A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Alston, Connor

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 499
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.541
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, jim, a, n, wis, carol, it, in, hoose,

List of texts in corpus

THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (1,268 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
jim26 20,504.73248.444
carol20 15,772.87246.908
n25 19,716.09153.035
child12 9,463.72125.183
hoose18 14,195.5867.958
knock7 5,520.5060.352
children6 4,731.8653.543
snow5 3,943.2245.833
lookt4 3,154.5744.101
boady5 3,943.2239.069
began6 4,731.8638.204
opent5 3,943.2237.560
storm5 3,943.2237.560
one7 5,520.5034.331
startit5 3,943.2232.786
went9 7,097.7931.270
bins3 2,365.9328.796
tolt3 2,365.9326.764
blood4 3,154.5724.133
an9 7,097.7923.966
steps4 3,154.5723.505
then10 7,886.4423.269
o6 4,731.8622.717
oan11 8,675.0821.775
ran5 3,943.2221.383
whispert2 1,577.2921.284
drenched2 1,577.2920.101
limb2 1,577.2919.196
awoke2 1,577.2919.196
way5 3,943.2218.650
holdin2 1,577.2918.460
through6 4,731.8616.480
picked3 2,365.9316.359
dread2 1,577.2916.035
smelt2 1,577.2915.689
shiver2 1,577.2915.370
story4 3,154.5714.657
rank2 1,577.2914.546
swept2 1,577.2914.546
doun5 3,943.2213.880
pale2 1,577.2913.865
absolutely2 1,577.2913.110
fillt2 1,577.2913.110
dair9 7,097.79nan
awfa4 3,154.5735.689
the105 82,807.5712.514
ae9 7,097.7912.509
terrible2 1,577.2912.335
waws2 1,577.2911.572
stood3 2,365.9311.419
phone3 2,365.9311.000
waw2 1,577.2910.747
knees2 1,577.2910.655
power2 1,577.2910.309
windaes2 1,577.299.992
miles2 1,577.299.992
oot14 11,041.019.712
saw4 3,154.579.698
couple3 2,365.939.679
had7 5,520.509.422
polis2 1,577.299.115
of7 5,520.508.819
tryin3 2,365.938.772
dug3 2,365.938.678
wae5 3,943.228.262
hert3 2,365.938.047
stuck2 1,577.298.032
stairs2 1,577.298.032
his16 12,618.307.952
she15 11,829.657.917
wis24 18,927.447.787
skin2 1,577.297.611
smell2 1,577.297.456
goat3 2,365.937.259
thought2 1,577.297.130
flair2 1,577.296.800
aff6 4,731.866.727
also2 1,577.296.646
at2 1,577.296.635
on2 1,577.296.159
early2 1,577.296.144
aroond2 1,577.296.042
kept2 1,577.295.895
haun3 2,365.935.862
pair2 1,577.295.618
turnt2 1,577.295.509
side3 2,365.935.478
nicht4 3,154.575.106
grun2 1,577.294.997
a25 19,716.094.650
ery3 2,365.93nan
rollt3 2,365.93nan
coar3 2,365.93nan
back7 5,520.505.058
us5 3,943.224.626
where2 1,577.294.420
fell2 1,577.294.231
deid2 1,577.294.231
this10 7,886.444.210
lookin2 1,577.294.080
heid4 3,154.573.845
aw7 5,520.503.752
felt2 1,577.293.717
efter4 3,154.573.130
as13 10,252.373.061
they9 7,097.792.777
ower6 4,731.862.679
her11 8,675.082.545
get4 3,154.572.349
go2 1,577.292.271
while2 1,577.292.265
be3 2,365.932.265
didnae2 1,577.292.239
face2 1,577.291.815
last2 1,577.291.800
left2 1,577.291.730
if4 3,154.571.673
just2 1,577.291.653
same2 1,577.291.644
ain3 2,365.931.558
so3 2,365.931.479
me2 1,577.291.407
fir2 1,577.291.361
and12 9,463.721.353
their4 3,154.571.309
gaun2 1,577.291.307
he15 11,829.651.292
its3 2,365.931.202
s13 10,252.371.088
time4 3,154.571.076
it19 14,984.230.976
still2 1,577.290.924
but3 2,365.930.921
up7 5,520.500.829
there5 3,943.220.793
fae2 1,577.290.742
again2 1,577.290.733
like5 3,943.220.702
tae31 24,447.950.540
by3 2,365.930.506
whit4 3,154.570.503
or3 2,365.930.332
in18 14,195.580.153
frae3 2,365.930.126
you2 1,577.290.061
been2 1,577.290.050
wee3 2,365.930.044
yer2 1,577.290.034
houndin2 1,577.29nan
richt2 1,577.290.081
fur3 2,365.930.024
that13 10,252.370.024
aboot4 3,154.570.016
followt2 1,577.29nan