	0.049
oot	3	4,573.17	0.022
nae	2	3,048.78	0.009