A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hodgson, Brent

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 3,036
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,281
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.37
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, tae, is, on, at, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (806 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,539 words)
Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems
Lallans Magazine (2001-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (531 words)
Lallans 58 - The Rooks
Lallans Magazine (2001-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (160 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
beuk13 4,281.9592.397
bike13 4,281.9582.219
poems14 4,611.3375.512
hes13 4,281.9561.798
wis2 658.7646.824
poem10 3,293.8141.953
haiku4 1,317.5241.687
hyde5 1,646.9040.162
that3 988.1440.039
baskin4 1,317.5239.059
shepherd5 1,646.9038.548
wyfe4 1,317.5234.350
jack6 1,976.2833.850
the255 83,992.0932.600
shark4 1,317.5232.306
jekyll4 1,317.5230.690
gaes6 1,976.2829.283
wes15 4,940.7128.383
brock3 988.1426.713
quad14 4,611.33nan
yuise3 988.1428.295
jackie4 1,317.5226.335
sheep6 1,976.2825.794
yon11 3,623.1925.774
ar7 2,305.6725.702
wudna3 988.1425.476
backgrun3 988.1425.476
defineetion3 988.1424.457
apon3 988.1424.457
readin6 1,976.2823.652
luve5 1,646.9023.455
kay3 988.1422.837
sonnet3 988.1422.837
o103 33,926.2222.768
wud6 1,976.2822.675
wha11 3,623.1922.451
betty3 988.1422.169
spence3 988.1422.169
hie4 1,317.5221.990
kennedy3 988.1421.570
hir8 2,635.0521.361
whilk5 1,646.9021.028
wul5 1,646.9019.708
it13 4,281.9519.662
naether2 658.7619.528
novella2 658.7619.528
punctuation2 658.7619.528
princesses2 658.7619.528
anerly2 658.7619.528
epitaphs2 658.7619.528
'2 658.7619.528
wer3 988.1419.251
weill7 2,305.6719.115
at's5 1,646.9018.558
blackhall3 988.1418.533
sum5 1,646.9018.293
ir7 2,305.6717.438
career3 988.1417.051
soud3 988.1416.796
vairsions2 658.7616.629
marrae2 658.7616.629
sik3 988.1416.551
sheena3 988.1416.551
plot2 658.7615.727
fra2 658.7615.727
yirdit2 658.7615.727
frainch2 658.7615.727
roamin2 658.7615.727
novel3 988.1415.666
she3 988.1415.631
men's2 658.7614.379
makar3 988.1414.227
isna5 1,646.9013.943
braes3 988.1413.919
is37 12,187.0913.825
mackay2 658.7613.380
whispers2 658.7613.380
pictish2 658.7613.380
whan12 3,952.5713.112
subjeck3 988.1412.591
lan3 988.1412.591
be-in2 658.7612.587
bi12 3,952.5712.377
up2 658.7612.256
pruive2 658.7612.243
ridin2 658.7612.243
reiver2 658.7612.243
with5 1,646.9011.690
white5 1,646.9011.612
objeck2 658.7611.367
finnd3 988.1411.335
mune2 658.7611.114
hou6 1,976.2811.014
kis3 988.1410.974
buit2 658.7610.877
here11 3,623.1910.820
warna2 658.7610.654
graphic2 658.7610.443
iain2 658.7610.244
midgie5 1,646.90nan
edinburgh4 1,317.5210.948
gae4 1,317.5210.099
speik2 658.7610.055
ilk4 1,317.5210.011
bot5 1,646.909.955
disna4 1,317.529.882
plane2 658.769.874
deith2 658.769.538
picturs2 658.769.538
granite2 658.769.538
sun5 1,646.909.336
owther5 1,646.90nan
shepherds2 658.7619.528
ettle3 988.149.278
fantoosh2 658.769.229
reader2 658.769.084
wurd2 658.769.084
na5 1,646.908.952
fitt2 658.768.944
airlie2 658.768.810
thrie2 658.768.810
humour2 658.768.680
fowk12 3,952.578.658
cum3 988.148.632
press3 988.148.261
grant2 658.768.202
includit2 658.768.092
cuttin2 658.768.092
heeze2 658.767.985
chapter2 658.767.683
radical2 658.767.494
sudden2 658.767.404
characters2 658.767.315
form3 988.147.172
he14 4,611.337.100
craitur2 658.766.983
the'r3 988.146.935
mr4 1,317.526.926
derk2 658.766.905
they4 1,317.526.831
wurds2 658.766.828
bird2 658.766.828
gress2 658.766.828
dead2 658.766.680
echt2 658.766.608
poet2 658.766.468
your5 1,646.906.429
weir2 658.766.401
de2 658.766.335
war7 2,305.676.263
bit2 658.766.209
coud2 658.766.206
fore2 658.766.022
bak2 658.766.022
braw4 1,317.526.015
shaws2 658.765.791
polis2 658.765.736
p2 658.765.736
wesna2 658.765.682
haill2 658.765.628
feck2 658.765.576
agane2 658.765.524
hame7 2,305.675.511
durin2 658.765.473
herd2 658.765.473
daurk2 658.765.473
lichts2 658.765.473
awfu2 658.765.423
university2 658.765.374
puir3 988.145.370
accoont2 658.765.325
gif2 658.765.184
thay4 1,317.525.175
leuk3 988.145.037
wun2 658.765.004
bidin2 658.764.961
my7 2,305.674.921
speir2 658.764.714
mebbe3 988.144.686
aiberdeen2 658.764.636
poetry2 658.764.559
may2 658.764.485
james2 658.764.485
lest2 658.764.449
tae49 16,139.664.362
red2 658.764.342
micht6 1,976.284.309
suddenly2 658.764.307
tale2 658.764.205
spring2 658.764.205
deid3 988.144.031
glesca2 658.763.981
back2 658.763.937
and12 3,952.573.886
maitter2 658.763.801
stap2 658.763.773
dr2 658.763.744
flair2 658.763.660
thir4 1,317.523.498
throu4 1,317.523.498
aboot4 1,317.523.494
true2 658.763.424
airt2 658.763.399
sair3 988.143.387
eftir2 658.763.349
on27 8,893.283.310
atween4 1,317.523.236
park2 658.763.230
you2 658.763.170
reid2 658.763.116
twa8 2,635.052.976
lay2 658.762.902
toun2 658.762.802
thair6 1,976.282.779
aa10 3,293.812.729
och2 658.762.725
sang2 658.762.687
taks2 658.762.650
rooks2 658.76nan
see9 2,964.432.785
wrait2 658.76nan
wind2 658.763.301
high2 658.762.650
winter2 658.762.632
of8 2,635.052.629
mind5 1,646.902.539
haes6 1,976.282.482
hill2 658.762.406
gin5 1,646.902.321
writin2 658.762.278
dis4 1,317.522.237
scots6 1,976.282.207
tellin2 658.762.202
wee3 988.142.197
this17 5,599.472.196
erth2 658.76nan
an64 21,080.372.447
owre2 658.762.172
wint2 658.762.143
a103 33,926.222.137
maks2 658.762.128
oot8 2,635.052.089
gies2 658.762.085
nou3 988.142.048
scottish4 1,317.522.010
year5 1,646.902.002
take2 658.761.949
ti8 2,635.051.936
i24 7,905.141.808
leid4 1,317.521.803
ay2 658.761.758
or6 1,976.281.744
fower2 658.761.725
jist2 658.761.684
kirk2 658.761.679
said7 2,305.671.610
lat2 658.761.590
thae3 988.141.585
wi17 5,599.471.531
tarot2 658.76nan
anither4 1,317.521.530
ae8 2,635.051.505
at25 8,234.521.494
all2 658.761.445
alang3 988.141.426
dinna3 988.141.378
whaur4 1,317.521.347
like5 1,646.901.327
for22 7,246.381.305
anent2 658.761.295
want3 988.141.237
had2 658.761.234
tap2 658.761.216
what3 988.141.212
leids2 658.761.199
gey3 988.141.182
as14 4,611.331.154
haud2 658.761.142
us2 658.761.053
licht2 658.761.049
new4 1,317.521.018
man5 1,646.901.016
me7 2,305.670.998
rodeo2 658.76nan
onie2 658.760.955
mak4 1,317.520.955
sae7 2,305.670.922
guid5 1,646.900.913
it's4 1,317.520.910
nae6 1,976.280.903
nicht4 1,317.520.891
times2 658.760.888
awa2 658.760.877
john2 658.760.824
canna2 658.760.812
its2 658.760.799
enfield's2 658.76nan
turn2 658.761.406
came2 658.760.794
but9 2,964.430.782
comes2 658.760.736
by3 988.140.653
muckle4 1,317.520.647
men2 658.760.645
life3 988.140.636
wark2 658.760.605
rain2 658.760.581
gang2 658.760.539
than2 658.760.512
been4 1,317.520.501
til3 988.140.421
name2 658.760.416
road2 658.760.405
thaim4 1,317.520.392
nor3 988.140.384
cud2 658.760.373
ane4 1,317.520.370
heid2 658.760.363
we10 3,293.810.341
hed2 658.760.339
in51 16,798.420.308
made3 988.140.281
till2 658.760.278
frae7 2,305.670.228
onnerstaun2 658.76nan
fae7 2,305.670.221
set2 658.760.217
to3 988.140.198
ken3 988.140.190
be17 5,599.470.178
hae6 1,976.280.160
come2 658.760.136
ye15 4,940.710.121
face2 658.760.120
aye5 1,646.900.112
hadfield2 658.76nan
dae3 988.140.111
mair7 2,305.670.100
freits2 658.76nan
scotland4 1,317.520.204
ower6 1,976.280.095
left2 658.760.093
mither2 658.760.093
days2 658.760.090
afore3 988.140.088
thing2 658.760.067
cam2 658.760.062
tarset2 658.76nan
hoose3 988.140.062
were3 988.140.053
think2 658.760.050
ither3 988.140.047
maist2 658.760.033
gie2 658.760.031
can5 1,646.900.028
his18 5,928.850.027
oor4 1,317.520.026
thon2 658.760.014
big2 658.760.006
telt2 658.760.004
yin2 658.760.004
richt4 1,317.520.003
auld4 1,317.520.001
bloodaxe2 658.76nan
day6 1,976.280.001
lang3 988.140.001
get4 1,317.520.000
no8 2,635.050.000