A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McLeish, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 604
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 369
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.637
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, in, his, yir, i, to, on, he, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (604 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
yir10 16,556.2969.914
sittn3 4,966.8940.320
haw4 6,622.5235.952
caurs3 4,966.8935.261
here'2 3,311.2626.057
sized2 3,311.2624.332
eco2 3,311.2624.332
says6 9,933.7722.618
i'm4 6,622.5222.051
green4 6,622.5219.988
an2 3,311.2619.206
runnin3 4,966.8919.170
to7 11,589.4019.079
my6 9,933.7718.529
stan2 3,311.2614.699
shouts2 3,311.2614.037
oan6 9,933.7713.663
owre3 4,966.8913.633
oaff2 3,311.2613.385
plastic2 3,311.2612.978
medium2 3,311.2612.826
bike2 3,311.2612.023
fat2 3,311.2611.677
an'3 4,966.8910.929
jiss4 6,622.52nan
he's2 3,311.2610.539
injin4 6,622.52nan
wiz4 6,622.529.822
put2 3,311.268.625
leave2 3,311.268.576
man4 6,622.528.302
his10 16,556.298.206
i10 16,556.297.979
white2 3,311.267.255
yin3 4,966.896.382
it's3 4,966.896.113
the22 36,423.845.811
me6 9,933.775.524
watter2 3,311.265.512
end2 3,311.265.310
right2 3,311.265.181
it2 3,311.265.164
near2 3,311.264.973
lock-block3 4,966.89nan
n2 3,311.265.319
doun2 3,311.264.956
no5 8,278.154.764
hit2 3,311.264.463
o6 9,933.774.246
three2 3,311.264.090
left2 3,311.264.009
wee4 6,622.523.749
big2 3,311.263.376
this5 8,278.152.342
up5 8,278.152.315
you3 4,966.892.303
on7 11,589.402.270
ain2 3,311.261.871
pokn2 3,311.26nan
surfn2 3,311.26nan
get2 3,311.261.331
and2 3,311.261.214
some2 3,311.261.167
ye5 8,278.150.815
for5 8,278.150.670
in12 19,867.550.658
he7 11,589.400.510
wi6 9,933.770.444
her2 3,311.260.443
she2 3,311.260.420
back2 3,311.260.409
at5 8,278.150.300
back-up2 3,311.26nan
a20 33,112.580.286
him2 3,311.260.091
as4 6,622.520.023
is4 6,622.520.020