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Gillespie, Alan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 853
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 400
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.133
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, tae, in, wis, a, i, rovers, it, my,

List of texts in corpus

Mon the Rovers
Scottish Book Trust (2021) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (853 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
and34 39,859.3265.829
mon5 5,861.6642.444
my11 12,895.6639.181
goal4 4,689.3335.656
thomson3 3,517.0029.777
half5 5,861.6629.313
scored3 3,517.0027.663
rovers12 14,068.00nan
should've2 2,344.6724.617
sinclair2 2,344.6724.617
munich2 2,344.6724.617
silent3 3,517.0023.194
midfield2 2,344.6722.893
second4 4,689.3322.400
we're4 4,689.3321.993
banner2 2,344.6719.447
germans2 2,344.6718.439
battered2 2,344.6718.439
german3 3,517.0017.996
over3 3,517.0017.910
two4 4,689.3317.905
scott4 4,689.3317.791
edinburra5 5,861.66nan
with4 4,689.3317.175
played3 3,517.0016.425
fans2 2,344.6716.401
league2 2,344.6716.401
frae9 10,551.0016.154
everyone2 2,344.6715.903
won3 3,517.0015.865
were7 8,206.3315.544
europe3 3,517.0015.355
everybody2 2,344.6715.063
ball2 2,344.6714.879
goals2 2,344.6714.879
waved2 2,344.6714.534
seats2 2,344.6714.372
someone2 2,344.6713.923
school3 3,517.0013.484
says5 5,861.6613.449
whole2 2,344.6712.823
mind5 5,861.6612.082
good3 3,517.0011.683
team2 2,344.6710.798
jimmy2 2,344.6710.675
danny2 2,344.6710.614
next3 3,517.0010.580
davie2 2,344.6710.326
just4 4,689.3310.268
boys2 2,344.6710.058
lennon3 3,517.00nan
leg2 2,344.6710.110
behind2 2,344.679.529
goes2 2,344.679.396
big4 4,689.339.253
being2 2,344.679.186
getting2 2,344.679.186
cameron2 2,344.679.145
cup2 2,344.678.910
so5 5,861.668.901
we10 11,723.338.543
game2 2,344.678.447
teacher2 2,344.678.348
box2 2,344.678.220
park2 2,344.677.805
news2 2,344.677.695
question2 2,344.677.562
hud3 3,517.007.448
klinsmann3 3,517.00nan
cos2 2,344.677.334
a13 15,240.337.163
i12 14,068.006.868
night2 2,344.676.647
about2 2,344.676.041
them5 5,861.665.845
enough2 2,344.675.690
few2 2,344.675.528
out2 2,344.675.162
wis16 18,757.335.032
da6 7,034.004.780
how2 2,344.673.885
best2 2,344.673.646
got3 3,517.003.600
then3 3,517.003.099
went2 2,344.673.071
like5 5,861.662.483
klinsmann's2 2,344.67nan
rougier2 2,344.67nan
first3 3,517.003.688
us3 3,517.002.293
get3 3,517.002.154
back4 4,689.332.121
made2 2,344.671.981
aye3 3,517.001.894
they6 7,034.001.804
ay3 3,517.001.736
if3 3,517.001.615
he11 12,895.661.538
come2 2,344.671.531
was2 2,344.671.253
there4 4,689.331.191
kahn2 2,344.67nan
heid2 2,344.671.168
time3 3,517.001.106
as3 3,517.001.097
him4 4,689.331.091
in17 19,929.660.966
that6 7,034.000.776
to2 2,344.670.637
the55 64,478.310.591
papin2 2,344.67nan
ken2 2,344.670.636
raith2 2,344.67nan
pars2 2,344.67nan
this2 2,344.670.567
kirkcoddy2 2,344.67nan
on7 8,206.330.538
some2 2,344.670.466
oan2 2,344.670.459
me4 4,689.330.453
at4 4,689.330.435
ye6 7,034.000.399
is4 4,689.330.333
no3 3,517.000.232
their2 2,344.670.190
didnay2 2,344.67nan
nicholl2 2,344.67nan
his4 4,689.330.160
up4 4,689.330.156
for4 4,689.330.139
been2 2,344.670.108
it11 12,895.660.081
wisnay2 2,344.67nan
nae2 2,344.670.079
but3 3,517.000.037
wee2 2,344.670.025
whit2 2,344.670.011
tae18 21,101.990.003
intay2 2,344.67nan
aw2 2,344.670.001