A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Robertson, Sine

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,271
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 463
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.745
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, in, o, scots, at, folk, or,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (643 words)
Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (628 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
slrc12 9,441.38146.134
folk21 16,522.42114.968
deein11 8,654.6076.010
e11 8,654.6041.239
would8 6,294.2641.090
wabsite5 3,933.9137.601
sikkin4 3,147.1336.317
scots21 16,522.4232.638
newbattle3 2,360.3531.953
fit's4 3,147.1331.091
conference4 3,147.1330.779
or19 14,948.8628.056
concert3 2,360.3527.392
there's5 3,933.9124.659
are11 8,654.6023.810
publicise2 1,573.5623.024
caaf2 1,573.5621.300
interest4 3,147.1320.823
spik4 3,147.1320.253
forbyes2 1,573.5620.118
comparin2 1,573.5619.212
ain9 7,081.0419.046
foo5 3,933.9118.576
conferences2 1,573.5618.477
fae14 11,014.9517.907
hasna2 1,573.5617.858
playgrun2 1,573.5617.858
ye've3 2,360.3517.804
spikkin3 2,360.3517.681
tee3 2,360.3516.889
meetins2 1,573.5616.852
im3 2,360.3516.481
tow2 1,573.5616.431
ploys2 1,573.5616.052
cd2 1,573.5616.052
actors2 1,573.5615.705
fan5 3,933.9115.672
america2 1,573.5615.387
wark5 3,933.9114.808
neuk3 2,360.3514.576
teachers3 2,360.3514.235
ye're3 2,360.3514.104
moosies2 1,573.5614.095
at21 16,522.4214.037
toons2 1,573.5613.881
if9 7,081.0413.770
gaithered2 1,573.5613.678
interestit2 1,573.5613.126
fitiver2 1,573.5613.126
lot4 3,147.1313.035
centre3 2,360.3512.995
amongst2 1,573.5612.494
spoken3 2,360.3512.348
anne2 1,573.5612.080
thochts3 2,360.3512.029
collogue2 1,573.5611.826
he2 1,573.5611.441
tongue3 2,360.3511.172
thing5 3,933.9111.079
party2 1,573.5610.953
difference2 1,573.5610.857
puckle3 2,360.3510.772
han2 1,573.5610.671
november2 1,573.5610.494
tam3 2,360.3510.305
due2 1,573.5610.163
writers2 1,573.5610.008
ken7 5,507.479.761
warkin2 1,573.569.716
let4 3,147.139.607
lallans2 1,573.569.578
monie3 2,360.359.372
was6 4,720.699.336
whether2 1,573.569.192
fore2 1,573.569.131
needin2 1,573.569.131
has4 3,147.138.963
warks2 1,573.568.955
workin2 1,573.568.627
fit6 4,720.698.612
wrocht2 1,573.568.524
university2 1,573.568.473
book2 1,573.568.092
grand2 1,573.568.047
for16 12,588.517.992
pitten2 1,573.567.587
pit5 3,933.917.216
help3 2,360.356.623
in32 25,177.036.413
fish2 1,573.566.401
weys2 1,573.566.212
tellt2 1,573.566.134
edinburgh2 1,573.566.108
anither4 3,147.136.077
written2 1,573.565.958
write2 1,573.565.910
speirt2 1,573.565.910
the55 43,273.015.731
since2 1,573.565.677
century2 1,573.565.503
job2 1,573.565.482
ither5 3,933.915.354
teen2 1,573.565.278
work2 1,573.565.199
affa3 2,360.355.179
aboot9 7,081.045.151
wye3 2,360.355.116
languages2 1,573.564.994
schuil2 1,573.564.940
about2 1,573.564.668
forrit2 1,573.564.588
far3 2,360.354.509
slrc's2 1,573.56nan
thocht4 3,147.134.577
last3 2,360.354.447
time6 4,720.694.245
lookin2 1,573.564.054
somethin2 1,573.564.041
hae7 5,507.473.931
on14 11,014.953.928
scotspeak2 1,573.56nan
brocht2 1,573.563.912
should2 1,573.563.754
dee2 1,573.563.672
onie2 1,573.563.378
nor3 2,360.353.198
mair6 4,720.693.186
comin2 1,573.563.068
ae5 3,933.912.820
hear2 1,573.562.784
be11 8,654.602.721
gang2 1,573.562.697
their5 3,933.912.693
it's3 2,360.352.615
ony3 2,360.352.600
tae36 28,324.152.588
yer5 3,933.912.514
we9 7,081.042.495
us4 3,147.132.478
richt4 3,147.132.435
get4 3,147.132.403
will3 2,360.352.317
been5 3,933.912.299
muckle3 2,360.352.177
that18 14,162.082.120
atween2 1,573.562.027
things2 1,573.561.999
bairns2 1,573.561.868
gey2 1,573.561.858
can4 3,147.131.688
see4 3,147.131.481
gaun2 1,573.561.344
and12 9,441.381.333
tell2 1,573.561.332
me2 1,573.561.262
a44 34,618.411.234
oot3 2,360.351.224
fin2 1,573.561.074
it19 14,948.861.033
i5 3,933.910.925
mind2 1,573.560.924
still2 1,573.560.916
an38 29,897.720.882
they3 2,360.350.879
nae2 1,573.560.872
o31 24,390.240.843
gin2 1,573.560.840
maist2 1,573.560.838
had3 2,360.350.814
cam2 1,573.560.775
some3 2,360.350.712
tak2 1,573.560.702
could2 1,573.560.688
like2 1,573.560.616
wi12 9,441.380.594
first2 1,573.560.517
got2 1,573.560.488
by3 2,360.350.459
wey2 1,573.560.454
noo3 2,360.350.392
so2 1,573.560.267
ye8 6,294.260.204
back2 1,573.560.155
its2 1,573.560.149
day3 2,360.350.114
as7 5,507.470.085
bit3 2,360.350.023
is8 6,294.260.003
but5 3,933.910.001
them2 1,573.560.000