A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Matheson, Ann

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,757
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 915
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.92
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, tae, in, his, that, wi, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 84 - Attrition
Lallans Magazine (2014-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (353 words)
Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (798 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (606 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
lik14 7,968.1353.204
houever5 2,845.7646.578
maugre5 2,845.7640.349
border6 3,414.9133.979
thorough3 1,707.4633.826
jess3 1,707.4633.826
geyan3 1,707.4626.128
disjaskit3 1,707.4625.457
weirs3 1,707.4624.310
weird4 2,276.6122.900
perceivit2 1,138.3021.731
frae15 8,537.2821.459
borderers2 1,138.3020.008
chronicles2 1,138.3020.008
stickit2 1,138.3020.008
buik5 2,845.7619.659
novel3 1,707.4618.907
lealtie2 1,138.3018.826
rivin2 1,138.3017.922
heilan2 1,138.3016.569
oan11 6,260.6716.380
reivers2 1,138.3016.035
scunnersome2 1,138.3014.767
analysis2 1,138.3014.767
craters2 1,138.3014.421
cams2 1,138.3014.421
athout2 1,138.3014.421
releegious2 1,138.3014.104
eident2 1,138.3013.282
shell2 1,138.3013.282
coarner2 1,138.3012.402
tait2 1,138.3012.027
story4 2,276.6111.940
dan3 1,707.4611.642
lunnon2 1,138.3011.525
reader2 1,138.3011.224
deid4 2,276.6110.996
thrie2 1,138.3010.945
weill4 2,276.6110.879
whan8 4,553.2210.385
or15 8,537.2810.229
gas2 1,138.3010.213
it8 4,553.2210.189
reek2 1,138.3010.103
whole2 1,138.309.997
anent4 2,276.619.970
michael2 1,138.309.793
edinburgh3 1,707.469.593
drama2 1,138.309.416
rael2 1,138.309.416
haar2 1,138.309.327
ends2 1,138.309.327
scrievit2 1,138.309.327
whase2 1,138.309.074
taks3 1,707.468.746
etc2 1,138.308.613
hantle2 1,138.308.336
had8 4,553.228.323
luve2 1,138.308.078
plain2 1,138.308.078
on3 1,707.468.008
invernevis3 1,707.46nan
whether2 1,138.307.955
grun3 1,707.467.832
his20 11,383.047.618
german2 1,138.307.612
estate2 1,138.307.558
haill2 1,138.307.400
with3 1,707.467.323
whiles3 1,707.467.157
family2 1,138.306.920
gart2 1,138.306.831
orra2 1,138.306.831
thae4 2,276.616.722
are7 3,984.066.648
sindry2 1,138.306.459
won2 1,138.306.232
wheen3 1,707.466.124
maist5 2,845.765.847
gets2 1,138.305.723
mak5 2,845.765.622
kintra2 1,138.305.256
wha4 2,276.615.229
mary2 1,138.305.072
been8 4,553.225.001
hou3 1,707.464.797
tuik2 1,138.304.709
for4 2,276.614.633
at5 2,845.764.485
lift2 1,138.304.448
never3 1,707.464.430
son2 1,138.304.427
tent2 1,138.304.131
nor4 2,276.614.057
tree2 1,138.303.933
word2 1,138.303.915
maks2 1,138.303.847
monie2 1,138.303.698
o48 27,319.293.537
fur9 5,122.373.526
black2 1,138.303.438
this12 6,829.823.390
atween3 1,707.463.387
haein2 1,138.303.136
face3 1,707.463.116
wi20 11,383.043.066
sic3 1,707.463.036
street2 1,138.302.985
afore5 2,845.762.926
bairn2 1,138.302.878
bairnt2 1,138.30nan
gaelic3 1,707.462.874
who2 1,138.302.775
faur2 1,138.302.775
aw8 4,553.222.729
but3 1,707.462.723
sair2 1,138.302.666
thaim4 2,276.612.346
heid4 2,276.612.244
wis12 6,829.822.190
coorse2 1,138.302.162
comin2 1,138.302.096
be5 2,845.761.999
warld2 1,138.301.976
bein3 1,707.461.926
scots3 1,707.461.917
oot4 2,276.611.866
jess's2 1,138.30nan
so4 2,276.611.814
heard2 1,138.301.745
faither2 1,138.301.665
micht3 1,707.461.603
cud2 1,138.301.515
her13 7,398.981.486
sae5 2,845.761.468
it's3 1,707.461.432
they4 2,276.611.366
while2 1,138.301.335
wee6 3,414.911.255
win2 1,138.301.238
dinna2 1,138.301.233
hoose3 1,707.461.101
gey2 1,138.301.048
yer5 2,845.760.986
left2 1,138.300.937
of4 2,276.610.873
a58 33,010.810.855
him3 1,707.460.691
up9 5,122.370.675
ye7 3,984.060.670
life2 1,138.300.668
and9 5,122.370.666
guid3 1,707.460.659
like3 1,707.460.632
no3 1,707.460.624
big2 1,138.300.615
you2 1,138.300.495
mair5 2,845.760.468
fin2 1,138.300.443
is13 7,398.980.405
that20 11,383.040.397
their2 1,138.300.376
een2 1,138.300.347
hae3 1,707.460.334
intae4 2,276.610.326
as9 5,122.370.312
ower3 1,707.460.245
hame2 1,138.300.213
tae35 19,920.320.204
tak2 1,138.300.199
whit3 1,707.460.177
come2 1,138.300.163
juist2 1,138.300.163
my2 1,138.300.147
muckle2 1,138.300.127
in29 16,505.410.094
wey2 1,138.300.071
there5 2,845.760.052
auld2 1,138.300.050
was2 1,138.300.042
the104 59,191.800.023
an46 26,180.990.022
scotland2 1,138.300.010
he15 8,537.280.009
its2 1,138.300.003
efter2 1,138.300.001
bi2 1,138.300.001
were2 1,138.300.000
nae5 2,845.760.000
she9 5,122.370.000