A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robertson, Sine

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,271
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 463
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.745
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, in, o, scots, at, folk, or,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (643 words)
Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (628 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
slrc12 9,441.38146.145
folk21 16,522.42114.699
deein11 8,654.6076.226
e11 8,654.6041.325
would8 6,294.2641.261
wabsite5 3,933.9137.890
sikkin4 3,147.1336.321
scots21 16,522.4233.027
newbattle3 2,360.3531.956
fit's4 3,147.1331.095
conference4 3,147.1330.783
or19 14,948.8628.420
concert3 2,360.3527.395
there's5 3,933.9124.663
are11 8,654.6023.321
publicise2 1,573.5623.026
caaf2 1,573.5621.302
interest4 3,147.1320.827
spik4 3,147.1320.416
forbyes2 1,573.5620.120
comparin2 1,573.5619.214
ain9 7,081.0419.054
foo5 3,933.9118.732
conferences2 1,573.5618.479
meetins2 1,573.5617.860
hasna2 1,573.5617.860
playgrun2 1,573.5617.860
ye've3 2,360.3517.806
tee3 2,360.3517.806
fae14 11,014.9517.691
spikkin3 2,360.3517.684
tow2 1,573.5616.854
im3 2,360.3516.684
ploys2 1,573.5616.053
cd2 1,573.5616.053
fan5 3,933.9116.032
actors2 1,573.5615.707
wark5 3,933.9114.693
neuk3 2,360.3514.579
america2 1,573.5614.564
teachers3 2,360.3514.304
at21 16,522.4214.193
ye're3 2,360.3514.172
moosies2 1,573.5614.097
gaithered2 1,573.5613.883
toons2 1,573.5613.680
if9 7,081.0413.499
fitiver2 1,573.5613.128
interestit2 1,573.5613.128
centre3 2,360.3512.842
lot4 3,147.1312.839
amongst2 1,573.5612.496
spoken3 2,360.3512.304
anne2 1,573.5612.215
collogue2 1,573.5611.953
thochts3 2,360.3511.900
he2 1,573.5611.278
thing5 3,933.9111.113
tongue3 2,360.3511.100
party2 1,573.5610.955
puckle3 2,360.3510.775
difference2 1,573.5610.765
han2 1,573.5610.673
november2 1,573.5610.411
tam3 2,360.3510.276
due2 1,573.5610.245
writers2 1,573.5610.010
ken7 5,507.479.856
was6 4,720.699.711
warkin2 1,573.569.648
lallans2 1,573.569.580
let4 3,147.139.577
monie3 2,360.359.348
whether2 1,573.569.318
fore2 1,573.569.255
needin2 1,573.569.194
has4 3,147.138.967
warks2 1,573.568.957
fit6 4,720.698.864
workin2 1,573.568.577
wrocht2 1,573.568.475
university2 1,573.568.327
for16 12,588.518.152
grand2 1,573.568.094
book2 1,573.568.049
pitten2 1,573.567.589
pit5 3,933.917.271
help3 2,360.356.522
in32 25,177.036.425
fish2 1,573.566.375
weys2 1,573.566.240
anither4 3,147.136.143
edinburgh2 1,573.566.135
tellt2 1,573.565.984
speirt2 1,573.565.911
written2 1,573.565.911
write2 1,573.565.887
the55 43,273.015.649
since2 1,573.565.569
century2 1,573.565.463
job2 1,573.565.442
ither5 3,933.915.431
teen2 1,573.565.279
aboot9 7,081.045.220
affa3 2,360.355.213
wye3 2,360.355.192
languages2 1,573.565.050
work2 1,573.564.978
schuil2 1,573.564.907
far3 2,360.354.657
forrit2 1,573.564.590
slrc's2 1,573.56nan
about2 1,573.564.590
thocht4 3,147.134.515
last3 2,360.354.458
time6 4,720.694.180
somethin2 1,573.564.082
lookin2 1,573.564.069
on14 11,014.953.990
brocht2 1,573.563.965
scotspeak2 1,573.56nan
hae7 5,507.473.952
dee2 1,573.563.697
should2 1,573.563.697
onie2 1,573.563.380
mair6 4,720.693.244
nor3 2,360.353.243
comin2 1,573.563.061
ae5 3,933.912.886
hear2 1,573.562.860
ony3 2,360.352.768
be11 8,654.602.730
their5 3,933.912.728
gang2 1,573.562.706
tae36 28,324.152.649
it's3 2,360.352.622
we9 7,081.042.547
us4 3,147.132.498
richt4 3,147.132.459
yer5 3,933.912.427
get4 3,147.132.326
will3 2,360.352.284
been5 3,933.912.273
muckle3 2,360.352.208
that18 14,162.082.120
atween2 1,573.562.111
things2 1,573.562.034
bairns2 1,573.561.875
gey2 1,573.561.848
can4 3,147.131.659
see4 3,147.131.474
me2 1,573.561.411
tell2 1,573.561.334
gaun2 1,573.561.307
and12 9,441.381.279
oot3 2,360.351.229
a44 34,618.411.197
fin2 1,573.561.078
an38 29,897.720.994
i5 3,933.910.991
it19 14,948.860.976
still2 1,573.560.923
mind2 1,573.560.917
o31 24,390.240.866
nae2 1,573.560.861
they3 2,360.350.858
maist2 1,573.560.847
gin2 1,573.560.839
had3 2,360.350.818
cam2 1,573.560.771
tak2 1,573.560.726
some3 2,360.350.713
could2 1,573.560.694
like2 1,573.560.646
wi12 9,441.380.630
first2 1,573.560.509
got2 1,573.560.475
by3 2,360.350.473
wey2 1,573.560.464
noo3 2,360.350.380
so2 1,573.560.268
ye8 6,294.260.189
its2 1,573.560.163
back2 1,573.560.154
day3 2,360.350.104
as7 5,507.470.072
bit3 2,360.350.022
is8 6,294.260.003
but5 3,933.910.000
them2 1,573.560.000