A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cameron, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,318
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 565
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.333
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, in, o, i, or, wi, they, your,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (182 words)
Lallans 58 - Naebody’s Rose
Lallans Magazine (2021 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (47 words)
Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (89 words)
Lallans 82 - Nevermas
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (117 words)
Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame
Lallans Magazine (2009-07-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)

Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank
Lallans Magazine (2009-12-01) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)

Lallans 73 - The Stranger
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (598 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
and37 28,072.8450.688
naebody's4 3,034.9043.843
snaw6 4,552.3543.521
your10 7,587.2540.189
rose6 4,552.3539.672
planes4 3,034.9038.993
tae4 3,034.9033.364
wind6 4,552.3531.248
daw3 2,276.1830.494
crystal3 2,276.1830.494
an8 6,069.8028.991
i've4 3,034.9026.321
bluid5 3,793.6325.636
i25 18,968.1324.280
the122 92,564.4924.065
petal2 1,517.4522.878
anerly2 1,517.4522.878
my9 6,828.5321.595
yowdendrift2 1,517.4521.155
handsel2 1,517.4521.155
nevermas2 1,517.4521.155
he'll3 2,276.1820.820
blaws3 2,276.1820.608
sall3 2,276.1819.829
warld6 4,552.3519.778
mysel3 2,276.1819.476
scart2 1,517.4519.067
lowdie6 4,552.35nan
hand4 3,034.9018.812
or16 12,139.6118.586
deid5 3,793.6318.423
bairn's2 1,517.4518.332
our4 3,034.9017.752
swith2 1,517.4517.713
blinnd2 1,517.4517.713
stane4 3,034.9017.580
mirk3 2,276.1817.466
flourish2 1,517.4517.178
was8 6,069.8015.724
flouer2 1,517.4515.560
sheuch2 1,517.4515.560
it3 2,276.1815.225
when8 6,069.8014.857
mune2 1,517.4514.674
that2 1,517.4514.588
peel2 1,517.4514.418
owre4 3,034.9014.378
whiles4 3,034.9013.720
sowl2 1,517.4512.982
hinmaist2 1,517.4512.654
ken8 6,069.8012.395
flouers2 1,517.4512.208
he2 1,517.4512.124
gray2 1,517.4511.683
rowed2 1,517.4511.683
bairns5 3,793.6311.652
simmer3 2,276.1811.236
nicht6 4,552.3511.151
stranger2 1,517.4511.011
hou4 3,034.9010.281
tam3 2,276.1810.102
stour2 1,517.4510.022
hear4 3,034.909.919
to7 5,311.089.790
cauld4 3,034.909.594
nou4 3,034.909.576
gowd2 1,517.459.505
flee2 1,517.459.437
itsel3 2,276.189.279
s2 1,517.459.230
til5 3,793.639.192
fields2 1,517.459.113
aince3 2,276.188.863
black3 2,276.188.789
in35 26,555.398.526
where3 2,276.188.503
een5 3,793.638.426
yon4 3,034.908.176
sometimes2 1,517.458.139
whilk2 1,517.458.139
nurse2 1,517.457.999
orra2 1,517.457.954
mistress2 1,517.457.954
it's5 3,793.637.846
hert3 2,276.187.833
aa8 6,069.807.570
he's2 1,517.457.490
afore6 4,552.357.276
grund2 1,517.457.223
wha4 3,034.907.041
gless2 1,517.456.907
they12 9,104.706.749
ablow2 1,517.456.618
as2 1,517.456.607
morn2 1,517.456.588
care2 1,517.456.380
auld6 4,552.356.299
airts2 1,517.456.240
legs2 1,517.456.212
i'll2 1,517.456.000
early2 1,517.455.924
luik2 1,517.455.850
gang3 2,276.185.814
toun2 1,517.455.614
years3 2,276.185.517
sang2 1,517.455.502
lift2 1,517.455.480
i'm2 1,517.455.415
frae7 5,311.085.290
ye2 1,517.455.069
yae2 1,517.454.884
ever2 1,517.454.640
are5 3,793.634.418
provan2 1,517.45nan
say4 3,034.904.366
ahint2 1,517.454.065
siller2 1,517.454.038
lassie2 1,517.453.971
bairn2 1,517.453.816
out2 1,517.453.705
ee2 1,517.453.575
wi16 12,139.613.205
mavis'2 1,517.45nan
that's2 1,517.453.251
merle's2 1,517.45nan
sun2 1,517.453.507
air2 1,517.453.181
here4 3,034.903.004
kent3 2,276.182.831
mind3 2,276.182.739
her3 2,276.182.723
gie3 2,276.182.702
rain2 1,517.452.681
end2 1,517.452.673
thon3 2,276.182.644
never2 1,517.452.602
gin3 2,276.182.578
hame3 2,276.182.356
road2 1,517.452.324
us4 3,034.902.306
you5 3,793.632.195
come3 2,276.182.178
juist3 2,276.182.178
throu2 1,517.452.140
dinna2 1,517.451.989
atween2 1,517.451.926
aye4 3,034.901.686
last2 1,517.451.683
cornfields2 1,517.45nan
a47 35,660.091.803
heid3 2,276.181.683
there6 4,552.351.654
lang3 2,276.181.516
thing2 1,517.451.514
see4 3,034.901.340
nor2 1,517.451.005
time4 3,034.900.966
him2 1,517.450.771
think2 1,517.450.746
did2 1,517.450.713
no2 1,517.450.710
ony2 1,517.450.705
tak2 1,517.450.637
on6 4,552.350.621
o31 23,520.490.524
muckle2 1,517.450.510
nae5 3,793.630.371
sae3 2,276.180.368
ane2 1,517.450.364
man2 1,517.450.299
warld-blinnd2 1,517.45nan
we4 3,034.900.322
whit2 1,517.450.279
his9 6,828.530.260
ain2 1,517.450.243
this4 3,034.900.227
mair2 1,517.450.209
nicht-at-eenie2 1,517.45nan
back2 1,517.450.203
wad2 1,517.450.182
ll2 1,517.450.180
me5 3,793.630.151
but6 4,552.350.145
were2 1,517.450.139
like4 3,034.900.085
day3 2,276.180.078
be6 4,552.350.064
get2 1,517.450.049
for8 6,069.800.037
at8 6,069.800.029
she7 5,311.080.010
can2 1,517.450.000
cannle-flame2 1,517.45nan
wee3 2,276.180.023