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 20,504.73248.744
carol20 15,772.87247.139
n25 19,716.09153.320
child12 9,463.72125.322
hoose18 14,195.5867.961
knock7 5,520.5060.433
children6 4,731.8653.612
snow5 3,943.2245.891
lookt4 3,154.5744.147
boady5 3,943.2239.126
began6 4,731.8638.273
storm5 3,943.2237.617
opent5 3,943.2237.617
awfa4 3,154.5735.735
one7 5,520.5034.409
startit5 3,943.2232.843
went9 7,097.7931.367
bins3 2,365.9328.830
tolt3 2,365.9326.799
blood4 3,154.5724.179
an9 7,097.7923.871
steps4 3,154.5723.550
then10 7,886.4423.305
o6 4,731.8622.885
oan11 8,675.0821.882
dair9 7,097.79nan
ran5 3,943.2221.438
whispert2 1,577.2921.307
drenched2 1,577.2920.124
awoke2 1,577.2919.219
limb2 1,577.2919.219
way5 3,943.2218.705
holdin2 1,577.2918.484
through6 4,731.8616.457
picked3 2,365.9316.393
dread2 1,577.2916.058
smelt2 1,577.2915.712
shiver2 1,577.2915.393
rank2 1,577.2914.568
swept2 1,577.2914.568
story4 3,154.5714.519
doun5 3,943.2213.932
pale2 1,577.2913.888
absolutely2 1,577.2913.133
fillt2 1,577.2913.133
ae9 7,097.7912.516
the105 82,807.5712.470
terrible2 1,577.2912.357
waws2 1,577.2911.482
stood3 2,365.9311.452
phone3 2,365.9310.959
waw2 1,577.2910.769
knees2 1,577.2910.677
power2 1,577.2910.170
windaes2 1,577.2910.014
miles2 1,577.2910.014
oot14 11,041.019.765
saw4 3,154.579.739
couple3 2,365.939.711
had7 5,520.509.320
polis2 1,577.299.138
of7 5,520.508.814
tryin3 2,365.938.780
dug3 2,365.938.686
wae5 3,943.228.309
hert3 2,365.938.057
stairs2 1,577.298.054
stuck2 1,577.298.054
his16 12,618.308.000
she15 11,829.658.000
wis24 18,927.447.754
skin2 1,577.297.633
smell2 1,577.297.478
goat3 2,365.937.289
thought2 1,577.297.152
flair2 1,577.296.822
aff6 4,731.866.752
at2 1,577.296.671
also2 1,577.296.608
on2 1,577.296.172
early2 1,577.296.013
aroond2 1,577.295.964
kept2 1,577.295.892
haun3 2,365.935.879
pair2 1,577.295.639
turnt2 1,577.295.530
side3 2,365.935.484
nicht4 3,154.575.126
back7 5,520.505.084
rollt3 2,365.93nan
grun2 1,577.295.018
coar3 2,365.93nan
ery3 2,365.93nan
a25 19,716.094.616
us5 3,943.224.582
where2 1,577.294.440
deid2 1,577.294.250
fell2 1,577.294.250
this10 7,886.444.212
lookin2 1,577.294.099
heid4 3,154.573.860
aw7 5,520.503.747
felt2 1,577.293.724
efter4 3,154.573.142
as13 10,252.373.025
they9 7,097.792.782
ower6 4,731.862.692
her11 8,675.082.589
get4 3,154.572.345
go2 1,577.292.275
while2 1,577.292.275
be3 2,365.932.247
didnae2 1,577.292.199
face2 1,577.291.826
last2 1,577.291.800
left2 1,577.291.740
if4 3,154.571.681
just2 1,577.291.668
same2 1,577.291.640
ain3 2,365.931.550
so3 2,365.931.492
me2 1,577.291.403
fir2 1,577.291.348
he15 11,829.651.319
gaun2 1,577.291.317
and12 9,463.721.300
their4 3,154.571.271
its3 2,365.931.205
s13 10,252.371.112
time4 3,154.571.072
it19 14,984.230.997
still2 1,577.290.931
but3 2,365.930.916
up7 5,520.500.841
there5 3,943.220.792
fae2 1,577.290.782
again2 1,577.290.742
like5 3,943.220.705
tae31 24,447.950.542
whit4 3,154.570.490
by3 2,365.930.479
or3 2,365.930.334
in18 14,195.580.164
frae3 2,365.930.132
you2 1,577.290.057
been2 1,577.290.051
wee3 2,365.930.044
yer2 1,577.290.033
houndin2 1,577.29nan
richt2 1,577.290.083
fur3 2,365.930.025
that13 10,252.370.020
aboot4 3,154.570.015
followt2 1,577.29nan