A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matheson, Ann

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,757
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 915
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.92
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, tae, in, his, that, wi, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 84 - Attrition
Lallans Magazine (2014-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (353 words)
Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (798 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (606 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
lik14 7,968.1353.065
houever5 2,845.7646.525
maugre5 2,845.7640.297
border6 3,414.9133.917
thorough3 1,707.4633.794
jess3 1,707.4633.794
geyan3 1,707.4626.096
disjaskit3 1,707.4625.426
weirs3 1,707.4624.278
weird4 2,276.6122.707
perceivit2 1,138.3021.710
frae15 8,537.2821.592
chronicles2 1,138.3019.987
stickit2 1,138.3019.987
borderers2 1,138.3019.987
buik5 2,845.7619.668
novel3 1,707.4618.876
lealtie2 1,138.3018.805
rivin2 1,138.3017.901
heilan2 1,138.3016.548
reivers2 1,138.3016.014
oan11 6,260.6715.836
analysis2 1,138.3015.125
scunnersome2 1,138.3014.746
craters2 1,138.3014.400
cams2 1,138.3014.400
athout2 1,138.3014.400
releegious2 1,138.3014.083
eident2 1,138.3013.261
shell2 1,138.3013.261
coarner2 1,138.3012.583
story4 2,276.6112.107
tait2 1,138.3012.006
gas2 1,138.3011.505
lunnon2 1,138.3011.505
reader2 1,138.3011.203
dan3 1,707.4611.175
deid4 2,276.6110.958
thrie2 1,138.3010.924
weill4 2,276.6110.870
or15 8,537.2810.470
it8 4,553.2210.441
whan8 4,553.2210.425
anent4 2,276.6110.239
reek2 1,138.3010.083
invernevis3 1,707.46nan
scrievit2 1,138.309.873
whole2 1,138.309.773
michael2 1,138.309.773
edinburgh3 1,707.469.641
ends2 1,138.309.486
haar2 1,138.309.396
drama2 1,138.309.396
rael2 1,138.309.396
whase2 1,138.309.053
etc2 1,138.308.972
taks3 1,707.468.783
had8 4,553.228.444
hantle2 1,138.308.383
plain2 1,138.308.120
luve2 1,138.308.058
whether2 1,138.308.058
on3 1,707.467.912
grun3 1,707.467.857
his20 11,383.047.728
haill2 1,138.307.647
german2 1,138.307.592
estate2 1,138.307.538
with3 1,707.467.223
whiles3 1,707.467.153
gart2 1,138.306.945
orra2 1,138.306.812
thae4 2,276.616.802
family2 1,138.306.726
sindry2 1,138.306.440
are7 3,984.066.436
won2 1,138.306.213
wheen3 1,707.466.190
maist5 2,845.765.995
mak5 2,845.765.735
gets2 1,138.305.673
kintra2 1,138.305.376
wha4 2,276.615.207
mary2 1,138.305.053
been8 4,553.224.961
hou3 1,707.464.812
tuik2 1,138.304.691
for4 2,276.614.542
lift2 1,138.304.409
at5 2,845.764.372
son2 1,138.304.347
tent2 1,138.304.267
never3 1,707.464.230
nor4 2,276.614.091
tree2 1,138.303.950
word2 1,138.303.880
maks2 1,138.303.829
o48 27,319.293.692
monie2 1,138.303.681
atween3 1,707.463.509
fur9 5,122.373.404
this12 6,829.823.374
black2 1,138.303.364
sic3 1,707.463.184
gaelic3 1,707.463.176
wi20 11,383.043.162
haein2 1,138.303.145
face3 1,707.463.037
afore5 2,845.763.010
street2 1,138.302.957
bairn2 1,138.302.944
faur2 1,138.302.827
but3 1,707.462.804
sair2 1,138.302.682
who2 1,138.302.682
aw8 4,553.222.667
thaim4 2,276.612.345
heid4 2,276.612.179
coorse2 1,138.302.164
wis12 6,829.822.162
jess's2 1,138.30nan
comin2 1,138.302.081
be5 2,845.762.011
warld2 1,138.301.985
bein3 1,707.461.922
oot4 2,276.611.895
scots3 1,707.461.867
so4 2,276.611.799
heard2 1,138.301.724
faither2 1,138.301.644
micht3 1,707.461.634
her13 7,398.981.518
cud2 1,138.301.502
sae5 2,845.761.475
it's3 1,707.461.423
while2 1,138.301.376
win2 1,138.301.355
they4 2,276.611.338
dinna2 1,138.301.240
wee6 3,414.911.235
hoose3 1,707.461.161
gey2 1,138.301.093
left2 1,138.300.934
yer5 2,845.760.921
of4 2,276.610.815
a58 33,010.810.801
ye7 3,984.060.717
up9 5,122.370.686
him3 1,707.460.681
like3 1,707.460.672
life2 1,138.300.670
and9 5,122.370.667
no3 1,707.460.654
guid3 1,707.460.631
big2 1,138.300.603
mair5 2,845.760.497
fin2 1,138.300.437
that20 11,383.040.417
is13 7,398.980.398
een2 1,138.300.363
their2 1,138.300.345
hae3 1,707.460.310
intae4 2,276.610.298
as9 5,122.370.272
ower3 1,707.460.239
tak2 1,138.300.214
hame2 1,138.300.203
tae35 19,920.320.187
whit3 1,707.460.184
bairnt2 1,138.30nan
you2 1,138.300.582
juist2 1,138.300.176
come2 1,138.300.160
muckle2 1,138.300.148
my2 1,138.300.133
in29 16,505.410.106
wey2 1,138.300.073
was2 1,138.300.062
auld2 1,138.300.053
there5 2,845.760.048
an46 26,180.990.040
the104 59,191.800.033
scotland2 1,138.300.015
he15 8,537.280.006
she9 5,122.370.002
its2 1,138.300.001
bi2 1,138.300.001
efter2 1,138.300.000
were2 1,138.300.000
nae5 2,845.760.000