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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 39,859.3266.705
mon5 5,861.6641.988
my11 12,895.6639.490
goal4 4,689.3335.395
half5 5,861.6628.318
thomson3 3,517.0028.208
scored3 3,517.0027.746
rovers12 14,068.00nan
should've2 2,344.6724.673
munich2 2,344.6724.673
sinclair2 2,344.6724.673
silent3 3,517.0023.072
second4 4,689.3323.014
midfield2 2,344.6722.948
we're4 4,689.3321.970
banner2 2,344.6719.502
germans2 2,344.6718.495
over3 3,517.0018.342
german3 3,517.0018.252
two4 4,689.3318.167
battered2 2,344.6718.074
with4 4,689.3317.422
edinburra5 5,861.66nan
scott4 4,689.3317.822
fans2 2,344.6716.456
played3 3,517.0016.442
everyone2 2,344.6716.199
league2 2,344.6716.199
won3 3,517.0016.006
frae9 10,551.0015.933
europe3 3,517.0015.546
were7 8,206.3315.472
everybody2 2,344.6715.118
ball2 2,344.6714.934
goals2 2,344.6714.757
seats2 2,344.6714.427
waved2 2,344.6714.427
someone2 2,344.6714.122
says5 5,861.6614.040
school3 3,517.0013.448
whole2 2,344.6713.097
mind5 5,861.6612.147
good3 3,517.0011.846
jimmy2 2,344.6710.981
team2 2,344.6710.790
next3 3,517.0010.704
danny2 2,344.6710.668
just4 4,689.3310.613
davie2 2,344.6710.380
leg2 2,344.6710.164
boys2 2,344.679.960
behind2 2,344.679.628
goes2 2,344.679.494
lennon3 3,517.00nan
getting2 2,344.679.281
being2 2,344.679.199
cameron2 2,344.679.199
big4 4,689.339.117
so5 5,861.668.978
cup2 2,344.678.707
game2 2,344.678.637
teacher2 2,344.678.369
we10 11,723.338.277
box2 2,344.678.273
park2 2,344.677.886
news2 2,344.677.830
hud3 3,517.007.820
question2 2,344.677.693
klinsmann3 3,517.00nan
cos2 2,344.677.411
a13 15,240.337.222
i12 14,068.007.152
night2 2,344.676.698
about2 2,344.676.142
enough2 2,344.675.911
them5 5,861.665.728
few2 2,344.675.636
out2 2,344.675.212
wis16 18,757.335.186
da6 7,034.004.825
how2 2,344.673.915
first3 3,517.003.760
best2 2,344.673.676
klinsmann's2 2,344.67nan
got3 3,517.003.566
then3 3,517.003.053
like5 5,861.662.583
rougier2 2,344.67nan
went2 2,344.673.030
get3 3,517.002.227
us3 3,517.002.201
back4 4,689.332.165
made2 2,344.671.998
ay3 3,517.001.767
aye3 3,517.001.764
they6 7,034.001.759
if3 3,517.001.671
come2 2,344.671.552
he11 12,895.661.478
there4 4,689.331.203
heid2 2,344.671.189
kahn2 2,344.67nan
papin2 2,344.67nan
time3 3,517.001.137
as3 3,517.001.132
was2 2,344.671.122
him4 4,689.331.085
that6 7,034.000.785
kirkcoddy2 2,344.67nan
to2 2,344.670.704
the55 64,478.310.667
ken2 2,344.670.627
this2 2,344.670.575
raith2 2,344.67nan
in17 19,929.660.956
oan2 2,344.670.522
on7 8,206.330.510
some2 2,344.670.474
at4 4,689.330.441
ye6 7,034.000.400
pars2 2,344.67nan
me4 4,689.330.532
is4 4,689.330.332
their2 2,344.670.188
didnay2 2,344.67nan
no3 3,517.000.255
up4 4,689.330.146
for4 4,689.330.138
nicholl2 2,344.67nan
his4 4,689.330.173
been2 2,344.670.120
wisnay2 2,344.67nan
it11 12,895.660.095
nae2 2,344.670.081
but3 3,517.000.031
wee2 2,344.670.025
whit2 2,344.670.017
aw2 2,344.670.000
intay2 2,344.67nan
tae18 21,101.990.006