A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Moodie, Gordon D.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,725
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 708
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.436
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, ah, a, tae, o, ma, wiz, in, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Stirling Brig
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)
Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock
Lallans Magazine (2017-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (1,624 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
heez22 12,753.62236.569
iz21 12,173.91158.869
seys12 6,956.52139.131
morton12 6,956.52122.328
ah57 33,043.48111.472
wiz26 15,072.46102.670
snoke7 4,057.9783.866
heem7 4,057.9766.889
whin12 6,956.5262.105
ah'm9 5,217.3947.952
ma31 17,971.0143.129
hud11 6,376.8140.374
ah've6 3,478.2637.029
caws4 2,318.8432.851
oan15 8,695.6530.658
sadie3 1,739.1330.210
thur's3 1,739.1326.323
fur19 11,014.4925.928
erchie4 2,318.8425.265
foond4 2,318.8423.797
hur3 1,739.1323.545
windae6 3,478.2622.842
dabs2 1,159.4221.862
alzheimer's2 1,159.4221.862
hoover2 1,159.4220.139
goat6 3,478.2618.497
sue2 1,159.4218.052
sherbet2 1,159.4218.052
stirling2 1,159.4217.318
indwallers2 1,159.4216.700
theem7 4,057.97nan
cuppa2 1,159.4216.700
appen2 1,159.4216.700
dustin2 1,159.4216.165
gang6 3,478.2615.941
dash2 1,159.4215.695
tellt4 2,318.8415.154
cissie7 4,057.97nan
stairheid2 1,159.4216.165
kilts2 1,159.4214.896
wud4 2,318.8414.601
cams2 1,159.4214.551
thur4 2,318.8414.410
needit3 1,739.1314.315
anely4 2,318.8414.270
week4 2,318.8413.738
git5 2,898.5513.119
wiss2 1,159.4212.946
speirs2 1,159.4212.946
fridge2 1,159.4212.733
sneck2 1,159.4212.733
neb3 1,739.1312.626
hum2 1,159.4212.339
taxi2 1,159.4212.156
it's7 4,057.9711.893
wir6 3,478.2611.643
me15 8,695.6511.155
cawin2 1,159.4211.073
bit13 7,536.2310.880
cloot2 1,159.4210.569
hoose7 4,057.9710.543
bin4 2,318.8410.483
laddie3 1,739.1310.345
fish3 1,739.1310.175
aw12 6,956.5210.113
strang3 1,739.139.971
i2 1,159.429.683
brave2 1,159.429.200
ye2 1,159.428.433
ilka4 2,318.848.213
is3 1,739.137.706
luikit2 1,159.427.421
sax2 1,159.426.953
ivery2 1,159.426.824
daes2 1,159.426.660
wrang3 1,739.136.618
een5 2,898.556.385
auld7 4,057.976.308
brig2 1,159.426.173
dr2 1,159.425.842
hame5 2,898.555.523
widnae2 1,159.425.484
mynd2 1,159.425.373
wull3 1,739.135.036
awa6 3,478.264.842
day8 4,637.684.730
tea2 1,159.424.499
he24 13,913.044.490
take2 1,159.424.262
rin2 1,159.424.243
bein4 2,318.844.162
door4 2,318.844.069
ur2 1,159.423.939
maks2 1,159.423.939
an58 33,623.193.886
didnae3 1,739.133.831
aimbulance3 1,739.13nan
thae3 1,739.133.831
tho3 1,739.133.792
aince2 1,159.423.620
whae2 1,159.423.545
onny3 1,739.13nan
with2 1,159.423.604
streeps3 1,739.13nan
as5 2,898.553.674
haein2 1,159.423.202
fower2 1,159.423.202
granny'2 1,159.42nan
and6 3,478.263.080
daein2 1,159.423.052
we3 1,739.132.876
place3 1,739.132.856
at6 3,478.262.802
bide2 1,159.422.640
richt5 2,898.552.612
they3 1,739.132.589
oh2 1,159.422.531
naw2 1,159.422.454
ane4 2,318.842.416
tell3 1,739.132.370
twa5 2,898.552.301
times2 1,159.422.291
hiz2 1,159.422.257
of5 2,898.552.256
morton's2 1,159.42nan
should2 1,159.422.810
coorse2 1,159.422.223
haun2 1,159.421.826
cauld2 1,159.421.799
hale2 1,159.421.745
kin2 1,159.421.745
faither2 1,159.421.719
efter4 2,318.841.705
oot11 6,376.811.690
name2 1,159.421.618
or3 1,739.131.547
prowess'2 1,159.42nan
flat'2 1,159.42nan
thon3 1,739.131.544
tak3 1,739.131.372
yon2 1,159.421.272
want2 1,159.421.214
ower2 1,159.421.078
sic2 1,159.421.050
days2 1,159.421.033
fae7 4,057.970.973
diznae2 1,159.42nan
the90 52,173.911.047
mither2 1,159.420.950
nae3 1,739.130.867
hae6 3,478.260.784
lang3 1,739.130.737
theez2 1,159.42nan
be6 3,478.260.927
baith2 1,159.420.721
it24 13,913.040.659
ain3 1,739.130.656
vanilla2 1,159.42nan
tae42 24,347.830.643
wid3 1,739.130.591
streep2 1,159.42nan
sae4 2,318.840.538
marzipan2 1,159.42nan
ither3 1,739.130.474
cumfurt2 1,159.42nan
whit5 2,898.550.422
weel3 1,739.130.403
intae4 2,318.840.376
yin2 1,159.420.367
their2 1,159.420.333
new2 1,159.420.330
wi15 8,695.650.327
maist2 1,159.420.307
that15 8,695.650.257
cotton-woo2 1,159.42nan
see2 1,159.420.230
aff3 1,739.130.213
by2 1,159.420.200
my2 1,159.420.173
muckle2 1,159.420.156
fowk2 1,159.420.150
in25 14,492.750.142
pit2 1,159.420.138
oor2 1,159.420.118
back3 1,739.130.077
up6 3,478.260.064
ba's2 1,159.42nan
if3 1,739.130.061
heid2 1,159.420.060
had2 1,159.420.055
no4 2,318.840.051
man2 1,159.420.039
frae3 1,739.130.035
than2 1,159.420.027
us2 1,159.420.027
noo3 1,739.130.013
o35 20,289.860.012
she9 5,217.390.008
a51 29,565.220.002
time3 1,739.130.001
afore2 1,159.420.001