Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Aitchison, Craig

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 656
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 438
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.498
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, in, ma, bi, sae, o, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Kythe
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as poetry (280 words)
Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (277 words)
nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch
Association for Scottish Literature (2022-07-29 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (99 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
witter	3	4,573.17	34.679
sea	5	7,621.95	26.281
autism	2	3,048.78	25.669
watter's	2	3,048.78	25.669
paulie	2	3,048.78	25.669
kythe	3	4,573.17	25.198
blossom	2	3,048.78	22.760
stanes	3	4,573.17	18.745
bi	7	10,670.73	18.643
maps	2	3,048.78	18.338
steert	2	3,048.78	17.723
am	4	6,097.56	17.429
yird	3	4,573.17	16.840
mairches	2	3,048.78	16.721
watter	4	6,097.56	15.478
merks	2	3,048.78	15.415
sae	7	10,670.73	14.933
wirds	4	6,097.56	14.737
star	2	3,048.78	14.196
mirk	2	3,048.78	12.834
miles	2	3,048.78	12.370
haunds	2	3,048.78	11.466
howp	2	3,048.78	11.352
daurk	2	3,048.78	11.297
fir	4	6,097.56	11.206
faimly	2	3,048.78	10.782
mairch	2	3,048.78	10.687
biggit	2	3,048.78	10.121
it's	4	6,097.56	9.461
throu	3	4,573.17	8.680
gae	2	3,048.78	8.158
a'm	2	3,048.78	7.489
roond	2	3,048.78	6.860
ahint	2	3,048.78	6.546
faur	2	3,048.78	6.137
different	2	3,048.78	6.058
aff	4	6,097.56	5.996
gie	3	4,573.17	5.909
oan	4	6,097.56	5.803
o	6	9,146.34	5.386
ower	5	7,621.95	5.189
cannae	2	3,048.78	5.059
dinnae	2	3,048.78	4.938
cauld	2	3,048.78	4.821
aw	5	7,621.95	4.760
room	2	3,048.78	4.617
ma	7	10,670.73	4.602
an	9	13,719.51	4.467
here	3	4,573.17	3.985
the	27	41,158.54	3.903
frae	4	6,097.56	3.757
ken	3	4,573.17	3.354
me	5	7,621.95	2.937
tak	2	3,048.78	2.345
will	2	3,048.78	2.248
juist	2	3,048.78	2.248
ae	3	4,573.17	2.242
it	4	6,097.56	2.185
wey	2	3,048.78	1.948
a	25	38,109.76	1.671
and	2	3,048.78	1.607
awa	2	3,048.78	1.279
no	3	4,573.17	0.793
haim	2	3,048.78	nan
see	2	3,048.78	0.680
be	2	3,048.78	0.604
intae	2	3,048.78	0.581
on	3	4,573.17	0.301
wi	6	9,146.34	0.223
in	9	13,719.51	0.156
this	2	3,048.78	0.109
but	3	4,573.17	0.076
tae	15	22,865.85	0.060
bit	2	3,048.78	0.054
like	2	3,048.78	0.045
oot	3	4,573.17	0.021
nae	2	3,048.78	0.009