A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Anderson, Elizabeth

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 437
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.813
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, o, the, a, wis, in, he, his, at, scots,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (437 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
alistair6 13,729.9878.179
academy4 9,153.3245.461
aiberdeen5 11,441.6538.773
brainch3 6,864.9936.065
ears4 9,153.3235.621
retiral2 4,576.6627.275
gifted2 4,576.6627.275
taylor2 4,576.6625.549
hymns2 4,576.6622.100
mony5 11,441.6521.599
comatee3 6,864.9920.901
poetry3 6,864.9920.151
schools2 4,576.6619.048
friens2 4,576.6617.343
prose2 4,576.6617.174
tuik3 6,864.9917.163
an27 61,784.9016.760
enjoyed2 4,576.6616.560
books2 4,576.6615.673
wis14 32,036.6113.280
stanes2 4,576.6613.222
society2 4,576.6612.929
wide2 4,576.6612.658
scots7 16,018.3110.641
his9 20,594.9710.189
buik2 4,576.669.722
o19 43,478.268.728
he10 22,883.307.023
pairt2 4,576.666.083
efter3 6,864.995.861
gied2 4,576.665.718
bi3 6,864.995.675
at7 16,018.314.495
the16 36,613.274.241
aa3 6,864.993.474
muckle2 4,576.663.459
on6 13,729.983.051
ower3 6,864.992.693
tae5 11,441.652.484
in11 25,171.622.236
of2 4,576.661.970
time2 4,576.661.322
been2 4,576.661.255
a16 36,613.270.755
wi2 4,576.660.565
and2 4,576.660.317
as2 4,576.660.175
i2 4,576.660.148
for3 6,864.990.112
up2 4,576.660.059