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 17,301.0497.881
britain9 15,570.9384.339
internaitional5 8,650.5259.997
upbiggin4 6,920.4245.699
inequality3 5,190.3136.764
oor11 19,031.1436.356
warld6 10,380.6229.412
poverty3 5,190.3129.250
tynes2 3,460.2126.231
memmer3 5,190.3125.603
is16 27,681.6623.474
gains2 3,460.2122.415
makkin4 6,920.4219.584
spendin2 3,460.2119.246
aid2 3,460.2118.283
vital2 3,460.2117.750
haes6 10,380.6217.534
alliance2 3,460.2117.509
vote3 5,190.3117.002
justice2 3,460.2116.136
aroond3 5,190.3115.987
global2 3,460.2115.249
govrenment2 3,460.2114.312
focus2 3,460.2114.312
warkin2 3,460.2112.924
siller3 5,190.3112.870
oorsels2 3,460.2112.134
richts2 3,460.2111.236
british2 3,460.2111.097
managed2 3,460.2111.097
political2 3,460.2110.210
an28 48,442.919.470
community2 3,460.218.816
human2 3,460.218.671
re3 5,190.317.479
are4 6,920.427.218
nor3 5,190.316.967
as9 15,570.935.921
that12 20,761.255.318
ane3 5,190.315.305
mair4 6,920.424.069
vailues2 3,460.21nan
we6 10,380.624.031
baith2 3,460.213.741
fowk3 5,190.313.174
muckle2 3,460.212.553
tae18 31,141.872.255
frae3 5,190.312.168
whan2 3,460.211.818
i6 10,380.621.675
but4 6,920.421.115
by2 3,460.210.985
at2 3,460.210.954
ae2 3,460.210.875
for5 8,650.520.820
aboot3 5,190.310.774
been2 3,460.210.680
the38 65,743.940.637
s6 10,380.620.616
a14 24,221.450.570
wi3 5,190.310.457
whit2 3,460.210.400
doon2 3,460.210.383
o14 24,221.450.341
it8 13,840.830.207
bit2 3,460.210.163
no2 3,460.210.153
in8 13,840.830.122
oot2 3,460.210.080
on4 6,920.420.048
or2 3,460.210.004
be3 5,190.310.003