A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Aitken, Jim

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,473
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 538
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.738
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, we, tae, o, wis, a, oor, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - In mindin o Uday Abu Mohsen
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (211 words)
Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (1,262 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
iraq7 4,752.2186.078
israel6 4,073.3269.950
eil6 4,073.3269.950
thit13 8,825.5357.828
we31 21,045.4952.579
oor19 12,898.8548.992
gote6 4,073.3245.882
justice5 3,394.4338.817
cos7 4,752.2135.029
nemme3 2,036.6632.740
middle7 4,752.2132.585
mistakes3 2,036.6627.267
aw17 11,541.0726.997
interest5 3,394.4326.443
mannie5 3,394.4324.867
east5 3,394.4324.782
national6 4,073.3224.744
islam2 1,357.7722.492
afghanistan2 1,357.7722.492
cia2 1,357.7722.492
weil3 2,036.6621.180
socialists2 1,357.7720.769
saddam8 5,431.09nan
stooshies2 1,357.7722.492
invade2 1,357.7719.587
britherhood2 1,357.7719.587
invadin2 1,357.7719.587
laden2 1,357.7717.947
invasion2 1,357.7717.947
helped3 2,036.6617.815
allies2 1,357.7717.328
imperial2 1,357.7717.328
abody3 2,036.6616.324
shia6 4,073.32nan
scooby2 1,357.7716.793
trained2 1,357.7715.523
in44 29,871.0115.391
uday7 4,752.21nan
pouer3 2,036.6616.434
creation2 1,357.7715.177
a21 14,256.6214.485
gaein3 2,036.6614.242
couldnae4 2,715.5514.181
warld5 3,394.4313.847
carrots2 1,357.7713.795
palestine5 3,394.43nan
naebdy2 1,357.7713.355
iran6 4,073.32nan
aist2 1,357.7713.795
folks2 1,357.7713.153
socialism2 1,357.7713.153
lines3 2,036.6612.963
hale5 3,394.4312.901
create2 1,357.7712.777
hae12 8,146.6412.649
insteed2 1,357.7712.602
they16 10,862.1912.383
killt2 1,357.7712.119
cry3 2,036.6612.078
riddae5 3,394.43nan
france2 1,357.7711.971
gied5 3,394.4311.769
cried4 2,715.5511.617
an60 40,733.2011.213
get8 5,431.0910.802
hezbollah4 2,715.55nan
was7 4,752.2110.781
rid3 2,036.6610.500
blether2 1,357.779.892
neebors2 1,357.779.809
hamas4 2,715.55nan
seems3 2,036.669.380
keek2 1,357.779.202
loud2 1,357.779.065
leaves2 1,357.778.933
thrang2 1,357.778.805
britain2 1,357.778.743
secret2 1,357.778.390
whae3 2,036.668.218
as2 1,357.778.058
has4 2,715.557.995
us7 4,752.217.990
mair9 6,109.987.595
richts2 1,357.777.544
commies4 2,715.55nan
services2 1,357.777.544
lebanon4 2,715.55nan
stert3 2,036.669.792
when6 4,073.327.453
grew2 1,357.777.414
bin3 2,036.667.184
createt3 2,036.66nan
paice3 2,036.66nan
so6 4,073.327.308
rise2 1,357.776.583
if7 4,752.216.547
ah2 1,357.776.480
wan4 2,715.556.427
kuwait3 2,036.66nan
were6 4,073.326.509
show2 1,357.776.084
them7 4,752.215.944
must2 1,357.775.406
but12 8,146.645.231
happened2 1,357.775.135
plaice3 2,036.66nan
anely2 1,357.775.201
since2 1,357.775.114
state2 1,357.775.071
done2 1,357.775.071
why2 1,357.774.731
war4 2,715.554.484
keep3 2,036.664.273
agin2 1,357.774.258
yon3 2,036.664.254
gaza3 2,036.66nan
dae5 3,394.434.053
wis23 15,614.393.917
sunni3 2,036.66nan
ahint2 1,357.773.688
siller2 1,357.773.688
wrang2 1,357.773.585
same3 2,036.663.545
muckrakin2 1,357.77nan
whit7 4,752.213.491
this2 1,357.773.145
than4 2,715.552.792
then4 2,715.552.693
wahntet2 1,357.77nan
wid4 2,715.552.572
cannae2 1,357.772.353
sae5 3,394.432.340
years2 1,357.772.073
ony3 2,036.662.063
pairt2 1,357.772.047
oot3 2,036.662.028
the98 66,530.891.950
their5 3,394.431.928
shah2 1,357.77nan
hud2 1,357.772.100
juist3 2,036.661.800
will3 2,036.661.800
muckle3 2,036.661.687
maun2 1,357.771.591
nae7 4,752.211.560
had4 2,715.551.531
mony2 1,357.771.411
day5 3,394.431.353
ay4 2,715.551.261
ye5 3,394.431.244
he17 11,541.071.202
thing2 1,357.771.157
ain3 2,036.661.076
no6 4,073.321.066
and13 8,825.531.014
fine2 1,357.770.984
wad3 2,036.660.957
see4 2,715.550.949
wi8 5,431.090.918
soviets2 1,357.77nan
jews2 1,357.77nan
noo4 2,715.550.890
or3 2,036.660.829
intae4 2,715.550.793
ower5 3,394.430.772
nor2 1,357.770.755
kent2 1,357.770.689
gie2 1,357.770.604
been4 2,715.550.569
richt3 2,036.660.567
maist2 1,357.770.555
cam2 1,357.770.520
did2 1,357.770.516
aboot3 2,036.660.500
oan3 2,036.660.455
could2 1,357.770.449
tak2 1,357.770.449
said3 2,036.660.423
come2 1,357.770.401
that17 11,541.070.394
thocht2 1,357.770.364
there5 3,394.430.356
wee4 2,715.550.248
at8 5,431.090.237
like3 2,036.660.193
palestinians2 1,357.77nan
him5 3,394.430.279
time2 1,357.770.156
lang2 1,357.770.156
it16 10,862.190.101
tae30 20,366.600.089
up5 3,394.430.083
efter2 1,357.770.073
saudi2 1,357.77nan
invadet2 1,357.77nan
be8 5,431.090.047
his8 5,431.090.024
are2 1,357.770.016
aye2 1,357.770.011
doon3 2,036.660.011
for8 5,431.090.009
o30 20,366.600.007
is9 6,109.980.001
uday's2 1,357.77nan
afore2 1,357.770.036
fair-do's2 1,357.77nan
didnae2 1,357.771.846