Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Swan, Michael

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 504
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 280
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.8
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, the, an, a, tae, nae, in, seyd, o, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (504 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
seyd	9	17,857.14	99.823
ah	24	47,619.05	62.499
awthing	3	5,952.38	27.331
walcom	2	3,968.25	26.782
whaun	2	3,968.25	26.782
clood	3	5,952.38	25.642
thair's	2	3,968.25	25.057
nae	10	19,841.27	21.815
warmin	2	3,968.25	20.177
spak	3	5,952.38	18.161
suin	3	5,952.38	16.753
owre	3	5,952.38	14.682
ok	2	3,968.25	14.277
place	4	7,936.51	14.014
weel	5	9,920.63	12.526
masel	3	5,952.38	12.181
we're	2	3,968.25	10.240
speakin	2	3,968.25	10.116
here	4	7,936.51	8.906
weengs	3	5,952.38	nan
ah'm	2	3,968.25	9.683
haein	2	3,968.25	7.554
mebbi	4	7,936.51	nan
last	3	5,952.38	9.224
gin	3	5,952.38	7.157
fer	2	3,968.25	6.568
kin	2	3,968.25	5.732
aa	4	7,936.51	5.266
frae	4	7,936.51	5.260
the	18	35,714.29	5.203
wee	4	7,936.51	4.782
richt	3	5,952.38	4.539
aff	3	5,952.38	4.388
life	2	3,968.25	4.161
can	3	5,952.38	3.747
it	2	3,968.25	3.527
cam	2	3,968.25	3.306
ye	6	11,904.76	2.978
ma	5	9,920.63	2.881
mair	3	5,952.38	2.432
guid	2	3,968.25	2.408
ain	2	3,968.25	2.387
aungel	2	3,968.25	nan
doon	3	5,952.38	2.264
ken	2	3,968.25	1.848
oan	2	3,968.25	1.690
bit	3	5,952.38	1.640
jist	2	3,968.25	1.406
see	2	3,968.25	1.251
an	17	33,730.16	1.167
or	3	5,952.38	0.867
whit	2	3,968.25	0.632
o	8	15,873.02	0.622
in	10	19,841.27	0.542
heivinly	2	3,968.25	nan
aboot	3	5,952.38	1.154
he	3	5,952.38	0.512
this	3	5,952.38	0.507
wi	5	9,920.63	0.367
that	4	7,936.51	0.208
at	4	7,936.51	0.169
wis	6	11,904.76	0.165
me	2	3,968.25	0.091
is	3	5,952.38	0.004
a	15	29,761.90	0.003
tae	11	21,825.40	0.003
up	2	3,968.25	0.002