Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Swan, Michael

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 504
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 280
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.8
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - ah, the, an, a, tae, nae, in, seyd, o, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 102 - Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin
Lallans Magazine (2023-07 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (504 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
seyd	9	17,857.14	99.564
ah	24	47,619.05	61.914
awthing	3	5,952.38	27.245
whaun	2	3,968.25	26.724
walcom	2	3,968.25	26.724
clood	3	5,952.38	25.556
thair's	2	3,968.25	24.999
nae	10	19,841.27	21.792
warmin	2	3,968.25	20.120
spak	3	5,952.38	18.077
suin	3	5,952.38	16.669
owre	3	5,952.38	14.599
ok	2	3,968.25	14.220
place	4	7,936.51	14.157
weel	5	9,920.63	12.710
masel	3	5,952.38	12.153
we're	2	3,968.25	10.216
speakin	2	3,968.25	10.090
ah'm	2	3,968.25	9.628
last	3	5,952.38	9.216
weengs	3	5,952.38	nan
mebbi	4	7,936.51	nan
here	4	7,936.51	8.914
haein	2	3,968.25	7.545
gin	3	5,952.38	7.115
fer	2	3,968.25	6.801
kin	2	3,968.25	5.689
the	18	35,714.29	5.407
aa	4	7,936.51	5.350
frae	4	7,936.51	5.286
wee	4	7,936.51	4.818
richt	3	5,952.38	4.503
aff	3	5,952.38	4.385
life	2	3,968.25	4.160
can	3	5,952.38	3.730
it	2	3,968.25	3.528
cam	2	3,968.25	3.272
ye	6	11,904.76	3.017
ma	5	9,920.63	2.853
mair	3	5,952.38	2.446
guid	2	3,968.25	2.445
ain	2	3,968.25	2.384
aungel	2	3,968.25	nan
doon	3	5,952.38	2.273
ken	2	3,968.25	1.838
oan	2	3,968.25	1.660
heivinly	2	3,968.25	nan
bit	3	5,952.38	1.630
jist	2	3,968.25	1.422
see	2	3,968.25	1.249
an	17	33,730.16	1.208
aboot	3	5,952.38	1.154
or	3	5,952.38	0.882
whit	2	3,968.25	0.614
o	8	15,873.02	0.611
in	10	19,841.27	0.546
this	3	5,952.38	0.516
he	3	5,952.38	0.513
wi	5	9,920.63	0.360
that	4	7,936.51	0.204
at	4	7,936.51	0.163
wis	6	11,904.76	0.144
me	2	3,968.25	0.093
a	15	29,761.90	0.005
is	3	5,952.38	0.004
tae	11	21,825.40	0.003
up	2	3,968.25	0.002