A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Calder, Bob

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 5,315
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 2,056
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.585
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, and, o, in, to, he, that, it, his,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict
Lallans Magazine (2013-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (687 words)
Lallans 70 - Hame-combin
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (225 words)

Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (110 words)

Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (1,326 words)
Lallans 58 - Allmairshall
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (2,288 words)
Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit
Lallans Magazine (2000-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (679 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
and155 29,162.75219.989
tae2 376.29209.882
to63 11,853.25171.563
an22 4,139.23150.236
envelope14 2,634.0593.200
there's19 3,574.7988.646
duis9 1,693.3274.965
wes32 6,020.7071.090
publican7 1,317.0367.942
til27 5,079.9662.456
builder6 1,128.8857.662
s3 564.4457.422
he'd14 2,634.0557.020
he's11 2,069.6146.748
stamp5 940.7339.015
duisna5 940.7337.729
hes11 2,069.6137.357
gantry4 752.5937.267
poets6 1,128.8832.773
puit4 752.5932.730
whyte5 940.7332.352
it's20 3,762.9430.969
receipt4 752.5928.861
receipts3 564.4427.206
sanct5 940.7326.784
dr8 1,505.1726.630
gin18 3,386.6425.698
suir3 564.4424.985
buke3 564.4424.985
scots2 376.2923.856
nou12 2,257.7622.500
saut4 752.5922.407
maclean3 564.4422.175
railway4 752.5921.983
raither7 1,317.0321.526
criticism3 564.4421.161
nor15 2,822.2019.788
peace5 940.7319.300
owre8 1,505.1718.341
merit3 564.4418.290
standards3 564.4417.751
gray4 752.5917.699
wesna5 940.7317.327
strata2 376.2917.321
bylt2 376.2917.321
mcculloch2 376.2917.321
woud2 376.2917.321
fable2 376.2917.321
flecks2 376.2917.321
maccaig2 376.2917.321
moths2 376.2917.321
reliance2 376.2917.321
invoice2 376.2917.321
three-piece2 376.2917.321
bar6 1,128.8817.096
they5 940.7317.031
arena3 564.4416.385
mou5 940.7316.065
priorities3 564.4415.993
ye10 1,881.4715.948
athoot6 1,128.8815.615
door's2 376.2915.605
greenock2 376.2915.605
muriel2 376.2915.605
delaney10 1,881.47nan
mairshall10 1,881.47nan
toxic2 376.2915.605
clearances2 376.2915.605
smellin2 376.2915.605
sauls2 376.2915.605
i12 2,257.7615.483
things11 2,069.6115.344
office5 940.7315.176
aye21 3,951.0815.138
thon14 2,634.0515.127
doun10 1,881.4714.982
soutar3 564.4414.960
o152 28,598.3114.898
ane16 3,010.3514.704
i'll6 1,128.8814.692
goodsir2 376.2914.430
extensive2 376.2914.430
rippit2 376.2914.430
impeccable2 376.2914.430
concerns3 564.4414.087
fluir3 564.4413.573
scholarship2 376.2913.532
critics2 376.2913.532
savour2 376.2913.532
discomfort2 376.2913.532
shoud3 564.4413.102
inby3 564.4412.881
macdiarmid3 564.4412.881
definitive2 376.2912.805
tanner2 376.2912.805
premises2 376.2912.805
fac2 376.2912.805
dern2 376.2912.805
hailly2 376.2912.805
quite5 940.7312.579
few7 1,317.0312.573
she11 2,069.6112.484
muir3 564.4412.465
whisky3 564.4412.465
secretary2 376.2912.193
unusual2 376.2912.193
thumb2 376.2912.193
whaur's2 376.2912.193
least6 1,128.8811.994
special4 752.5911.953
firm3 564.4411.894
produce3 564.4411.894
ony13 2,445.9111.833
apron2 376.2911.666
spylt2 376.2911.666
advantages2 376.2911.666
cleaner2 376.2911.666
accoont4 752.5911.459
beer3 564.4411.379
bottle4 752.5911.272
ms2 376.2911.203
restaurant2 376.2911.203
slack2 376.2911.203
tid2 376.2911.203
blend2 376.2911.203
pest2 376.2911.203
journal2 376.2911.203
the369 69,426.1511.200
rest6 1,128.8810.931
representative2 376.2910.790
accessible2 376.2910.790
cites2 376.2910.790
juist13 2,445.9110.574
literary3 564.4410.477
sunlicht2 376.2910.418
i'd3 564.4410.341
legend2 376.2910.079
notion3 564.4410.079
poetry4 752.5910.017
fresh4 752.5910.017
enough6 1,128.889.948
drap4 752.599.867
coal3 564.449.829
inevitable2 376.299.768
saul2 376.299.482
poetic2 376.299.482
sexual2 376.299.482
roun3 564.449.477
waas3 564.449.477
ideas3 564.449.364
gey9 1,693.329.235
moments2 376.299.215
faas2 376.299.215
pub3 564.449.147
allwullie6 1,128.88nan
cd2 376.2911.203
sey2 376.298.967
coin2 376.298.967
perfectly2 376.298.967
duin5 940.738.776
nae28 5,268.118.674
across5 940.738.642
anes4 752.598.542
perspective2 376.298.516
has8 1,505.178.488
gets4 752.598.483
throu8 1,505.178.438
cellar2 376.298.310
feelins2 376.298.310
guest2 376.298.310
sen3 564.448.272
delaney's4 752.59nan
haurd3 564.448.272
finnd3 564.448.272
till8 1,505.178.144
benedict4 752.59nan
aathing3 564.448.097
thing9 1,693.328.060
pavement2 376.297.929
dram2 376.297.929
lets2 376.297.929
solid2 376.297.929
onywey3 564.447.846
sorts2 376.297.753
allmairshall4 752.59nan
prayin2 376.297.753
mense2 376.297.753
attention3 564.447.608
sowl2 376.297.585
sheet2 376.297.585
adult2 376.297.585
braw6 1,128.887.532
deil3 564.447.531
some16 3,010.357.485
aa20 3,762.947.453
langsyne2 376.297.425
bolt2 376.297.425
mebbe5 940.737.324
talk4 752.597.318
bit5 940.737.284
landscape2 376.297.272
haill3 564.447.236
pocket2 376.297.125
tellt4 752.597.084
he'll2 376.296.984
peyin2 376.296.984
it'll2 376.296.984
mairshall's3 564.44nan
himsel5 940.737.112
suin4 752.596.948
reference2 376.296.849
source2 376.296.849
upper2 376.296.849
novel2 376.296.849
peyed3 564.446.762
hairy2 376.296.719
tither3 564.446.698
obvious2 376.296.593
specific2 376.296.593
twelve2 376.296.593
breist2 376.296.593
book3 564.446.512
phrase2 376.296.472
inbye2 376.296.472
if2 376.296.390
academic2 376.296.356
wather2 376.296.356
manahan's3 564.44nan
formal2 376.296.243
publican's3 564.44nan
ay2 376.296.199
are14 2,634.056.170
grant2 376.296.133
slow2 376.296.133
hurt2 376.296.133
fae25 4,703.676.073
no24 4,515.526.054
his45 8,466.606.023
historical2 376.295.925
series2 376.295.925
sort3 564.445.837
me8 1,505.175.787
broun2 376.295.729
seems4 752.595.689
faa3 564.445.684
unco3 564.445.585
in105 19,755.415.524
faur5 940.735.488
suit2 376.295.456
page3 564.445.394
brig3 564.445.394
personal2 376.295.369
lips2 376.295.369
but32 6,020.705.328
she'd3 564.445.301
i've2 376.295.285
he63 11,853.255.274
brings2 376.295.204
review2 376.295.204
tree4 752.595.194
says8 1,505.175.160
indeed2 376.295.046
hadna2 376.295.046
past5 940.735.041
at22 4,139.235.029
maitter3 564.444.994
whase2 376.294.970
mark2 376.294.970
day4 752.594.967
ill3 564.444.910
flung2 376.294.896
professor2 376.294.824
ha2 376.294.753
ablow3 564.444.749
shut3 564.444.670
except2 376.294.617
that's5 940.734.545
maclean's3 564.44nan
hae21 3,951.084.861
queyn3 564.44nan
it46 8,654.754.800
thinks2 376.294.486
research2 376.294.486
poet2 376.294.486
main3 564.444.481
or27 5,079.964.471
been17 3,198.494.408
times5 940.734.397
air5 940.734.376
gowd2 376.294.361
k2 376.294.361
wind3 564.444.336
band2 376.294.300
serious2 376.294.300
whiles4 752.594.267
alive2 376.294.241
clean3 564.444.163
plain2 376.294.126
when11 2,069.614.116
its12 2,257.764.086
seein3 564.444.064
feelin3 564.444.031
tho6 1,128.884.019
waur2 376.294.015
price2 376.294.015
afore2 376.293.995
needit2 376.293.961
whether2 376.293.961
sound2 376.293.961
proper2 376.293.961
trees3 564.443.935
save2 376.293.908
picked2 376.293.908
coud2 376.293.908
she's2 376.293.806
haein4 752.593.793
hauf4 752.593.770
haunds2 376.293.707
gaes2 376.293.658
hauds2 376.293.658
gane2 376.293.611
neither2 376.293.611
as44 8,278.463.587
somethin4 752.593.534
friday3 564.443.519
poem3 564.443.519
aboot9 1,693.323.518
lie2 376.293.429
there21 3,951.083.398
my9 1,693.323.368
idea3 564.443.329
i'm3 564.443.251
wheen4 752.593.178
so2 376.293.161
isna3 564.443.150
moment2 376.293.100
tells2 376.293.100
heat2 376.293.062
wild2 376.293.062
twa3 564.443.051
fowler2 376.29nan
on43 8,090.312.881
buke's2 376.29nan
for40 7,525.872.942
ain10 1,881.472.826
public3 564.442.822
waa2 376.292.809
frost2 376.292.809
wey9 1,693.322.600
intil4 752.592.595
culture3 564.442.588
they're2 376.292.581
whyte's2 376.29nan
nane3 564.443.226
could8 1,505.172.408
later3 564.442.336
thae5 940.732.296
ye'll2 376.292.290
ithers3 564.442.282
need5 940.732.249
geynear2 376.29nan
whaur7 1,317.032.281
free3 564.442.246
less3 564.442.246
allwullie's2 376.29nan
readin2 376.292.210
aince3 564.442.193
him9 1,693.322.156
heich2 376.292.133
white3 564.442.124
dae3 564.442.123
corner2 376.292.108
thocht8 1,505.172.102
hame-combin2 376.29nan
black3 564.442.091
weans2 376.292.084
alang5 940.732.082
poems2 376.292.059
muckle8 1,505.171.967
shop2 376.291.941
morn2 376.291.918
speakin2 376.291.830
thochts2 376.291.788
care2 376.291.767
dark2 376.291.767
said4 752.591.757
easy2 376.291.746
true2 376.291.705
ae13 2,445.911.676
turn3 564.441.614
monday2 376.291.607
did7 1,317.031.601
up15 2,822.201.600
daein3 564.441.588
sae5 940.731.559
you6 1,128.881.541
aff4 752.591.520
another2 376.291.515
haund2 376.291.515
scotland3 564.441.486
cam2 376.291.404
nicht2 376.291.399
either2 376.291.377
richt4 752.591.374
than3 564.441.354
folk4 752.591.330
kept2 376.291.313
feet3 564.441.286
maist2 376.291.273
toun2 376.291.251
leave2 376.291.251
real2 376.291.192
her22 4,139.231.187
state2 376.291.177
bide3 564.441.139
line2 376.291.121
century2 376.291.094
een2 376.291.092
history2 376.291.080
week2 376.291.080
giein2 376.291.067
guid8 1,505.171.027
this25 4,703.671.020
fact2 376.290.990
still6 1,128.880.962
can11 2,069.610.944
even6 1,128.880.930
close2 376.290.872
got3 564.440.840
that46 8,654.750.818
canna3 564.440.787
blue2 376.290.766
thinkin2 376.290.766
schuil2 376.290.756
set4 752.590.747
gies2 376.290.736
agin2 376.290.688
watter3 564.440.637
be31 5,832.550.629
clerical2 376.29nan
ti6 1,128.880.623
went4 752.590.611
fine2 376.290.590
big2 376.290.582
whit9 1,693.320.567
get5 940.730.563
will3 564.440.555
naebody2 376.290.535
sic4 752.590.530
wark3 564.440.526
pedestrian2 376.29nan
every2 376.290.707
life2 376.290.512
last4 752.590.511
baith2 376.290.493
forby2 376.290.490
bein5 940.730.482
tak3 564.440.460
scottish2 376.290.456
then4 752.590.451
kirk2 376.290.440
naethin2 376.290.420
nugget2 376.29nan
place4 752.590.426
compairtments2 376.29nan
amang2 376.290.482
say6 1,128.880.411
dry2 376.290.401
door5 940.730.397
gien3 564.440.389
fell2 376.290.376
ahint2 376.290.376
mair13 2,445.910.357
open2 376.290.347
wha4 752.590.333
lot2 376.290.324
name3 564.440.318
suinest2 376.29nan
ben2 376.290.308
is36 6,773.280.305
new3 564.440.285
them10 1,881.470.278
best3 564.440.274
fiend2 376.29nan
which3 564.440.234
just2 376.290.227
fire2 376.290.226
gettin2 376.290.226
out2 376.290.226
weel5 940.730.221
mind3 564.440.219
efter7 1,317.030.195
convent2 376.29nan
sair2 376.290.185
face2 376.290.179
auld6 1,128.880.167
read2 376.290.166
only2 376.290.164
ither7 1,317.030.159
through2 376.290.152
fair3 564.440.151
first4 752.590.141
wad5 940.730.135
their8 1,505.170.131
were7 1,317.030.119
bi7 1,317.030.111
naw2 376.290.106
atween2 376.290.106
anither3 564.440.093
a159 29,915.330.092
dinna2 376.290.088
like15 2,822.200.086
lik2 376.290.085
wee12 2,257.760.077
queyn's2 376.29nan
what2 376.290.140
these2 376.290.065
by9 1,693.320.064
lang6 1,128.880.063
better3 564.440.062
come5 940.730.057
while2 376.290.054
seen4 752.590.044
didna3 564.440.039
though2 376.290.036
awa6 1,128.880.032
hoose5 940.730.032
comin2 376.290.031
thegither2 376.290.031
esau2 376.29nan
comes2 376.290.031
year4 752.590.028
side2 376.290.024
man5 940.730.022
time9 1,693.320.022
oot23 4,327.380.019
greenfield's2 376.29nan
wi39 7,337.720.019
hou2 376.290.015
men2 376.290.014
of7 1,317.030.011
pairt2 376.290.011
again4 752.590.010
years2 376.290.006
let2 376.290.004
same3 564.440.004
here6 1,128.880.003
your2 376.290.003
rain2 376.290.003
near2 376.290.002
gie4 752.590.001
had7 1,317.030.001
back11 2,069.610.001
taen2 376.290.000
haun2 376.290.000