A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dareau, Mareau

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,196
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 466
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.567
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, a, tae, in, that, wi, is, oo,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST)
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (1,196 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
dictionar13 10,869.57113.071
oo14 11,705.6996.597
dost9 7,525.0888.427
scottis9 7,525.0877.425
share8 6,688.9655.518
o63 52,675.5942.685
leid12 10,033.4442.151
nineteen5 4,180.6040.390
universitie3 2,508.3636.132
jack5 4,180.6035.743
inglish6 5,016.7234.401
screivins3 2,508.3633.903
oed3 2,508.3632.317
throch4 3,344.4832.239
aitken4 3,344.4830.125
modern5 4,180.6029.873
siclik3 2,508.3625.216
auld11 9,197.3223.769
sense5 4,180.6021.650
ventur2 1,672.2421.543
mun2 1,672.2421.543
j3 2,508.3621.397
feenish3 2,508.3621.185
ayr2 1,672.2420.361
wird5 4,180.6020.018
hunder3 2,508.3619.718
wes8 6,688.9619.408
saxteen2 1,672.2416.673
wull5 4,180.6016.589
nar2 1,672.2416.293
stertit4 3,344.4816.045
twae3 2,508.3615.845
haill3 2,508.3615.602
itsel4 3,344.4815.219
fand3 2,508.3615.000
uiss3 2,508.3615.000
wirds5 4,180.6014.914
sklent2 1,672.2414.803
scots14 11,705.6914.479
lest3 2,508.3614.021
spellin3 2,508.3613.506
yin6 5,016.7213.489
snd2 1,672.2413.366
wheen4 3,344.4812.929
aulder3 2,508.3612.743
dundee2 1,672.2412.590
edinburgh3 2,508.3611.747
ar3 2,508.3611.592
in35 29,264.2111.581
hes3 2,508.3611.366
frae9 7,525.0811.159
century3 2,508.3610.808
fifty2 1,672.2410.645
native2 1,672.2410.562
bak2 1,672.249.551
gin5 4,180.608.851
maist5 4,180.608.841
set4 3,344.488.785
date2 1,672.248.756
aa8 6,688.968.664
meanin2 1,672.248.558
fack2 1,672.248.324
sir2 1,672.248.190
wis4 3,344.487.468
william2 1,672.247.074
eftir2 1,672.246.626
en3 2,508.366.604
war4 3,344.485.748
rin2 1,672.245.515
cam4 3,344.485.463
he4 3,344.485.270
year4 3,344.485.216
the89 74,414.725.197
haed4 3,344.485.125
i2 1,672.245.039
whae2 1,672.244.737
is14 11,705.694.717
be12 10,033.444.605
fower2 1,672.244.525
wey4 3,344.484.415
brocht2 1,672.244.117
hoo2 1,672.243.771
by5 4,180.603.618
sin2 1,672.243.577
times2 1,672.243.484
git2 1,672.243.405
thay2 1,672.243.290
thegither2 1,672.243.262
an41 34,280.943.248
tae35 29,264.213.112
auchtie3 2,508.36nan
cannae2 1,672.243.040
wark2 1,672.243.006
haun2 1,672.242.852
hae6 5,016.722.748
unnerstanin2 1,672.24nan
thit2 1,672.242.940
juist3 2,508.362.556
ah3 2,508.362.466
wi14 11,705.692.424
ma2 1,672.242.358
till2 1,672.242.352
fur6 5,016.722.227
went2 1,672.242.053
as4 3,344.481.828
sae4 3,344.481.810
whit5 4,180.601.780
roon2 1,672.241.769
noo4 3,344.481.708
jint2 1,672.24nan
on11 9,197.321.546
whan3 2,508.361.522
ither3 2,508.361.491
his4 3,344.481.408
its3 2,508.361.341
time4 3,344.481.310
bein2 1,672.241.235
this7 5,852.841.120
ken3 2,508.361.120
at5 4,180.601.091
micht2 1,672.241.023
oxfurd2 1,672.24nan
oot3 2,508.360.958
ony2 1,672.240.903
that15 12,541.810.811
throchoot2 1,672.24nan
oor3 2,508.360.783
say2 1,672.240.722
nae2 1,672.240.688
craigie2 1,672.24nan
him2 1,672.240.509
heid2 1,672.240.503
a39 32,608.700.467
lang2 1,672.240.423
intae3 2,508.360.416
ain2 1,672.240.376
ye5 4,180.600.329
or3 2,508.360.239
dae2 1,672.240.216
aff2 1,672.240.106
wee3 2,508.360.098
but4 3,344.480.095
it13 10,869.570.081
aboot4 3,344.480.050
aye2 1,672.240.033
fowk2 1,672.240.022
been2 1,672.240.017
vailleant2 1,672.24nan
afore2 1,672.240.213