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 20,504.73247.922
carol20 15,772.87244.305
n25 19,716.09153.328
child12 9,463.72123.307
hoose18 14,195.5867.258
knock7 5,520.5060.627
children6 4,731.8653.778
snow5 3,943.2246.030
lookt4 3,154.5744.258
boady5 3,943.2238.632
began6 4,731.8637.396
storm5 3,943.2237.211
opent5 3,943.2236.950
awfa4 3,154.5735.293
one7 5,520.5034.670
startit5 3,943.2232.317
went9 7,097.7931.147
bins3 2,365.9329.784
tolt3 2,365.9326.882
blood4 3,154.5725.414
an9 7,097.7924.579
then10 7,886.4423.116
steps4 3,154.5723.078
o6 4,731.8623.075
oan11 8,675.0822.582
ran5 3,943.2221.418
whispert2 1,577.2921.362
dair9 7,097.79nan
drenched2 1,577.2920.180
limb2 1,577.2919.274
holdin2 1,577.2919.274
way5 3,943.2218.836
awoke2 1,577.2918.539
dread2 1,577.2916.914
through6 4,731.8616.649
picked3 2,365.9316.378
smelt2 1,577.2915.767
shiver2 1,577.2915.767
rank2 1,577.2914.880
swept2 1,577.2914.383
story4 3,154.5714.344
doun5 3,943.2214.014
pale2 1,577.2913.943
absolutely2 1,577.2913.187
fillt2 1,577.2913.187
the105 82,807.5712.904
ae9 7,097.7912.532
terrible2 1,577.2912.412
phone3 2,365.9311.651
waws2 1,577.2911.536
stood3 2,365.9311.374
waw2 1,577.2910.823
knees2 1,577.2910.642
power2 1,577.2910.385
windaes2 1,577.2910.068
miles2 1,577.299.919
saw4 3,154.579.819
oot14 11,041.019.809
couple3 2,365.939.676
polis2 1,577.299.313
of7 5,520.509.099
had7 5,520.509.084
dug3 2,365.938.975
tryin3 2,365.938.647
she15 11,829.658.362
hert3 2,365.938.173
wae5 3,943.228.020
wis24 18,927.447.988
stuck2 1,577.297.975
his16 12,618.307.865
stairs2 1,577.297.807
skin2 1,577.297.685
smell2 1,577.297.345
goat3 2,365.937.243
thought2 1,577.297.068
flair2 1,577.296.873
aff6 4,731.866.721
at2 1,577.296.698
also2 1,577.296.572
on2 1,577.296.268
early2 1,577.296.165
aroond2 1,577.296.114
haun3 2,365.936.063
kept2 1,577.295.895
pair2 1,577.295.602
side3 2,365.935.440
back7 5,520.505.170
nicht4 3,154.575.093
grun2 1,577.294.995
a25 19,716.094.675
where2 1,577.294.458
us5 3,943.224.420
fell2 1,577.294.270
deid2 1,577.294.256
this10 7,886.444.181
lookin2 1,577.294.120
heid4 3,154.573.910
aw7 5,520.503.909
felt2 1,577.293.758
efter4 3,154.573.161
as13 10,252.372.942
they9 7,097.792.713
ower6 4,731.862.696
her11 8,675.082.607
get4 3,154.572.435
go2 1,577.292.296
be3 2,365.932.239
while2 1,577.292.184
face2 1,577.291.900
last2 1,577.291.797
if4 3,154.571.750
left2 1,577.291.743
same2 1,577.291.658
ain3 2,365.931.551
so3 2,365.931.524
and12 9,463.721.410
coar3 2,365.93nan
turnt2 1,577.295.645
rollt3 2,365.93nan
didnae2 1,577.292.277
ery3 2,365.93nan
just2 1,577.291.797
gaun2 1,577.291.382
fir2 1,577.291.374
me2 1,577.291.269
their4 3,154.571.264
he15 11,829.651.252
s13 10,252.371.243
its3 2,365.931.166
time4 3,154.571.109
it19 14,984.231.057
still2 1,577.290.910
but3 2,365.930.881
up7 5,520.500.813
there5 3,943.220.805
again2 1,577.290.777
like5 3,943.220.765
fae2 1,577.290.729
whit4 3,154.570.538
tae31 24,447.950.507
by3 2,365.930.450
or3 2,365.930.375
in18 14,195.580.169
frae3 2,365.930.115
richt2 1,577.290.085
houndin2 1,577.29nan
wee3 2,365.930.043
been2 1,577.290.042
yer2 1,577.290.032
you2 1,577.290.032
fur3 2,365.930.027
that13 10,252.370.018
aboot4 3,154.570.012
followt2 1,577.29nan