A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mackintosh, Henrietta

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 727
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 346
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.101
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, an, o, that, a, aboot, gaelic, fowk, scots,

List of texts in corpus

A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve
The Sair Fecht (22-06-2015) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (727 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
gaelic12 16,506.1961.548
thir10 13,755.1649.921
leids7 9,628.6136.719
fowk12 16,506.1936.168
aboot13 17,881.7125.233
stereotypes2 2,751.0322.349
scrieves2 2,751.0320.706
authors2 2,751.0320.706
are8 11,004.1320.403
affection2 2,751.0318.275
speak4 5,502.0617.898
deserve2 2,751.0316.780
parteecular2 2,751.0316.780
attitudes2 2,751.0316.539
romantic2 2,751.0315.892
scots11 15,130.6715.829
efforts2 2,751.0315.698
speakin3 4,126.5515.623
landscape2 2,751.0315.337
katie2 2,751.0315.337
respeck2 2,751.0315.168
yaised3 4,126.5514.898
seem3 4,126.5514.648
passion2 2,751.0314.557
airticles2 2,751.0314.418
value2 2,751.0313.788
beauty2 2,751.0313.788
tent3 4,126.5513.411
yaisin2 2,751.0312.954
wurds2 2,751.0312.511
that18 24,759.2811.658
mibbie2 2,751.0311.618
teuk2 2,751.0311.487
scrievin2 2,751.0311.239
wha4 5,502.0611.162
words3 4,126.5510.776
mean3 4,126.5510.410
scotland5 6,877.5810.282
daes2 2,751.0310.194
common2 2,751.039.488
problem2 2,751.039.450
speakers2 2,751.038.586
tak4 5,502.068.572
of5 6,877.587.998
important2 2,751.037.768
real2 2,751.037.698
thaim4 5,502.067.428
languages2 2,751.037.122
baith3 4,126.556.612
hae6 8,253.096.576
scottish3 4,126.556.461
nor3 4,126.555.884
am2 2,751.035.671
tae25 34,387.904.970
language3 4,126.554.705
whit5 6,877.584.691
wey3 4,126.554.294
i9 12,379.643.873
on9 12,379.643.577
is9 12,379.643.537
ither3 4,126.553.477
a14 19,257.222.924
tell2 2,751.032.911
the32 44,016.512.909
wi2 2,751.032.862
twa3 4,126.552.734
mind2 2,751.032.360
and2 2,751.032.187
can3 4,126.552.184
ae3 4,126.551.907
say2 2,751.031.830
their3 4,126.551.808
no4 5,502.061.737
yer3 4,126.551.620
an24 33,012.381.570
been3 4,126.551.524
we5 6,877.581.291
mair3 4,126.551.191
were2 2,751.031.163
o19 26,134.801.029
oor2 2,751.030.700
at3 4,126.550.679
it11 15,130.670.624
as6 8,253.090.509
s4 5,502.060.450
be5 6,877.580.443
she5 6,877.580.372
you2 2,751.030.272
they2 2,751.030.257
for5 6,877.580.193
in10 13,755.160.165
this3 4,126.550.017
gallogly-swan2 2,751.03nan
moyes2 2,751.03nan
vonny2 2,751.03nan
or3 4,126.550.162
there2 2,751.030.008
but3 4,126.550.008
like2 2,751.030.003
fae2 2,751.030.000