A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Connelly, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 900
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 340
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.647
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, ye, the, a, and, o, in, yer, that, them,

List of texts in corpus

Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (900 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
ye37 41,111.1187.541
scrievin9 10,000.0074.580
letter8 8,888.8957.670
yer18 20,000.0054.560
person6 6,666.6743.844
faimily6 6,666.6741.738
mebbe7 7,777.7837.449
celebration4 4,444.4435.617
life9 10,000.0033.832
scrieve5 5,555.5632.792
an2 2,222.2232.441
them12 13,333.3330.272
gawin3 3,333.3330.128
and23 25,555.5628.049
stairt4 4,444.4426.885
how6 6,666.6723.000
helped3 3,333.3321.242
images2 2,222.2219.233
tae41 45,555.5619.056
luved2 2,222.2217.804
special3 3,333.3317.766
lives3 3,333.3317.594
moment3 3,333.3316.517
thon6 6,666.6716.072
celebratin2 2,222.2215.930
emotions2 2,222.2215.930
somethin4 4,444.4415.764
somebody3 3,333.3315.671
past4 4,444.4414.701
memmer2 2,222.2213.572
memories2 2,222.2213.438
sel2 2,222.2213.183
positive2 2,222.2212.830
important3 3,333.3312.765
able3 3,333.3312.154
freend2 2,222.2212.020
yersel3 3,333.3311.379
noo7 7,777.7810.954
list2 2,222.2210.917
things4 4,444.4410.882
could5 5,555.5610.661
try3 3,333.3310.653
memory2 2,222.2210.527
especially2 2,222.2210.173
durin2 2,222.2210.062
thank2 2,222.229.799
luikin2 2,222.229.799
some6 6,666.679.368
aboot9 10,000.009.278
view2 2,222.229.062
future2 2,222.229.021
lines2 2,222.228.980
the33 36,666.678.724
pynt2 2,222.227.893
let3 3,333.337.525
think4 4,444.447.469
pittin2 2,222.227.207
has3 3,333.337.059
time6 6,666.677.020
anely2 2,222.226.897
pit4 4,444.446.616
each2 2,222.226.612
frae6 6,666.676.491
why2 2,222.226.448
wey4 4,444.446.194
ithers2 2,222.226.034
or8 8,888.896.006
like7 7,777.785.896
forrit2 2,222.225.845
haein2 2,222.225.452
doon6 6,666.675.429
few2 2,222.225.336
bairn2 2,222.225.224
re3 3,333.335.088
were4 4,444.444.901
felt2 2,222.224.897
great2 2,222.224.799
times2 2,222.224.459
ken4 4,444.444.369
are4 4,444.444.282
year3 3,333.333.903
feel2 2,222.223.773
oor4 4,444.443.664
years2 2,222.223.609
jist4 4,444.443.542
fowk4 4,444.443.447
whit5 5,555.563.303
ower5 5,555.563.152
in21 23,333.333.062
as2 2,222.222.937
through2 2,222.222.915
hae5 5,555.562.881
three2 2,222.222.867
wi11 12,222.222.328
dae3 3,333.332.327
richt3 3,333.332.059
yin2 2,222.221.947
that13 14,444.441.697
mak2 2,222.221.626
at3 3,333.331.619
a33 36,666.671.597
ve2 2,222.221.559
tak2 2,222.221.513
can3 3,333.331.430
by3 3,333.331.404
will2 2,222.221.376
muckle2 2,222.221.326
aw4 4,444.441.245
d3 3,333.331.120
their3 3,333.331.111
oot2 2,222.221.023
bit4 4,444.441.012
there4 4,444.441.003
guid2 2,222.220.916
ain2 2,222.220.896
when2 2,222.220.812
but2 2,222.220.789
this2 2,222.220.712
o22 24,444.440.632
they5 5,555.560.597
wee3 3,333.330.563
us2 2,222.220.529
s5 5,555.560.527
we5 5,555.560.520
aff2 2,222.220.471
get2 2,222.220.468
twa2 2,222.220.448
on7 7,777.780.364
if2 2,222.220.250
sae2 2,222.220.222
no3 3,333.330.157
been2 2,222.220.067
you2 2,222.220.060
is5 5,555.560.057
be5 5,555.560.047
it10 11,111.110.041
mair2 2,222.220.014
back2 2,222.220.012