A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Perrie, Walter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 714
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 406
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.759
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, a, tae, but, for, o, he, wi, man,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (98 words)

Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (616 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
tod6 8,403.3664.583
stoat5 7,002.8059.038
spile3 4,201.6839.231
mankind3 4,201.6833.150
lion3 4,201.6824.260
man8 11,204.4823.994
aul3 4,201.6821.475
baist2 2,801.1217.682
seik2 2,801.1217.682
an38 53,221.2917.085
leeve2 2,801.1216.855
seas2 2,801.1216.855
disease2 2,801.1216.855
earth3 4,201.6816.622
us7 9,803.9216.484
wha5 7,002.8016.089
man's2 2,801.1215.773
oor7 9,803.9215.030
suin3 4,201.6814.635
nor5 7,002.8014.395
steer2 2,801.1213.528
naitur2 2,801.1213.123
pooer2 2,801.1212.844
mrs3 4,201.6812.321
hoo3 4,201.6810.589
began2 2,801.1210.502
he's2 2,801.129.917
crack2 2,801.129.715
caa2 2,801.129.200
hen2 2,801.128.717
but9 12,605.048.668
wuid2 2,801.128.541
he'd2 2,801.128.541
juist4 5,602.248.483
in3 4,201.688.480
has3 4,201.688.259
stert2 2,801.127.677
was4 5,602.247.606
isna2 2,801.127.588
fell2 2,801.126.265
are4 5,602.245.649
still3 4,201.685.533
ony3 4,201.685.392
young2 2,801.124.957
it3 4,201.684.720
never2 2,801.124.450
till2 2,801.124.032
ain3 4,201.683.836
maun2 2,801.123.739
o8 11,204.483.720
wad3 4,201.683.590
were3 4,201.683.418
roon2 2,801.123.392
frae4 5,602.243.356
wan2 2,801.123.272
for8 11,204.483.090
that3 4,201.682.984
had3 4,201.682.804
whit4 5,602.242.677
even2 2,801.122.365
fowk3 4,201.682.358
by3 4,201.682.221
there4 5,602.241.897
their3 4,201.681.872
like4 5,602.241.787
his7 9,803.921.756
aa3 4,201.681.564
i2 2,801.121.490
when2 2,801.121.331
is7 9,803.921.302
wi8 11,204.481.180
the35 49,019.611.159
or4 5,602.241.007
oan2 2,801.120.782
aye2 2,801.120.759
if2 2,801.120.607
can2 2,801.120.604
no3 4,201.680.568
sae2 2,801.120.567
noo2 2,801.120.507
he8 11,204.480.487
s4 5,602.240.396
mair2 2,801.120.179
doon2 2,801.120.124
tae14 19,607.840.111
at4 5,602.240.075
a20 28,011.200.042
on4 5,602.240.035
they3 4,201.680.022
we3 4,201.680.011
him2 2,801.120.006
nae2 2,801.120.000