A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sangster, Maureen

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 246
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 161
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.528
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, an, o, burrds, in, thir, thon's, want,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 104 - The Wild Burrds Shaw
Lallans Magazine (2024-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (158 words)
Lallans 73 - Stars
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (88 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
thon's3 12,195.1231.084
wild3 12,195.1224.222
thir4 16,260.1621.175
ivry2 8,130.0819.172
stars2 8,130.0819.172
burrds6 24,390.24nan
want3 12,195.1213.718
heids2 8,130.0812.462
bairn2 8,130.089.982
near2 8,130.088.375
dinna2 8,130.087.713
tae11 44,715.454.843
no3 12,195.124.558
here2 8,130.084.543
jist2 8,130.083.530
a12 48,780.492.774
ah3 12,195.121.489
the19 77,235.771.460
they2 8,130.080.874
o7 28,455.280.669
an8 32,520.330.432
at2 8,130.080.101
weengs2 8,130.08nan
wi2 8,130.080.013
in4 16,260.160.007