A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Aitken, Jim

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,473
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 538
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.738
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, in, we, tae, o, wis, a, oor, he,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - In mindin o Uday Abu Mohsen
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (211 words)
Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (1,262 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
iraq7 4,752.2185.877
eil6 4,073.3269.778
israel6 4,073.3269.778
thit13 8,825.5357.470
we31 21,045.4953.252
oor19 12,898.8549.676
gote6 4,073.3245.711
justice5 3,394.4338.674
cos7 4,752.2134.834
nemme3 2,036.6632.654
middle7 4,752.2132.391
mistakes3 2,036.6627.181
interest5 3,394.4326.715
aw17 11,541.0726.684
east5 3,394.4324.728
mannie5 3,394.4324.728
national6 4,073.3224.634
afghanistan2 1,357.7722.435
cia2 1,357.7722.435
islam2 1,357.7722.435
stooshies2 1,357.7722.435
socialists2 1,357.7720.711
saddam8 5,431.09nan
weil3 2,036.6621.094
invadin2 1,357.7719.529
invade2 1,357.7719.529
britherhood2 1,357.7719.529
allies2 1,357.7717.889
invasion2 1,357.7717.889
laden2 1,357.7717.889
helped3 2,036.6617.730
imperial2 1,357.7717.271
scooby2 1,357.7716.736
pouer3 2,036.6616.350
uday7 4,752.21nan
abody3 2,036.6616.240
trained2 1,357.7715.466
creation2 1,357.7715.466
in44 29,871.0115.426
a21 14,256.6214.258
couldnae4 2,715.5514.113
warld5 3,394.4313.817
carrots2 1,357.7713.738
aist2 1,357.7713.738
shia6 4,073.32nan
gaein3 2,036.6614.235
naebdy2 1,357.7713.298
folks2 1,357.7713.298
hale5 3,394.4313.106
socialism2 1,357.7713.096
palestine5 3,394.43nan
lines3 2,036.6613.064
hae12 8,146.6412.838
create2 1,357.7712.720
riddae5 3,394.43nan
insteed2 1,357.7712.545
they16 10,862.1912.440
france2 1,357.7712.217
killt2 1,357.7712.063
cry3 2,036.6612.048
gied5 3,394.4311.700
cried4 2,715.5511.540
iran6 4,073.32nan
an60 40,733.2011.438
was7 4,752.2110.962
hezbollah4 2,715.55nan
get8 5,431.0910.770
rid3 2,036.6610.612
blether2 1,357.7710.283
neebors2 1,357.779.753
hamas4 2,715.55nan
stert3 2,036.669.713
keek2 1,357.779.218
loud2 1,357.779.078
leaves2 1,357.779.010
thrang2 1,357.778.813
britain2 1,357.778.687
secret2 1,357.778.335
us7 4,752.218.191
as2 1,357.778.066
has4 2,715.557.958
mair9 6,109.987.638
services2 1,357.777.490
richts2 1,357.777.490
bin3 2,036.667.449
grew2 1,357.777.446
commies4 2,715.55nan
whae3 2,036.668.140
lebanon4 2,715.55nan
seems3 2,036.669.393
when6 4,073.327.374
so6 4,073.327.220
ah2 1,357.776.646
if7 4,752.216.573
were6 4,073.326.548
rise2 1,357.776.530
show2 1,357.776.271
kuwait3 2,036.66nan
wan4 2,715.556.480
them7 4,752.216.049
must2 1,357.775.378
but12 8,146.645.235
anely2 1,357.775.150
state2 1,357.775.106
done2 1,357.775.042
why2 1,357.774.719
plaice3 2,036.66nan
happened2 1,357.775.084
createt3 2,036.66nan
since2 1,357.775.150
war4 2,715.554.496
keep3 2,036.664.235
yon3 2,036.664.197
wis23 15,614.393.732
ahint2 1,357.773.694
siller2 1,357.773.641
wrang2 1,357.773.576
same3 2,036.663.513
gaza3 2,036.66nan
dae5 3,394.434.033
whit7 4,752.213.418
this2 1,357.773.113
than4 2,715.552.771
muckrakin2 1,357.77nan
sunni3 2,036.66nan
agin2 1,357.774.308
then4 2,715.552.766
wid4 2,715.552.503
cannae2 1,357.772.404
wahntet2 1,357.77nan
sae5 3,394.432.341
years2 1,357.772.087
hud2 1,357.772.060
oot3 2,036.662.038
pairt2 1,357.772.033
shah2 1,357.77nan
ony3 2,036.662.032
their5 3,394.431.906
didnae2 1,357.771.879
will3 2,036.661.773
juist3 2,036.661.773
the98 66,530.891.725
muckle3 2,036.661.645
had4 2,715.551.615
maun2 1,357.771.575
nae7 4,752.211.553
mony2 1,357.771.394
ay4 2,715.551.227
fair-do's2 1,357.77nan
day5 3,394.431.333
paice3 2,036.66nan
thing2 1,357.771.240
ye5 3,394.431.210
he17 11,541.071.199
ain3 2,036.661.073
no6 4,073.321.035
and13 8,825.530.963
saudi2 1,357.77nan
see4 2,715.550.947
wi8 5,431.090.935
noo4 2,715.550.931
wad3 2,036.660.925
jews2 1,357.77nan
fine2 1,357.770.959
or3 2,036.660.809
intae4 2,715.550.779
nor2 1,357.770.771
ower5 3,394.430.752
kent2 1,357.770.672
gie2 1,357.770.611
maist2 1,357.770.556
richt3 2,036.660.550
been4 2,715.550.545
did2 1,357.770.511
cam2 1,357.770.502
aboot3 2,036.660.500
tak2 1,357.770.441
oan3 2,036.660.432
could2 1,357.770.430
said3 2,036.660.417
that17 11,541.070.404
come2 1,357.770.389
thocht2 1,357.770.364
palestinians2 1,357.77nan
him5 3,394.430.273
wee4 2,715.550.259
at8 5,431.090.248
like3 2,036.660.204
time2 1,357.770.159
lang2 1,357.770.153
it16 10,862.190.101
tae30 20,366.600.086
up5 3,394.430.082
efter2 1,357.770.077
invadet2 1,357.77nan
be8 5,431.090.044
afore2 1,357.770.036
his8 5,431.090.024
for8 5,431.090.015
aye2 1,357.770.012
doon3 2,036.660.010
o30 20,366.600.005
is9 6,109.980.001
uday's2 1,357.77nan
are2 1,357.770.014
soviets2 1,357.77nan
there5 3,394.430.359