A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Philip, George

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,687
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 716
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.356
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, a, tae, in, i, wis, on, his,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (157 words)
Luikin Back
Jas Gaesham (2008-01-06 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (549 words)
Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent
Lallans Magazine (2000-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (981 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
fergusson13 7,705.99127.407
scotsoun8 4,742.1592.896
kistie6 3,556.6165.718
myn5 2,963.8444.463
robert7 4,149.3841.424
skweel6 3,556.6141.131
soun6 3,556.6140.365
our7 4,149.3834.580
kisties3 1,778.3034.082
i32 18,968.5830.545
video4 2,371.0729.877
society5 2,963.8427.654
archive3 1,778.3026.383
burns6 3,556.6126.058
waatch3 1,778.3025.713
sang6 3,556.6125.712
holy3 1,778.3024.565
ye'll5 2,963.8423.871
poems5 2,963.8423.103
nurses3 1,778.3022.055
fergusson's2 1,185.5421.901
diphtheria2 1,185.5421.901
kiver2 1,185.5421.901
hugh3 1,778.3020.560
poem5 2,963.8420.182
farin2 1,185.5420.179
ospital2 1,185.5420.179
firsten2 1,185.5420.179
whilk4 2,371.0719.726
thir7 4,149.3818.920
wul4 2,371.0718.646
races2 1,185.5418.092
garioch2 1,185.5418.092
winda2 1,185.5418.092
himsel5 2,963.8417.140
gait3 1,778.3016.406
birks2 1,185.5415.735
anent5 2,963.8415.090
on25 14,819.2114.900
fair6 3,556.6114.361
it6 3,556.6113.611
his23 13,633.6713.457
gif3 1,778.3013.313
merriet2 1,185.5412.985
thon7 4,149.3812.912
screive2 1,185.5412.772
model2 1,185.5412.570
mebbe4 2,371.0712.184
glisk2 1,185.5412.020
leith2 1,185.5412.020
sheet2 1,185.5412.020
fag2 1,185.5411.693
macdiarmid2 1,185.5411.539
ssc6 3,556.61nan
milk3 1,778.3011.716
frae11 6,520.4511.529
readin3 1,778.3011.240
thrie2 1,185.5411.112
harns2 1,185.5411.112
grave2 1,185.5411.112
makars2 1,185.5410.608
trainin2 1,185.5410.379
gearie4 2,371.07nan
alang5 2,963.8410.313
invermay4 2,371.07nan
forbye3 1,778.3010.400
yin6 3,556.6110.066
wordies4 2,371.07nan
bed4 2,371.079.979
ainly2 1,185.549.959
by9 5,334.919.532
tuik3 1,778.309.458
speikers2 1,185.549.406
slaw2 1,185.549.238
tak6 3,556.618.541
lallans2 1,185.548.499
sicht3 1,778.308.197
p2 1,185.547.941
bob2 1,185.547.884
fite2 1,185.547.884
possible2 1,185.547.828
forget2 1,185.547.773
includin2 1,185.547.719
years4 2,371.077.619
university2 1,185.547.264
teachers2 1,185.546.947
wis29 17,190.286.907
places2 1,185.546.904
vyce2 1,185.546.861
ettle2 1,185.546.778
lord2 1,185.546.697
may2 1,185.546.617
pitten2 1,185.546.539
out3 1,778.306.268
throwe2 1,185.546.245
spellin2 1,185.546.210
raither2 1,185.545.847
haed5 2,963.845.595
thochts2 1,185.545.409
i'll2 1,185.545.147
hae9 5,334.914.768
puckle2 1,185.544.702
stert2 1,185.544.554
winter2 1,185.544.554
near3 1,778.304.489
twa6 3,556.614.286
fin4 2,371.074.275
pairt3 1,778.304.218
thinkin2 1,185.544.041
made4 2,371.074.019
guid5 2,963.844.002
later2 1,185.543.622
aa7 4,149.383.560
a37 21,932.423.507
and18 10,669.833.413
bairns3 1,778.303.324
mony3 1,778.303.258
scotscreive2 1,185.54nan
weill2 1,185.543.246
mither3 1,778.303.068
for15 8,891.522.762
scots10 5,927.682.568
niver2 1,185.542.185
watter2 1,185.542.144
hear2 1,185.542.027
fowk5 2,963.841.921
gang2 1,185.541.888
nou2 1,185.541.860
me9 5,334.911.815
doun2 1,185.541.688
sae5 2,963.841.683
new3 1,778.301.667
cud2 1,185.541.626
in33 19,561.351.617
oot4 2,371.071.614
birsay2 1,185.54nan
afore4 2,371.071.626
cam3 1,778.301.549
has2 1,185.541.497
shankland2 1,185.54nan
did3 1,778.301.541
gied2 1,185.541.425
wi17 10,077.061.423
come3 1,778.301.323
set2 1,185.541.311
an50 29,638.411.188
they4 2,371.071.137
o41 24,303.501.119
sic2 1,185.541.106
first3 1,778.301.103
left2 1,185.541.023
ower2 1,185.540.994
some4 2,371.070.967
thing2 1,185.540.944
whit2 1,185.540.917
wha2 1,185.540.900
ma10 5,927.680.814
lang3 1,778.300.805
life2 1,185.540.741
keeker-kistie2 1,185.54nan
day5 2,963.840.772
back2 1,185.540.735
tell2 1,185.540.713
the106 62,833.430.635
scotsleir2 1,185.54nan
mair5 2,963.840.617
is8 4,742.150.604
wad3 1,778.300.582
whan3 1,778.300.573
anither2 1,185.540.565
efter3 1,778.300.555
waard2 1,185.54nan
see4 2,371.070.542
syne2 1,185.540.535
bein2 1,185.540.509
no6 3,556.610.490
there3 1,778.300.471
kent2 1,185.540.460
that14 8,298.760.448
or4 2,371.070.434
een2 1,185.540.428
but5 2,963.840.427
still2 1,185.540.401
time2 1,185.540.391
gie-in2 1,185.54nan
gie2 1,185.540.366
gin2 1,185.540.342
are3 1,778.300.296
as12 7,113.220.274
hame2 1,185.540.259
juist2 1,185.540.230
aboot4 2,371.070.216
pit2 1,185.540.171
can2 1,185.540.140
ye8 4,742.150.139
thair2 1,185.540.129
he16 9,484.290.123
got2 1,185.540.114
of2 1,185.540.056
this7 4,149.380.047
up7 4,149.380.044
tae35 20,746.890.033
doon4 2,371.070.033
than2 1,185.540.028
bit4 2,371.070.026
we7 4,149.380.016
richt2 1,185.540.011
us2 1,185.540.009
ken2 1,185.540.007
at11 6,520.450.003
kko3 1,778.30nan
tellt2 1,185.544.976