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 7,968.1353.153
houever5 2,845.7646.722
maugre5 2,845.7639.993
border6 3,414.9134.148
thorough3 1,707.4633.912
jess3 1,707.4633.912
geyan3 1,707.4626.213
disjaskit3 1,707.4625.543
weirs3 1,707.4624.395
weird4 2,276.6122.711
perceivit2 1,138.3021.788
frae15 8,537.2821.359
borderers2 1,138.3020.065
chronicles2 1,138.3020.065
stickit2 1,138.3020.065
buik5 2,845.7619.737
novel3 1,707.4618.992
lealtie2 1,138.3018.884
rivin2 1,138.3017.979
heilan2 1,138.3016.626
oan11 6,260.6716.580
reivers2 1,138.3016.092
scunnersome2 1,138.3014.824
analysis2 1,138.3014.824
craters2 1,138.3014.478
cams2 1,138.3014.478
athout2 1,138.3014.478
releegious2 1,138.3013.867
eident2 1,138.3013.339
shell2 1,138.3013.099
coarner2 1,138.3012.458
tait2 1,138.3012.083
story4 2,276.6111.811
dan3 1,707.4611.724
lunnon2 1,138.3011.582
reader2 1,138.3011.280
deid4 2,276.6111.011
thrie2 1,138.3011.001
weill4 2,276.6110.983
whan8 4,553.2210.395
gas2 1,138.3010.269
it8 4,553.2210.187
reek2 1,138.3010.159
or15 8,537.2810.126
anent4 2,276.6110.071
whole2 1,138.3010.053
michael2 1,138.309.849
edinburgh3 1,707.469.673
rael2 1,138.309.472
drama2 1,138.309.472
scrievit2 1,138.309.383
haar2 1,138.309.383
ends2 1,138.309.383
whase2 1,138.308.815
taks3 1,707.468.760
etc2 1,138.308.668
hantle2 1,138.308.390
plain2 1,138.308.132
had8 4,553.228.088
luve2 1,138.308.071
on3 1,707.468.059
invernevis3 1,707.46nan
grun3 1,707.467.855
whether2 1,138.307.834
german2 1,138.307.666
his20 11,383.047.630
estate2 1,138.307.612
haill2 1,138.307.454
with3 1,707.467.375
whiles3 1,707.467.118
family2 1,138.306.885
orra2 1,138.306.885
gart2 1,138.306.841
thae4 2,276.616.786
are7 3,984.066.698
sindry2 1,138.306.512
won2 1,138.306.285
wheen3 1,707.465.843
maist5 2,845.765.843
gets2 1,138.305.744
mak5 2,845.765.612
kintra2 1,138.305.253
wha4 2,276.615.142
mary2 1,138.305.097
been8 4,553.225.089
hou3 1,707.464.826
tuik2 1,138.304.760
for4 2,276.614.517
never3 1,707.464.498
lift2 1,138.304.456
at5 2,845.764.437
son2 1,138.304.415
tent2 1,138.304.143
nor4 2,276.614.012
tree2 1,138.303.946
word2 1,138.303.946
maks2 1,138.303.878
monie2 1,138.303.651
o48 27,319.293.482
black2 1,138.303.471
atween3 1,707.463.388
fur9 5,122.373.362
this12 6,829.823.345
face3 1,707.463.169
haein2 1,138.303.143
wi20 11,383.043.104
sic3 1,707.463.049
street2 1,138.302.946
gaelic3 1,707.462.934
afore5 2,845.762.925
bairnt2 1,138.30nan
bairn2 1,138.302.923
faur2 1,138.302.819
aw8 4,553.222.818
who2 1,138.302.753
but3 1,707.462.726
sair2 1,138.302.710
thaim4 2,276.612.339
heid4 2,276.612.234
coorse2 1,138.302.170
jess's2 1,138.30nan
comin2 1,138.302.112
wis12 6,829.822.059
warld2 1,138.301.986
be5 2,845.761.982
bein3 1,707.461.917
oot4 2,276.611.856
so4 2,276.611.856
scots3 1,707.461.833
heard2 1,138.301.770
faither2 1,138.301.670
micht3 1,707.461.622
her13 7,398.981.573
it's3 1,707.461.479
sae5 2,845.761.467
cud2 1,138.301.420
they4 2,276.611.382
while2 1,138.301.308
win2 1,138.301.272
dinna2 1,138.301.262
wee6 3,414.911.227
hoose3 1,707.461.101
gey2 1,138.301.081
left2 1,138.300.945
yer5 2,845.760.937
of4 2,276.610.899
a58 33,010.810.788
ye7 3,984.060.699
him3 1,707.460.682
up9 5,122.370.669
life2 1,138.300.668
guid3 1,707.460.630
and9 5,122.370.625
like3 1,707.460.611
no3 1,707.460.601
big2 1,138.300.567
you2 1,138.300.472
mair5 2,845.760.458
fin2 1,138.300.452
is13 7,398.980.408
that20 11,383.040.387
their2 1,138.300.368
hae3 1,707.460.359
een2 1,138.300.359
intae4 2,276.610.336
as9 5,122.370.310
ower3 1,707.460.234
tae35 19,920.320.210
tak2 1,138.300.205
hame2 1,138.300.205
come2 1,138.300.171
juist2 1,138.300.171
whit3 1,707.460.162
my2 1,138.300.154
muckle2 1,138.300.138
in29 16,505.410.091
wey2 1,138.300.074
the104 59,191.800.059
there5 2,845.760.051
auld2 1,138.300.044
was2 1,138.300.033
scotland2 1,138.300.014
an46 26,180.990.013
he15 8,537.280.009
its2 1,138.300.003
she9 5,122.370.001
efter2 1,138.300.001
were2 1,138.300.001
bi2 1,138.300.000
nae5 2,845.760.000