Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, J. Barrie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 476
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.556
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, in, i, aa, they, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (176 words)
Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (70 words)
Lallans 82 - Forth Brig
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (230 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
towrist	2	4,201.68	26.953
tracks	2	4,201.68	19.619
thon	5	10,504.20	17.147
waas	2	4,201.68	14.102
aa	6	12,605.04	12.531
brig	2	4,201.68	11.023
wi'	2	4,201.68	10.986
then	4	8,403.36	9.757
stood	2	4,201.68	9.715
across	2	4,201.68	8.893
voice	2	4,201.68	8.629
sea	2	4,201.68	8.239
nivver	2	4,201.68	8.100
doon	5	10,504.20	7.916
tak	3	6,302.52	7.052
by	4	8,403.36	7.001
like	5	10,504.20	6.420
ither	3	6,302.52	5.401
through	2	4,201.68	5.063
roon	2	4,201.68	4.667
i	7	14,705.88	4.477
they	5	10,504.20	3.678
cam	2	4,201.68	3.457
ma	5	10,504.20	3.192
frae	3	6,302.52	2.956
up	4	8,403.36	1.923
but	4	8,403.36	1.880
auld	2	4,201.68	1.875
if	2	4,201.68	1.553
it	3	6,302.52	1.460
their	2	4,201.68	1.232
as	5	10,504.20	1.227
me	3	6,302.52	1.142
an	9	18,907.56	0.944
wis	3	6,302.52	0.815
mair	2	4,201.68	0.813
wee	2	4,201.68	0.793
tae	13	27,310.92	0.714
that	3	6,302.52	0.707
airches	2	4,201.68	nan
twa	2	4,201.68	1.849
a	17	35,714.29	0.662
ower	2	4,201.68	0.647
oot	3	6,302.52	0.435
nae	2	4,201.68	0.266
aboot	2	4,201.68	0.210
the	30	63,025.21	0.186
or	2	4,201.68	0.113
o	9	18,907.56	0.071
in	8	16,806.72	0.045
we	2	4,201.68	0.006
at	3	6,302.52	0.001