A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cairns, Pauline

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 739
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.142
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, we, for, wi, guid,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (427 words)
Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (312 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
snd6 8,119.0858.169
ingan4 5,412.7244.694
add5 6,765.9043.720
bacon4 5,412.7240.168
supplement3 4,059.5439.108
stock4 5,412.7235.526
oven3 4,059.5429.072
dost3 4,059.5426.721
beef3 4,059.5426.405
chappit3 4,059.5425.550
parsley2 2,706.3625.250
cubes2 2,706.3625.250
mushrooms2 2,706.3625.250
sprig2 2,706.3623.525
herbs2 2,706.3623.525
guid8 10,825.4423.048
we're4 5,412.7222.844
cook3 4,059.5422.193
olive2 2,706.3621.435
oral2 2,706.3620.699
collectin2 2,706.3619.542
susan2 2,706.3619.542
ingans2 2,706.3619.542
pat3 4,059.5418.760
salt2 2,706.3618.649
oor8 10,825.4418.202
pepper2 2,706.3617.305
steep2 2,706.3617.305
addin2 2,706.3617.305
ile2 2,706.3615.330
big5 6,765.9014.605
dundee2 2,706.3614.411
hooanever2 2,706.3614.147
grant2 2,706.3613.781
yin5 6,765.9013.334
twa-three2 2,706.3612.261
pan2 2,706.3612.261
above2 2,706.3612.032
daein3 4,059.5411.182
university2 2,706.3610.521
wee7 9,472.2610.249
we10 13,531.8010.221
intil3 4,059.5410.216
goat3 4,059.5410.127
yaise2 2,706.369.636
readin2 2,706.369.190
new4 5,412.728.922
easy2 2,706.368.521
us5 6,765.908.438
oan5 6,765.908.167
had5 6,765.908.050
fur7 9,472.267.987
either2 2,706.367.980
pit4 5,412.727.832
until2 2,706.367.277
too2 2,706.367.236
unner2 2,706.366.726
find2 2,706.366.588
enough2 2,706.366.407
fine3 4,059.546.243
past2 2,706.365.478
mak3 4,059.545.009
year3 4,059.544.849
if4 5,412.724.479
aboot6 8,119.084.435
oot7 9,472.263.619
no5 6,765.903.441
three2 2,706.363.420
weel3 4,059.543.171
dae3 4,059.543.167
thing2 2,706.363.083
wir2 2,706.363.073
tae23 31,123.142.869
for8 10,825.442.824
o22 29,769.962.662
twa3 4,059.542.606
anither2 2,706.362.573
ower4 5,412.722.395
an26 35,182.682.354
mind2 2,706.362.328
gie2 2,706.362.275
it's2 2,706.362.163
hae4 5,412.722.118
at2 2,706.362.041
could2 2,706.362.018
tak2 2,706.362.018
wey2 2,706.361.640
when2 2,706.361.366
so2 2,706.361.326
but5 6,765.901.294
is7 9,472.261.130
its2 2,706.361.062
whit3 4,059.541.011
wi8 10,825.440.979
ken2 2,706.360.911
and3 4,059.540.837
the48 64,952.640.661
as3 4,059.540.591
them2 2,706.360.466
noo2 2,706.360.440
this4 5,412.720.428
nae3 4,059.540.337
burgundy2 2,706.36nan
time2 2,706.360.312
yer2 2,706.360.303
that6 8,119.080.249
in10 13,531.800.216
back2 2,706.360.150
be3 4,059.540.148
a20 27,063.600.141
or3 4,059.540.120
it8 10,825.440.055
aw2 2,706.360.036
ye4 5,412.720.000
ah4 5,412.720.000
bourguignon2 2,706.36nan
fae2 2,706.360.000