A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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McLeish, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 604
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 369
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.637
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, in, his, yir, i, to, on, he, oan,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (604 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
yir10 16,556.2970.031
sittn3 4,966.8940.234
haw4 6,622.5236.118
caurs3 4,966.8935.175
here'2 3,311.2626.000
sized2 3,311.2624.275
eco2 3,311.2624.275
says6 9,933.7722.509
i'm4 6,622.5221.938
green4 6,622.5219.876
runnin3 4,966.8919.085
an2 3,311.2619.068
to7 11,589.4018.977
my6 9,933.7718.457
stan2 3,311.2614.764
shouts2 3,311.2613.980
owre3 4,966.8913.550
oan6 9,933.7713.543
oaff2 3,311.2613.328
plastic2 3,311.2612.921
medium2 3,311.2612.769
bike2 3,311.2611.967
fat2 3,311.2611.732
an'3 4,966.8910.848
he's2 3,311.2610.483
jiss4 6,622.52nan
injin4 6,622.52nan
wiz4 6,622.529.721
put2 3,311.268.619
leave2 3,311.268.521
man4 6,622.528.314
his10 16,556.298.198
i10 16,556.297.887
white2 3,311.267.235
yin3 4,966.896.702
the22 36,423.846.047
it's3 4,966.896.040
watter2 3,311.265.491
n2 3,311.265.296
end2 3,311.265.277
it2 3,311.265.165
lock-block3 4,966.89nan
me6 9,933.775.551
right2 3,311.265.139
near2 3,311.265.050
doun2 3,311.264.905
no5 8,278.154.716
hit2 3,311.264.449
o6 9,933.774.215
three2 3,311.264.104
left2 3,311.263.998
wee4 6,622.523.782
big2 3,311.263.463
this5 8,278.152.365
pokn2 3,311.26nan
up5 8,278.152.322
on7 11,589.402.291
you3 4,966.892.264
ain2 3,311.261.869
and2 3,311.261.245
surfn2 3,311.26nan
get2 3,311.261.325
some2 3,311.261.154
ye5 8,278.150.836
in12 19,867.550.662
for5 8,278.150.639
he7 11,589.400.508
her2 3,311.260.467
she2 3,311.260.442
wi6 9,933.770.436
back2 3,311.260.392
a20 33,112.580.310
back-up2 3,311.26nan
at5 8,278.150.291
him2 3,311.260.089
as4 6,622.520.023
is4 6,622.520.020