A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hodgson, Brent

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 3,036
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,281
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.37
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, tae, is, on, at, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 73 - reviews
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (806 words)
Lallans 67 - Reviews
Lallans Magazine (2005-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,539 words)
Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems
Lallans Magazine (2001-09-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (531 words)
Lallans 58 - The Rooks
Lallans Magazine (2001-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (160 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
beuk13 4,281.9592.546
bike13 4,281.9582.367
poems14 4,611.3375.670
hes13 4,281.9561.784
wis2 658.7646.907
poem10 3,293.8142.063
haiku4 1,317.5241.734
that3 988.1440.234
hyde5 1,646.9040.219
shepherd5 1,646.9038.606
wyfe4 1,317.5234.396
jack6 1,976.2833.917
the255 83,992.0932.490
shark4 1,317.5232.352
jekyll4 1,317.5230.736
gaes6 1,976.2829.350
wes15 4,940.7128.527
yuise3 988.1428.329
brock3 988.1426.748
jackie4 1,317.5226.380
sheep6 1,976.2825.860
yon11 3,623.1925.845
ar7 2,305.6725.777
backgrun3 988.1425.510
wudna3 988.1425.510
defineetion3 988.1424.492
apon3 988.1424.492
readin6 1,976.2823.515
luve5 1,646.9023.357
sonnet3 988.1422.871
wud6 1,976.2822.740
wha11 3,623.1922.431
o103 33,926.2222.429
betty3 988.1422.203
spence3 988.1422.203
hie4 1,317.5222.035
quad14 4,611.33nan
baskin4 1,317.5239.105
kennedy3 988.1421.604
hir8 2,635.0521.444
whilk5 1,646.9021.083
kay3 988.1421.061
wul5 1,646.9019.763
novella2 658.7619.551
shepherds2 658.7619.551
epitaphs2 658.7619.551
punctuation2 658.7619.551
princesses2 658.7619.551
anerly2 658.7619.551
naether2 658.7619.551
'2 658.7619.551
it13 4,281.9519.537
wer3 988.1419.285
weill7 2,305.6719.187
at's5 1,646.9018.613
blackhall3 988.1418.567
sum5 1,646.9018.347
ir7 2,305.6717.509
career3 988.1417.085
soud3 988.1416.830
marrae2 658.7616.652
vairsions2 658.7616.652
sheena3 988.1416.585
sik3 988.1416.585
plot2 658.7615.750
roamin2 658.7615.750
fra2 658.7615.750
frainch2 658.7615.750
novel3 988.1415.700
she3 988.1415.507
yirdit2 658.7615.018
men's2 658.7614.402
braes3 988.1413.952
owther5 1,646.90nan
isna5 1,646.9013.995
makar3 988.1413.952
is37 12,187.0913.894
mackay2 658.7613.403
whispers2 658.7613.403
whan12 3,952.5713.152
subjeck3 988.1412.624
lan3 988.1412.624
pictish2 658.7612.609
be-in2 658.7612.609
bi12 3,952.5712.475
pruive2 658.7612.266
reiver2 658.7612.266
up2 658.7612.203
ridin2 658.7611.951
with5 1,646.9011.663
white5 1,646.9011.471
objeck2 658.7611.389
midgie5 1,646.90nan
finnd3 988.1411.275
mune2 658.7611.137
kis3 988.1411.006
hou6 1,976.2810.989
edinburgh4 1,317.5210.939
buit2 658.7610.900
here11 3,623.1910.868
warna2 658.7610.677
graphic2 658.7610.466
iain2 658.7610.266
gae4 1,317.5210.096
speik2 658.7610.077
ilk4 1,317.5210.008
bot5 1,646.9010.004
disna4 1,317.529.922
plane2 658.769.897
picturs2 658.769.560
granite2 658.769.560
deith2 658.769.402
sun5 1,646.909.384
ettle3 988.149.125
fantoosh2 658.769.106
wurd2 658.769.106
reader2 658.769.106
na5 1,646.908.972
fitt2 658.768.966
thrie2 658.768.832
airlie2 658.768.832
humour2 658.768.702
cum3 988.148.664
fowk12 3,952.578.472
press3 988.148.292
grant2 658.768.224
heeze2 658.768.007
cuttin2 658.768.007
includit2 658.767.803
chapter2 658.767.704
radical2 658.767.516
sudden2 658.767.425
characters2 658.767.337
form3 988.147.162
he14 4,611.337.013
craitur2 658.767.004
the'r3 988.146.965
mr4 1,317.526.938
wurds2 658.766.849
gress2 658.766.849
bird2 658.766.849
derk2 658.766.849
they4 1,317.526.823
dead2 658.766.701
echt2 658.766.629
your5 1,646.906.437
weir2 658.766.422
poet2 658.766.422
war7 2,305.676.306
de2 658.766.291
coud2 658.766.227
bit2 658.766.160
bak2 658.766.043
braw4 1,317.526.009
fore2 658.765.984
polis2 658.765.757
p2 658.765.757
wesna2 658.765.703
shaws2 658.765.703
feck2 658.765.596
haill2 658.765.596
hame7 2,305.675.564
agane2 658.765.545
herd2 658.765.494
daurk2 658.765.494
lichts2 658.765.444
awfu2 658.765.444
durin2 658.765.394
puir3 988.145.345
accoont2 658.765.298
thay4 1,317.525.209
gif2 658.765.204
university2 658.765.113
leuk3 988.145.065
wun2 658.765.025
my7 2,305.674.972
bidin2 658.764.855
speir2 658.764.734
mebbe3 988.144.625
poetry2 658.764.579
aiberdeen2 658.764.579
james2 658.764.505
may2 658.764.505
lest2 658.764.362
red2 658.764.362
tae49 16,139.664.354
suddenly2 658.764.327
micht6 1,976.284.314
spring2 658.764.225
tale2 658.764.192
deid3 988.144.058
and12 3,952.574.010
glesca2 658.764.000
back2 658.763.912
maitter2 658.763.792
stap2 658.763.792
dr2 658.763.763
flair2 658.763.680
aboot4 1,317.523.514
thir4 1,317.523.459
sair3 988.143.412
true2 658.763.393
eftir2 658.763.368
wind2 658.763.320
wrait2 658.76nan
throu4 1,317.523.529
airt2 658.763.296
on27 8,893.283.292
park2 658.763.249
atween4 1,317.523.244
you2 658.763.135
reid2 658.763.134
twa8 2,635.053.005
lay2 658.762.920
toun2 658.762.820
rooks2 658.76nan
thair6 1,976.282.816
see9 2,964.432.798
aa10 3,293.812.761
och2 658.762.742
taks2 658.762.668
high2 658.762.668
sang2 658.762.649
winter2 658.762.631
of8 2,635.052.626
mind5 1,646.902.534
haes6 1,976.282.517
hill2 658.762.423
an64 21,080.372.393
erth2 658.76nan
gin5 1,646.902.332
writin2 658.762.295
dis4 1,317.522.263
tellin2 658.762.218
wee3 988.142.201
this17 5,599.472.199
owre2 658.762.189
scots6 1,976.282.176
a103 33,926.222.176
wint2 658.762.159
maks2 658.762.145
gies2 658.762.074
nou3 988.142.069
oot8 2,635.052.060
ti8 2,635.051.975
take2 658.761.965
year5 1,646.901.948
scottish4 1,317.521.929
leid4 1,317.521.814
i24 7,905.141.772
or6 1,976.281.749
ay2 658.761.729
kirk2 658.761.694
fower2 658.761.694
jist2 658.761.684
said7 2,305.671.639
thae3 988.141.597
lat2 658.761.594
wi17 5,599.471.529
anither4 1,317.521.518
ae8 2,635.051.508
at25 8,234.521.461
tarot2 658.76nan
all2 658.761.460
alang3 988.141.438
turn2 658.761.411
dinna3 988.141.390
like5 1,646.901.321
for22 7,246.381.318
anent2 658.761.273
had2 658.761.272
want3 988.141.255
whaur4 1,317.521.236
what3 988.141.230
leids2 658.761.213
tap2 658.761.196
as14 4,611.331.185
haud2 658.761.147
gey3 988.141.113
us2 658.761.077
new4 1,317.521.012
enfield's2 658.76nan
licht2 658.761.047
rodeo2 658.76nan
man5 1,646.901.016
me7 2,305.670.994
mak4 1,317.520.966
onie2 658.760.961
sae7 2,305.670.934
it's4 1,317.520.925
guid5 1,646.900.917
nicht4 1,317.520.901
times2 658.760.900
nae6 1,976.280.897
awa2 658.760.863
canna2 658.760.818
john2 658.760.818
came2 658.760.800
its2 658.760.796
but9 2,964.430.774
comes2 658.760.736
by3 988.140.694
men2 658.760.645
life3 988.140.623
muckle4 1,317.520.608
rain2 658.760.591
wark2 658.760.582
gang2 658.760.540
than2 658.760.513
been4 1,317.520.503
til3 988.140.429
name2 658.760.414
road2 658.760.414
nor3 988.140.393
cud2 658.760.382
thaim4 1,317.520.374
ane4 1,317.520.358
we10 3,293.810.356
hed2 658.760.348
till2 658.760.286
made3 988.140.286
in51 16,798.420.284
fae7 2,305.670.258
frae7 2,305.670.239
set2 658.760.215
ken3 988.140.192
to3 988.140.191
be17 5,599.470.186
hae6 1,976.280.177
scotland4 1,317.520.176
face2 658.760.124
freits2 658.76nan
come2 658.760.133
aye5 1,646.900.114
ye15 4,940.710.112
hadfield2 658.76nan
dae3 988.140.111
onnerstaun2 658.76nan
heid2 658.760.358
mair7 2,305.670.097
left2 658.760.097
days2 658.760.092
ower6 1,976.280.092
mither2 658.760.091
afore3 988.140.084
were3 988.140.073
cam2 658.760.067
thing2 658.760.066
hoose3 988.140.062
think2 658.760.048
maist2 658.760.042
gie2 658.760.034
his18 5,928.850.031
oor4 1,317.520.027
can5 1,646.900.026
thon2 658.760.016
big2 658.760.006
telt2 658.760.005
tarset2 658.76nan
ither3 988.140.047
richt4 1,317.520.004
yin2 658.760.003
bloodaxe2 658.76nan
lang3 988.140.001
day6 1,976.280.001
auld4 1,317.520.000
no8 2,635.050.000
get4 1,317.520.000