A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 578
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.028
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, is, a, o, that, oor, eu, as,

List of texts in corpus

Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?
The Sair Fecht (21-06-2016) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (578 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
eu10 17,301.0497.604
britain9 15,570.9383.774
internaitional5 8,650.5259.858
upbiggin4 6,920.4245.588
oor11 19,031.1436.867
inequality3 5,190.3136.681
warld6 10,380.6229.250
poverty3 5,190.3129.167
tynes2 3,460.2126.175
memmer3 5,190.3125.520
is16 27,681.6623.463
gains2 3,460.2122.360
makkin4 6,920.4219.671
spendin2 3,460.2119.191
aid2 3,460.2118.228
haes6 10,380.6217.814
vital2 3,460.2117.695
alliance2 3,460.2117.453
vote3 5,190.3116.872
justice2 3,460.2116.250
aroond3 5,190.3115.746
global2 3,460.2115.064
govrenment2 3,460.2114.257
focus2 3,460.2114.054
warkin2 3,460.2112.869
siller3 5,190.3112.767
oorsels2 3,460.2112.389
richts2 3,460.2111.181
british2 3,460.2111.088
managed2 3,460.2110.998
political2 3,460.2110.228
an28 48,442.919.870
community2 3,460.218.812
human2 3,460.218.689
re3 5,190.317.341
nor3 5,190.317.063
are4 6,920.427.013
as9 15,570.936.007
that12 20,761.255.343
ane3 5,190.315.246
we6 10,380.624.179
vailues2 3,460.21nan
mair4 6,920.424.137
baith2 3,460.213.808
fowk3 5,190.313.229
muckle2 3,460.212.542
tae18 31,141.872.307
frae3 5,190.312.224
whan2 3,460.211.831
i6 10,380.621.569
but4 6,920.421.084
by2 3,460.211.017
at2 3,460.210.946
ae2 3,460.210.873
for5 8,650.520.818
aboot3 5,190.310.791
been2 3,460.210.654
the38 65,743.940.575
a14 24,221.450.555
s6 10,380.620.553
wi3 5,190.310.446
doon2 3,460.210.382
whit2 3,460.210.372
o14 24,221.450.361
it8 13,840.830.190
bit2 3,460.210.161
no2 3,460.210.138
in8 13,840.830.119
oot2 3,460.210.082
on4 6,920.420.055
or2 3,460.210.008
be3 5,190.310.003