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 8,119.0858.003
ingan4 5,412.7244.583
add5 6,765.9043.289
bacon4 5,412.7240.057
supplement3 4,059.5439.025
stock4 5,412.7235.102
oven3 4,059.5428.989
dost3 4,059.5426.637
beef3 4,059.5426.322
chappit3 4,059.5425.738
parsley2 2,706.3625.194
cubes2 2,706.3625.194
mushrooms2 2,706.3625.194
sprig2 2,706.3623.470
herbs2 2,706.3623.470
guid8 10,825.4423.072
we're4 5,412.7222.862
cook3 4,059.5422.111
olive2 2,706.3621.379
ingans2 2,706.3619.487
collectin2 2,706.3619.487
susan2 2,706.3619.487
oral2 2,706.3619.015
salt2 2,706.3619.015
pat3 4,059.5418.678
oor8 10,825.4418.547
steep2 2,706.3617.865
addin2 2,706.3617.546
pepper2 2,706.3617.250
ile2 2,706.3615.275
big5 6,765.9014.780
dundee2 2,706.3614.495
hooanever2 2,706.3614.092
yin5 6,765.9013.919
grant2 2,706.3613.726
twa-three2 2,706.3612.285
pan2 2,706.3612.206
above2 2,706.3611.832
daein3 4,059.5411.018
we10 13,531.8010.504
university2 2,706.3610.417
intil3 4,059.5410.359
wee7 9,472.2610.262
goat3 4,059.5410.175
yaise2 2,706.369.543
readin2 2,706.369.102
new4 5,412.728.826
us5 6,765.908.633
easy2 2,706.368.468
had5 6,765.908.227
fur7 9,472.268.013
either2 2,706.368.004
pit4 5,412.727.892
oan5 6,765.907.867
until2 2,706.367.184
too2 2,706.367.163
unner2 2,706.366.891
find2 2,706.366.520
enough2 2,706.366.185
fine3 4,059.546.172
past2 2,706.365.489
mak3 4,059.545.107
year3 4,059.544.810
aboot6 8,119.084.486
if4 5,412.724.384
oot7 9,472.263.599
three2 2,706.363.485
no5 6,765.903.346
weel3 4,059.543.262
thing2 2,706.363.207
dae3 4,059.543.122
wir2 2,706.363.060
tae23 31,123.142.935
for8 10,825.442.818
o22 29,769.962.726
twa3 4,059.542.661
anither2 2,706.362.608
an26 35,182.682.569
ower4 5,412.722.392
mind2 2,706.362.306
gie2 2,706.362.246
hae4 5,412.722.180
it's2 2,706.362.127
tak2 2,706.362.038
at2 2,706.362.029
could2 2,706.361.992
wey2 2,706.361.641
so2 2,706.361.304
but5 6,765.901.256
when2 2,706.361.248
is7 9,472.261.128
its2 2,706.361.091
wi8 10,825.441.000
whit3 4,059.540.959
ken2 2,706.360.921
and3 4,059.540.896
the48 64,952.640.590
as3 4,059.540.567
them2 2,706.360.492
noo2 2,706.360.451
this4 5,412.720.435
nae3 4,059.540.341
burgundy2 2,706.36nan
yer2 2,706.360.300
time2 2,706.360.298
that6 8,119.080.244
in10 13,531.800.212
be3 4,059.540.150
or3 4,059.540.141
back2 2,706.360.140
a20 27,063.600.132
it8 10,825.440.065
ah4 5,412.720.042
aw2 2,706.360.027
fae2 2,706.360.001
bourguignon2 2,706.36nan
ye4 5,412.720.000