A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Bleiman, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 498
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 304
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.638
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, o, snaw, tae, ah, yer, affa, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Ae Fond Kush
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (356 words)
Lallans 102 - The Snaws o Yestreen
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (142 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
snaw8 16,064.2678.080
snaws4 8,032.1353.676
mit3 6,024.1039.250
whaur's3 6,024.1034.526
pledge3 6,024.1034.526
wa4 8,032.1333.646
jean3 6,024.1029.086
affa6 12,048.1928.294
ah'il2 4,016.0626.830
rabbie's2 4,016.0626.830
kosher2 4,016.0626.830
nu2 4,016.0623.921
thon6 12,048.1921.798
craws2 4,016.0621.120
awa6 12,048.1916.820
yer7 14,056.2216.726
haud3 6,024.1012.752
gane2 4,016.0612.273
unnerstaun2 4,016.0612.117
reyzl4 8,032.13nan
mir4 8,032.13nan
dyke3 6,024.1022.210
ye're2 4,016.0611.549
lang4 8,032.139.585
du2 4,016.069.416
gae2 4,016.069.151
afore4 8,032.138.507
haein2 4,016.067.599
whaur3 6,024.107.590
cuid2 4,016.066.961
ah8 16,064.266.807
ae4 8,032.136.329
comin2 4,016.066.327
kush3 6,024.10nan
faither2 4,016.065.740
are3 6,024.104.728
baith2 4,016.064.234
anither2 4,016.063.830
mair3 6,024.102.479
ken2 4,016.061.881
no3 6,024.101.650
if2 4,016.061.431
ma4 8,032.131.402
vayn2 4,016.06nan
sae2 4,016.061.324
noo2 4,016.061.236
me3 6,024.101.001
day2 4,016.060.865
tae8 16,064.260.762
ye4 8,032.130.570
the25 50,200.800.556
harts2 4,016.06nan
hae2 4,016.060.473
in6 12,048.190.445
fur2 4,016.060.332
meydl2 4,016.06nan
wi3 6,024.100.152
reyzele2 4,016.06nan
an14 28,112.450.107
be3 6,024.100.093
o11 22,088.350.048
hobn2 4,016.06nan
a14 28,112.450.028
they2 4,016.060.002
mayn3 6,024.10nan
but2 4,016.060.002