A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Bleiman, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 498
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 304
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.638
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, o, snaw, tae, ah, yer, affa, thon,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - Ae Fond Kush
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (356 words)
Lallans 102 - The Snaws o Yestreen
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (142 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
snaw8 16,064.2677.850
snaws4 8,032.1353.561
mit3 6,024.1039.163
whaur's3 6,024.1034.440
pledge3 6,024.1034.440
wa4 8,032.1333.531
jean3 6,024.1028.999
affa6 12,048.1928.128
ah'il2 4,016.0626.772
rabbie's2 4,016.0626.772
kosher2 4,016.0626.772
nu2 4,016.0623.863
reyzl4 8,032.13nan
dyke3 6,024.1022.227
mir4 8,032.13nan
thon6 12,048.1922.115
craws2 4,016.0621.062
yer7 14,056.2216.885
awa6 12,048.1916.792
haud3 6,024.1012.689
gane2 4,016.0612.379
unnerstaun2 4,016.0612.060
ye're2 4,016.0611.492
lang4 8,032.139.563
du2 4,016.069.361
gae2 4,016.069.214
afore4 8,032.138.507
whaur3 6,024.107.622
haein2 4,016.067.590
cuid2 4,016.066.908
ah8 16,064.266.661
comin2 4,016.066.306
ae4 8,032.136.248
faither2 4,016.065.732
kush3 6,024.10nan
are3 6,024.104.703
baith2 4,016.064.228
anither2 4,016.063.834
mair3 6,024.102.493
ken2 4,016.061.871
no3 6,024.101.625
if2 4,016.061.438
sae2 4,016.061.325
noo2 4,016.061.266
me3 6,024.101.010
day2 4,016.060.855
tae8 16,064.260.756
vayn2 4,016.06nan
ma4 8,032.131.383
the25 50,200.800.627
ye4 8,032.130.585
hae2 4,016.060.491
in6 12,048.190.442
fur2 4,016.060.358
harts2 4,016.06nan
meydl2 4,016.06nan
wi3 6,024.100.156
reyzele2 4,016.06nan
an14 28,112.450.120
be3 6,024.100.091
o11 22,088.350.052
hobn2 4,016.06nan
a14 28,112.450.022
they2 4,016.060.002
mayn3 6,024.10nan
but2 4,016.060.002