A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Perrie, Walter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 766
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 436
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.757
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, tae, is, for, o, but, he, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Sindrins
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (52 words)
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 7,832.9065.474
stoat5 6,527.4258.329
spile3 3,916.4538.806
mankind3 3,916.4534.989
sindrins3 3,916.4531.854
man8 10,443.8623.072
lion3 3,916.4522.364
aul3 3,916.4521.054
ours2 2,610.9719.877
seik2 2,610.9717.400
baist2 2,610.9717.400
ou2 2,610.9716.830
disease2 2,610.9716.573
leeve2 2,610.9716.573
seas2 2,610.9716.573
earth3 3,916.4516.264
man's2 2,610.9715.685
us7 9,138.3815.576
wha5 6,527.4215.485
suin3 3,916.4514.225
oor7 9,138.3814.137
an38 49,608.3613.905
nor5 6,527.4213.667
steer2 2,610.9713.248
naitur2 2,610.9712.748
pooer2 2,610.9712.565
are6 7,832.9011.983
mrs3 3,916.4511.918
hoo3 3,916.4510.193
began2 2,610.979.901
he's2 2,610.979.561
crack2 2,610.979.441
country2 2,610.978.962
caa2 2,610.978.927
hen2 2,610.978.538
wuid2 2,610.978.271
he'd2 2,610.978.271
but9 11,749.357.914
juist4 5,221.937.886
has3 3,916.457.879
stert2 2,610.977.410
isna2 2,610.977.299
in4 5,221.937.216
was4 5,221.936.884
fell2 2,610.975.977
hert2 2,610.975.721
it3 3,916.455.448
sair2 2,610.975.445
still3 3,916.455.171
ony3 3,916.454.847
young2 2,610.974.709
never2 2,610.974.354
for9 11,749.353.831
till2 2,610.973.751
that3 3,916.453.591
ain3 3,916.453.521
maun2 2,610.973.512
bocage2 2,610.97nan
o9 11,749.353.527
wad3 3,916.453.291
wan2 2,610.973.119
were3 3,916.453.110
roon2 2,610.973.086
is9 11,749.353.065
frae4 5,221.932.937
had3 3,916.452.515
whit4 5,221.932.383
even2 2,610.972.178
fowk3 3,916.452.050
by3 3,916.451.935
or5 6,527.421.907
i2 2,610.971.762
there4 5,221.931.621
their3 3,916.451.605
like4 5,221.931.543
his7 9,138.381.317
when2 2,610.971.257
aa3 3,916.451.245
the38 49,608.361.114
wi8 10,443.860.794
oan2 2,610.970.695
aye2 2,610.970.555
s4 5,221.930.555
if2 2,610.970.517
can2 2,610.970.493
sae2 2,610.970.441
no3 3,916.450.436
noo2 2,610.970.404
tae14 18,276.760.389
he8 10,443.860.238
at4 5,221.930.191
on4 5,221.930.119
mair2 2,610.970.103
doon2 2,610.970.069
a23 30,026.110.018
nae2 2,610.970.016
we3 3,916.450.001
him2 2,610.970.001
they3 3,916.450.000