A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Moodie, Gordon D.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,725
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 708
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.436
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, ah, a, tae, o, ma, wiz, in, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Stirling Brig
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (101 words)
Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock
Lallans Magazine (2017-07 ) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as prose (1,624 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
heez22 12,753.62235.937
iz21 12,173.91158.653
seys12 6,956.52138.787
morton12 6,956.52121.984
ah57 33,043.48110.163
wiz26 15,072.46101.962
snoke7 4,057.9783.665
heem7 4,057.9766.688
whin12 6,956.5262.219
ah'm9 5,217.3947.700
ma31 17,971.0142.898
hud11 6,376.8140.077
ah've6 3,478.2636.859
sadie3 1,739.1331.708
oan15 8,695.6530.364
fur19 11,014.4926.458
thur's3 1,739.1326.237
erchie4 2,318.8425.152
hur3 1,739.1324.965
foond4 2,318.8424.383
windae6 3,478.2622.732
dabs2 1,159.4221.804
alzheimer's2 1,159.4221.804
hoover2 1,159.4220.081
goat6 3,478.2618.339
sue2 1,159.4217.995
sherbet2 1,159.4217.995
appen2 1,159.4217.995
stirling2 1,159.4217.261
indwallers2 1,159.4216.642
theem7 4,057.97nan
cuppa2 1,159.4216.642
wud4 2,318.8416.299
dustin2 1,159.4216.108
stairheid2 1,159.4216.108
gang6 3,478.2616.003
dash2 1,159.4215.638
tellt4 2,318.8415.098
kilts2 1,159.4214.839
cams2 1,159.4214.494
needit3 1,739.1314.322
thur4 2,318.8414.302
anely4 2,318.8414.163
week4 2,318.8413.760
git5 2,898.5513.176
wiss2 1,159.4212.889
speirs2 1,159.4212.889
neb3 1,739.1312.677
sneck2 1,159.4212.676
fridge2 1,159.4212.676
hum2 1,159.4212.282
taxi2 1,159.4212.099
it's7 4,057.9711.731
wir6 3,478.2611.515
me15 8,695.6511.217
cawin2 1,159.4211.017
bin4 2,318.8410.841
bit13 7,536.2310.830
hoose7 4,057.9710.541
cloot2 1,159.4210.513
laddie3 1,739.1310.264
fish3 1,739.1310.137
cissie7 4,057.97nan
caws4 2,318.8432.737
strang3 1,739.1310.054
aw12 6,956.529.930
i2 1,159.429.797
brave2 1,159.429.671
ye2 1,159.428.348
ilka4 2,318.848.170
is3 1,739.137.716
luikit2 1,159.427.367
sax2 1,159.426.944
ivery2 1,159.426.944
daes2 1,159.426.729
wrang3 1,739.136.604
een5 2,898.556.326
auld7 4,057.976.220
brig2 1,159.426.121
dr2 1,159.425.790
hame5 2,898.555.572
widnae2 1,159.425.432
wull3 1,739.135.337
mynd2 1,159.425.322
awa6 3,478.264.821
day8 4,637.684.688
he24 13,913.044.482
tea2 1,159.424.449
rin2 1,159.424.232
take2 1,159.424.213
an58 33,623.194.025
door4 2,318.843.996
ur2 1,159.423.925
maks2 1,159.423.908
thae3 1,739.133.786
streeps3 1,739.13nan
tho3 1,739.133.776
as5 2,898.553.680
aince2 1,159.423.572
with2 1,159.423.572
whae2 1,159.423.498
onny3 1,739.13nan
fower2 1,159.423.301
haein2 1,159.423.195
and6 3,478.263.165
granny'2 1,159.42nan
didnae3 1,739.133.886
daein2 1,159.423.031
place3 1,739.132.936
aimbulance3 1,739.13nan
bein4 2,318.844.176
at6 3,478.262.842
should2 1,159.422.776
bide2 1,159.422.607
richt5 2,898.552.569
they3 1,739.132.568
oh2 1,159.422.507
naw2 1,159.422.468
morton's2 1,159.42nan
we3 1,739.132.770
tell3 1,739.132.375
ane4 2,318.842.371
times2 1,159.422.347
twa5 2,898.552.337
coorse2 1,159.422.215
hiz2 1,159.422.215
of5 2,898.552.213
hale2 1,159.421.808
haun2 1,159.421.787
cauld2 1,159.421.767
efter4 2,318.841.727
faither2 1,159.421.713
kin2 1,159.421.713
oot11 6,376.811.679
thon3 1,739.131.640
theez2 1,159.42nan
or3 1,739.131.517
tak3 1,739.131.356
yon2 1,159.421.242
the90 52,173.911.231
want2 1,159.421.204
ower2 1,159.421.099
days2 1,159.421.051
flat'2 1,159.42nan
sic2 1,159.421.043
diznae2 1,159.42nan
prowess'2 1,159.42nan
name2 1,159.421.630
mither2 1,159.420.942
be6 3,478.260.940
fae7 4,057.970.939
nae3 1,739.130.873
hae6 3,478.260.827
lang3 1,739.130.729
baith2 1,159.420.718
it24 13,913.040.658
ain3 1,739.130.654
vanilla2 1,159.42nan
tae42 24,347.830.654
wid3 1,739.130.559
streep2 1,159.42nan
sae4 2,318.840.539
marzipan2 1,159.42nan
ither3 1,739.130.488
weel3 1,739.130.444
cumfurt2 1,159.42nan
yin2 1,159.420.463
whit5 2,898.550.397
intae4 2,318.840.365
their2 1,159.420.341
new2 1,159.420.317
wi15 8,695.650.315
maist2 1,159.420.308
cotton-woo2 1,159.42nan
that15 8,695.650.249
see2 1,159.420.231
aff3 1,739.130.212
by2 1,159.420.189
my2 1,159.420.166
fowk2 1,159.420.147
muckle2 1,159.420.144
pit2 1,159.420.140
in25 14,492.750.139
oor2 1,159.420.098
back3 1,739.130.088
if3 1,739.130.063
ba's2 1,159.42nan
up6 3,478.260.063
heid2 1,159.420.062
no4 2,318.840.058
had2 1,159.420.041
man2 1,159.420.040
frae3 1,739.130.032
than2 1,159.420.025
noo3 1,739.130.018
us2 1,159.420.018
o35 20,289.860.010
a51 29,565.220.007
she9 5,217.390.003
time3 1,739.130.001
afore2 1,159.420.001