A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sangster, Maureen

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 246
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 161
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.528
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, burrds, in, thir, thon's, want,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - The Wild Burrds Shaw
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (158 words)
Lallans 73 - Stars
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (88 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
thon's3 12,195.1231.170
wild3 12,195.1224.307
thir4 16,260.1621.253
ivry2 8,130.0819.229
stars2 8,130.0819.229
burrds6 24,390.24nan
want3 12,195.1213.743
heids2 8,130.0812.491
bairn2 8,130.0810.037
near2 8,130.088.291
dinna2 8,130.087.759
tae11 44,715.454.830
no3 12,195.124.592
here2 8,130.084.539
jist2 8,130.083.508
a12 48,780.492.725
the19 77,235.771.545
ah3 12,195.121.534
they2 8,130.080.868
o7 28,455.280.660
an8 32,520.330.415
at2 8,130.080.104
weengs2 8,130.08nan
wi2 8,130.080.014
in4 16,260.160.007