A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 391
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 175
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.234
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, gaelic, for, tae, a, in, is, consultation,

List of texts in corpus

Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots
Scottish Government (2022-08-24) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as government (391 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
gaelic15 38,363.1799.827
consultation7 17,902.8165.945
gàidhealtachd4 10,230.1841.525
thit6 15,345.2733.266
heezin3 7,672.6330.783
education5 12,787.7229.334
spikkers3 7,672.6325.197
for13 33,248.0824.754
term3 7,672.6324.683
medium3 7,672.6324.442
uisit2 5,115.0923.923
launchit2 5,115.0923.923
misures2 5,115.0922.029
siccar3 7,672.6319.682
effective2 5,115.0919.012
profile2 5,115.0917.984
growth2 5,115.0917.474
heeze2 5,115.0916.251
makkin3 7,672.6315.292
gme2 5,115.0915.227
bòrd2 5,115.0914.415
gàidhlig2 5,115.0914.271
athort2 5,115.0913.932
wull3 7,672.6313.466
pairts2 5,115.0912.577
we're2 5,115.0911.270
wantin2 5,115.0911.237
scotland4 10,230.1811.007
support2 5,115.099.846
public2 5,115.099.608
whit5 12,787.729.538
an21 53,708.449.444
scots6 15,345.278.652
new3 7,672.638.517
mak3 7,672.638.314
is8 20,460.368.090
na2 5,115.097.665
help2 5,115.097.236
gien2 5,115.096.673
throu2 5,115.096.213
hit2 5,115.096.009
place2 5,115.095.482
there4 10,230.185.100
o15 38,363.174.877
leid2 5,115.094.615
mair3 7,672.633.512
haes2 5,115.093.376
this4 10,230.182.892
are2 5,115.092.631
tae13 33,248.082.220
the30 76,726.342.203
fowk2 5,115.092.080
noo2 5,115.091.894
been2 5,115.091.544
up3 7,672.631.157
in8 20,460.360.550
they2 5,115.090.141
on3 7,672.630.133
at2 5,115.090.116
a11 28,132.990.016
be2 5,115.090.000