A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ahmad, Nyla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 699
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.453
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, ye, o, the, tae, or, in, it, could, yer,

List of texts in corpus

How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (699 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
objects8 11,444.9280.697
ye31 44,349.0777.555
celebrate7 10,014.3169.470
scrieve8 11,444.9264.484
scrievin6 8,583.6948.149
recipe4 5,722.4643.321
celebratin4 5,722.4640.608
recipes3 4,291.8539.438
could10 14,306.1538.759
celebration4 5,722.4637.748
relationship4 5,722.4636.291
invitation3 4,291.8535.622
or15 21,459.2331.046
list4 5,722.4629.547
inspiration3 4,291.8529.402
moment4 5,722.4626.824
functional2 2,861.2325.470
ingredients2 2,861.2325.470
map3 4,291.8524.466
yer10 14,306.1524.273
uses2 2,861.2321.655
by-ordinar2 2,861.2321.655
yese2 2,861.2320.298
weddin2 2,861.2319.762
an3 4,291.8519.586
directions2 2,861.2318.868
think6 8,583.6918.094
lanely2 2,861.2317.524
weys3 4,291.8515.207
specific2 2,861.2314.768
practical2 2,861.2314.768
can7 10,014.3114.639
important3 4,291.8514.303
herts2 2,861.2313.999
ve5 7,153.0813.736
a39 55,793.9913.640
need4 5,722.4613.246
used3 4,291.8513.100
wey5 7,153.0811.723
stairt2 2,861.2311.447
when5 7,153.0810.791
whit7 10,014.3110.674
re4 5,722.4610.671
the22 31,473.5310.601
these3 4,291.859.959
aw7 10,014.319.597
mind4 5,722.469.545
cup2 2,861.239.473
space2 2,861.239.437
aroond2 2,861.238.343
tea2 2,861.237.830
else2 2,861.237.588
ain4 5,722.467.075
story2 2,861.236.792
mebbe2 2,861.236.725
thegither2 2,861.235.099
this7 10,014.314.837
for9 12,875.544.835
how2 2,861.234.595
want2 2,861.233.867
things2 2,861.233.775
e2 2,861.233.594
o22 31,473.533.483
place2 2,861.233.418
and9 12,875.543.299
are3 4,291.853.195
life2 2,861.233.093
aboot5 7,153.082.928
doon4 5,722.462.824
be7 10,014.312.695
s2 2,861.232.571
maist2 2,861.232.362
thon2 2,861.232.333
see3 4,291.852.168
noo3 4,291.852.100
like4 5,722.461.959
pit2 2,861.231.950
first2 2,861.231.911
frae3 4,291.851.493
as7 10,014.311.452
we5 7,153.081.375
efter2 2,861.231.333
weel2 2,861.231.202
dae2 2,861.231.200
richt2 2,861.231.019
tae19 27,181.690.996
hae3 4,291.850.882
some2 2,861.230.846
oor2 2,861.230.728
fowk2 2,861.230.674
wis5 7,153.080.656
fur3 4,291.850.649
at3 4,291.850.561
d2 2,861.230.467
is3 4,291.850.449
it10 14,306.150.370
up2 2,861.230.196
wee2 2,861.230.176
that8 11,444.920.167
wi6 8,583.690.110
on5 7,153.080.100
they3 4,291.850.029
in11 15,736.770.001