A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,044
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 429
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.434
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, wis, the, tae, an, she, ma, auntie, aggie, ye,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (133 words)
Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie
Lallans Magazine (2001-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (911 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
aggie16 15,325.67213.646
auntie18 17,241.38170.443
zoo7 6,704.9874.824
wis47 45,019.1668.364
rugby5 4,789.2746.067
forfochten3 2,873.5636.950
lyke5 4,789.2736.463
kirsty5 4,789.2735.127
wisna7 6,704.9826.839
puggies2 1,915.7123.812
lykit2 1,915.7123.812
skivin2 1,915.7123.812
strowth2 1,915.7123.812
she20 19,157.0923.330
maw4 3,831.4223.168
ma18 17,241.3822.503
a59 56,513.4121.481
cages2 1,915.7120.905
werna2 1,915.7120.905
herr2 1,915.7120.905
gaun7 6,704.9820.638
says7 6,704.9820.424
poud2 1,915.7119.264
beady2 1,915.7119.264
hamelt3 2,873.5619.221
cuid5 4,789.2718.598
daen3 2,873.5618.049
a'd3 2,873.5617.445
awfu3 2,873.5616.479
towe2 1,915.7116.170
nivver4 3,831.4215.747
ye're3 2,873.5615.315
but14 13,409.9614.692
onything3 2,873.5613.923
daur2 1,915.7113.737
we're3 2,873.5613.479
in4 3,831.4213.452
born3 2,873.5613.432
me12 11,494.2512.960
cloot2 1,915.7112.249
shairly2 1,915.7111.824
fur10 9,578.5411.605
whit9 8,620.6911.343
o't2 1,915.7110.931
a'm3 2,873.5610.889
agin3 2,873.5610.521
thon5 4,789.2710.444
mibbie2 1,915.7110.079
wird3 2,873.569.927
onywey2 1,915.719.833
she's2 1,915.719.773
makkit2 1,915.719.602
ye14 13,409.968.866
wan4 3,831.428.618
wir4 3,831.428.398
oh3 2,873.568.297
inglish2 1,915.717.818
didna4 3,831.427.804
o10 9,578.547.792
watchin2 1,915.717.683
the41 39,272.037.664
flair2 1,915.717.490
ago2 1,915.717.277
mooth2 1,915.717.219
shut2 1,915.717.190
whan5 4,789.276.927
on14 13,409.966.733
see6 5,747.136.679
ask2 1,915.716.560
dae5 4,789.276.408
cam4 3,831.426.300
duin2 1,915.715.948
leuk2 1,915.715.661
bonnie2 1,915.715.314
bad2 1,915.715.265
makkin2 1,915.714.987
back6 5,747.134.651
tae33 31,609.204.543
hoo2 1,915.714.231
mak3 2,873.563.502
gang2 1,915.713.324
kin2 1,915.713.187
years2 1,915.713.117
ee-broos2 1,915.71nan
come3 2,873.563.113
wee5 4,789.272.654
thaim3 2,873.562.606
face2 1,915.712.369
noo4 3,831.422.280
mither2 1,915.712.255
as3 2,873.562.211
so3 2,873.562.177
wi12 11,494.251.981
oot2 1,915.711.641
ken3 2,873.561.579
richt3 2,873.561.531
door2 1,915.711.523
get3 2,873.561.438
een2 1,915.711.420
had3 2,873.561.393
think2 1,915.711.265
it's2 1,915.711.221
hoose2 1,915.711.018
thocht2 1,915.710.981
pit2 1,915.710.967
got2 1,915.710.842
aw4 3,831.420.747
heid2 1,915.710.731
guid2 1,915.710.619
here2 1,915.710.515
efter2 1,915.710.488
i8 7,662.840.474
her7 6,704.980.463
aboot2 1,915.710.444
weel2 1,915.710.440
us2 1,915.710.299
are2 1,915.710.287
an29 27,777.780.236
twa2 1,915.710.236
teegers2 1,915.71nan
up5 4,789.270.235
we5 4,789.270.173
it11 10,536.400.155
jist2 1,915.710.134
ay2 1,915.710.126
hae3 2,873.560.120
if2 1,915.710.095
ower2 1,915.710.049
doon2 1,915.710.031
their2 1,915.710.029
no3 2,873.560.023
at7 6,704.980.015
time2 1,915.710.009
huidie2 1,915.71nan
that11 10,536.400.048
mair2 1,915.710.009
you2 1,915.710.002
nae3 2,873.560.000