A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Cairns, Pauline

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 739
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 345
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.142
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, we, for, wi, guid,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon
Lallans Magazine (2013-12 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (427 words)
Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (312 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
snd6 8,119.0857.997
ingan4 5,412.7244.579
add5 6,765.9043.577
bacon4 5,412.7240.053
supplement3 4,059.5439.022
stock4 5,412.7235.411
oven3 4,059.5428.986
dost3 4,059.5426.635
beef3 4,059.5426.319
chappit3 4,059.5425.464
parsley2 2,706.3625.192
cubes2 2,706.3625.192
mushrooms2 2,706.3625.192
sprig2 2,706.3623.468
herbs2 2,706.3623.468
guid8 10,825.4423.226
we're4 5,412.7222.795
cook3 4,059.5422.108
olive2 2,706.3621.377
oral2 2,706.3620.641
collectin2 2,706.3619.485
susan2 2,706.3619.485
ingans2 2,706.3619.485
salt2 2,706.3619.013
pat3 4,059.5418.675
oor8 10,825.4418.485
addin2 2,706.3617.544
pepper2 2,706.3617.248
steep2 2,706.3617.248
ile2 2,706.3615.273
big5 6,765.9014.846
dundee2 2,706.3614.493
hooanever2 2,706.3614.090
yin5 6,765.9013.890
grant2 2,706.3613.724
twa-three2 2,706.3612.204
pan2 2,706.3612.204
above2 2,706.3612.050
daein3 4,059.5411.145
university2 2,706.3610.566
we10 13,531.8010.411
wee7 9,472.2610.317
intil3 4,059.5410.136
goat3 4,059.5410.047
yaise2 2,706.369.580
readin2 2,706.369.135
new4 5,412.728.857
us5 6,765.908.598
easy2 2,706.368.495
had5 6,765.908.217
fur7 9,472.268.173
oan5 6,765.908.075
either2 2,706.367.951
pit4 5,412.727.844
too2 2,706.367.306
until2 2,706.367.243
unner2 2,706.366.761
find2 2,706.366.535
enough2 2,706.366.386
fine3 4,059.546.185
past2 2,706.365.475
mak3 4,059.545.015
year3 4,059.544.819
if4 5,412.724.495
aboot6 8,119.084.435
oot7 9,472.263.608
three2 2,706.363.434
no5 6,765.903.397
weel3 4,059.543.260
thing2 2,706.363.194
dae3 4,059.543.154
wir2 2,706.363.032
tae23 31,123.142.885
for8 10,825.442.748
o22 29,769.962.694
twa3 4,059.542.633
anither2 2,706.362.576
an26 35,182.682.425
ower4 5,412.722.368
mind2 2,706.362.316
gie2 2,706.362.286
hae4 5,412.722.168
it's2 2,706.362.122
at2 2,706.362.062
tak2 2,706.362.004
could2 2,706.361.984
wey2 2,706.361.627
when2 2,706.361.344
so2 2,706.361.302
but5 6,765.901.295
is7 9,472.261.127
its2 2,706.361.060
whit3 4,059.540.985
wi8 10,825.440.965
ken2 2,706.360.903
and3 4,059.540.867
as3 4,059.540.592
the48 64,952.640.569
them2 2,706.360.484
noo2 2,706.360.461
this4 5,412.720.438
nae3 4,059.540.334
burgundy2 2,706.36nan
yer2 2,706.360.321
time2 2,706.360.309
that6 8,119.080.244
in10 13,531.800.214
be3 4,059.540.152
back2 2,706.360.139
or3 4,059.540.126
a20 27,063.600.124
it8 10,825.440.055
aw2 2,706.360.031
ah4 5,412.720.001
ye4 5,412.720.001
bourguignon2 2,706.36nan
fae2 2,706.360.000