A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Valentine, Lynn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 328
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 207
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.585
Tagged as NEC (North East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - o, a, thi, tae, an, fir, wi, the, he, in,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Luve Sang o thi Har and New Year Neebors
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (NEC), categorised as poetry (238 words)
Thi Loast Bairn
Wigtown (2015-09-01) in Central (Arbroath) dialect (NEC), categorised as poetry (90 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
thi11 33,536.59103.855
fir7 21,341.4636.455
wullnae2 6,097.5624.686
hir4 12,195.1222.549
ir4 12,195.1222.233
girnin2 6,097.5618.234
wauk2 6,097.5618.234
snaw2 6,097.5615.984
stey2 6,097.5615.476
luve2 6,097.5614.623
air3 9,146.3414.517
wull3 9,146.3414.092
the6 18,292.6812.664
couldnae2 6,097.5610.243
amang2 6,097.569.368
ma6 18,292.688.543
licht2 6,097.568.339
doon4 12,195.127.290
let2 6,097.567.255
thae2 6,097.566.869
o14 42,682.936.022
roon2 6,097.565.968
kent2 6,097.565.081
nicht2 6,097.564.699
aa3 9,146.344.611
hame2 6,097.564.605
year2 6,097.564.597
wi6 18,292.683.677
he6 18,292.682.619
ower2 6,097.561.492
a13 39,634.151.098
feltifleers2 6,097.56nan
hae2 6,097.561.340
his3 9,146.340.568
is3 9,146.340.413
this2 6,097.560.374
an7 21,341.460.270
in6 18,292.680.146
tae8 24,390.240.126
be2 6,097.560.070
ye2 6,097.560.031
at2 6,097.560.005