A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Jarvie, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,185
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 587
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.019
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, a, tae, he, wis, in, ye, o, they,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (108 words)
Lallans 76 - Mither tung?
Lallans Magazine (2010-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (203 words)

Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (702 words)

Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (172 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
duncan5 4,219.4139.796
morningside2 1,687.7623.300
fairmhoose2 1,687.7623.300
he28 23,628.6920.664
pilgrim2 1,687.7620.393
crossed3 2,531.6520.275
waitin4 3,375.5319.972
ould2 1,687.7619.488
ballad2 1,687.7619.488
joe3 2,531.6518.088
tuik4 3,375.5317.582
college3 2,531.6517.294
tung5 4,219.4117.038
holy2 1,687.7616.326
sea4 3,375.5314.919
haly2 1,687.7613.951
donnie8 6,751.05nan
hud5 4,219.4114.563
sterts2 1,687.7613.951
an51 43,037.9712.007
derry2 1,687.7611.977
drinkin2 1,687.7611.977
sune2 1,687.7611.635
freend2 1,687.7610.851
abune2 1,687.7610.431
they13 10,970.4610.316
d8 6,751.0510.295
wine2 1,687.7610.054
road4 3,375.539.874
thir4 3,375.539.427
gied4 3,375.539.366
months2 1,687.768.737
ye15 12,658.238.609
the47 39,662.458.429
lane2 1,687.768.178
hell2 1,687.767.770
fer3 2,531.657.769
wir4 3,375.537.524
ca2 1,687.767.201
please2 1,687.767.104
morn2 1,687.767.010
o13 10,970.466.583
tellt2 1,687.766.439
and2 1,687.766.294
here5 4,219.416.057
leave2 1,687.766.042
ilk2 1,687.765.927
thon4 3,375.535.839
ready2 1,687.765.838
is2 1,687.765.468
broon2 1,687.765.369
lik3 2,531.655.329
year4 3,375.535.294
him8 6,751.055.225
say4 3,375.535.011
auld5 4,219.414.719
place3 2,531.654.617
mither3 2,531.654.617
sure2 1,687.764.554
wha3 2,531.654.434
wis20 16,877.644.433
gaed3 2,531.654.100
lang4 3,375.534.021
sun2 1,687.763.878
back6 5,063.293.713
til3 2,531.653.630
anither3 2,531.653.579
wi4 3,375.533.410
weel4 3,375.533.340
his12 10,126.583.265
ve3 2,531.653.091
yer5 4,219.412.922
haun2 1,687.762.893
again3 2,531.652.861
ken4 3,375.532.830
us4 3,375.532.826
hame3 2,531.652.787
hiv2 1,687.762.747
thocht3 2,531.652.535
a44 37,130.802.417
ma2 1,687.762.306
that7 5,907.172.217
tae33 27,848.102.106
went2 1,687.762.087
three2 1,687.762.006
can4 3,375.531.994
man3 2,531.651.936
left2 1,687.761.918
up2 1,687.761.827
then3 2,531.651.827
this2 1,687.761.787
when3 2,531.651.781
life2 1,687.761.562
tell2 1,687.761.513
re2 1,687.761.473
sayd3 2,531.65nan
till2 1,687.762.383
to3 2,531.651.264
leid2 1,687.761.251
syne2 1,687.761.238
fur5 4,219.411.087
gie2 1,687.761.059
aff3 2,531.651.046
me2 1,687.760.998
gin2 1,687.760.993
some3 2,531.650.897
her4 3,375.530.850
could2 1,687.760.830
wee4 3,375.530.803
lili2 1,687.76nan
aboot2 1,687.760.796
whit4 3,375.530.698
nae2 1,687.760.663
see3 2,531.650.547
for5 4,219.410.484
guid2 1,687.760.422
ain2 1,687.760.391
but6 5,063.290.389
so2 1,687.760.365
in16 13,502.110.353
time3 2,531.650.336
scots3 2,531.650.325
ll2 1,687.760.312
efter2 1,687.760.310
or5 4,219.410.292
buke2 1,687.76nan
been3 2,531.650.283
it12 10,126.580.281
no4 3,375.530.245
at9 7,594.940.233
aa3 2,531.650.221
oot4 3,375.530.207
be7 5,907.170.169
s10 8,438.820.163
get2 1,687.760.131
conseether2 1,687.76nan
had2 1,687.760.103
mair2 1,687.760.086
as8 6,751.050.072
aye2 1,687.760.038
frae2 1,687.760.036
if2 1,687.760.027
fowk2 1,687.760.026
fae3 2,531.650.021
we5 4,219.410.017
on7 5,907.170.014
them2 1,687.760.008
there3 2,531.650.001
i7 5,907.170.000
their2 1,687.760.000