A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Stewart, Anna

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,790
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 729
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.827
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, the, and, it, a, o, that, tae, my, he,

List of texts in corpus

An Alien Feeling
Scots Hoose (2019) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (2,790 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
i171 61,290.32505.656
my47 16,845.88193.764
and98 35,125.45170.739
what30 10,752.69130.577
lugs21 7,526.88129.586
an3 1,075.27119.848
coz11 3,942.65115.793
kindo9 3,225.8188.401
ali9 3,225.8184.731
yi16 5,734.7778.114
uz8 2,867.3855.820
it81 29,032.2651.184
now11 3,942.6551.134
me37 13,261.6550.070
looking7 2,508.9645.629
cannae13 4,659.5043.338
when20 7,168.4643.134
field8 2,867.3842.542
dog7 2,508.9640.475
floating4 1,433.6939.754
fir15 5,376.3438.996
happened9 3,225.8137.816
light8 2,867.3836.458
rape4 1,433.6936.312
how12 4,301.0836.237
like27 9,677.4231.540
something9 3,225.8131.243
him27 9,677.4230.818
watching4 1,433.6930.043
feeling4 1,433.6929.451
yir8 2,867.3829.408
because8 2,867.3829.168
soft4 1,433.6928.900
again14 5,017.9228.347
arms4 1,433.6927.905
feel10 3,584.2327.871
do8 2,867.3827.665
long7 2,508.9627.389
suspended3 1,075.2727.233
see19 6,810.0426.182
just11 3,942.6525.755
thing11 3,942.6524.644
crawl3 1,075.2724.110
ray3 1,075.2724.110
coat5 1,792.1123.990
laugh5 1,792.1123.696
gone5 1,792.1123.270
asking3 1,075.2722.687
cliffs3 1,075.2722.687
alien3 1,075.2722.687
as2 716.8521.761
does5 1,792.1121.625
mud3 1,075.2721.543
lost6 2,150.5421.237
karen3 1,075.2721.045
suppose5 1,792.1120.742
torch3 1,075.2720.587
eyes6 2,150.5420.040
ash2 716.8519.875
tiny3 1,075.2719.766
groond3 1,075.2719.766
for2 716.8519.455
hard7 2,508.9619.193
fingers5 1,792.1118.852
couldnae6 2,150.5418.849
ve11 3,942.6518.843
whar5 1,792.1118.767
jaw3 1,075.2718.717
reminds2 716.8518.155
the113 40,501.7918.028
walk5 1,792.1117.659
sucked2 716.8516.975
blinks2 716.8516.975
saying3 1,075.2716.826
chris3 1,075.2716.174
laughing2 716.8516.072
falling2 716.8516.072
anymair2 716.8516.072
flash3 1,075.2715.973
tells4 1,433.6915.929
move4 1,433.6915.740
wants4 1,433.6915.556
so12 4,301.0815.526
dinnae7 2,508.9615.037
that50 17,921.1515.004
ears3 1,075.2714.732
doonstair2 716.8514.724
heading2 716.8514.724
itself2 716.8514.724
wanted4 1,433.6914.699
night5 1,792.1114.269
scared2 716.8514.192
would5 1,792.1114.121
makes3 1,075.2713.850
feels3 1,075.2713.716
rows2 716.8513.306
shadow2 716.8513.306
liquid2 716.8512.929
loves2 716.8512.929
standing2 716.8512.929
yiv2 716.8512.929
be3 1,075.2712.919
thinks3 1,075.2712.746
a52 18,637.9912.627
wine3 1,075.2712.528
moving2 716.8512.270
lying2 716.8512.270
so's2 716.8512.270
married2 716.8512.270
think9 3,225.8112.186
hands3 1,075.2712.117
blink2 716.8511.708
he43 15,412.1911.665
towards3 1,075.2711.553
glow2 716.8511.454
fat3 1,075.2711.292
could9 3,225.8111.277
living2 716.8511.217
m11 3,942.6510.949
anyway2 716.8510.782
then10 3,584.2310.690
her4 1,433.6910.666
touch3 1,075.2710.433
thinking2 716.8510.392
bones2 716.8510.392
across4 1,433.699.921
any4 1,433.699.921
even8 2,867.389.865
nails2 716.859.419
s36 12,903.239.394
being3 1,075.279.334
water3 1,075.279.334
these5 1,792.119.276
those3 1,075.279.276
red3 1,075.279.276
happen3 1,075.279.051
wet2 716.859.013
earlier2 716.859.013
smell3 1,075.278.889
brain2 716.858.887
them12 4,301.088.868
wonder2 716.858.534
thought3 1,075.278.481
oilseed3 1,075.27nan
whole2 716.858.423
maybe3 1,075.278.150
under3 1,075.278.059
hear5 1,792.118.039
drink3 1,075.277.927
followed2 716.857.916
yella2 716.857.822
told2 716.857.822
remember2 716.857.822
front4 1,433.697.791
right5 1,792.117.727
all4 1,433.697.629
let5 1,792.117.392
matter2 716.857.308
bird2 716.857.229
bags2 716.857.152
instead2 716.857.152
above2 716.857.077
liked2 716.856.930
mighto3 1,075.27nan
have4 1,433.696.930
fae16 5,734.776.923
felt4 1,433.696.860
shape2 716.856.722
bed4 1,433.696.678
nose2 716.856.401
sound2 716.856.340
between2 716.856.340
moved2 716.856.340
other3 1,075.276.291
they20 7,168.466.275
that's4 1,433.696.189
believe3 1,075.276.054
meat2 716.856.052
pulled2 716.855.997
raw2 716.855.943
awready2 716.855.943
why3 1,075.275.940
ken9 3,225.815.891
lead2 716.855.890
funny2 716.855.838
know4 1,433.695.743
through5 1,792.115.734
one3 1,075.275.695
comes4 1,433.695.598
bottle2 716.855.589
aliens3 1,075.27nan
into2 716.855.448
sometimes2 716.855.448
inside3 1,075.275.438
moment2 716.855.357
stairs2 716.855.059
goes2 716.855.019
find3 1,075.275.014
pain2 716.854.979
daft2 716.854.825
its8 2,867.384.797
is9 3,225.814.793
skin2 716.854.787
heid7 2,508.964.766
looked3 1,075.274.692
earth2 716.854.572
finally2 716.854.572
way3 1,075.274.531
look4 1,433.694.431
quick2 716.854.276
dots2 716.85nan
life5 1,792.114.308
hand2 716.854.183
gets2 716.854.153
might2 716.854.093
come6 2,150.543.959
mooth2 716.853.895
ago2 716.853.735
wind2 716.853.709
true2 716.853.684
no13 4,659.503.665
been10 3,584.233.662
wait2 716.853.608
things4 1,433.693.510
wi13 4,659.503.504
want4 1,433.693.500
make2 716.853.395
she8 2,867.383.306
means2 716.853.283
body3 1,075.273.231
d9 3,225.813.139
start2 716.853.094
fur3 1,075.273.055
though3 1,075.272.974
i'm2 716.852.918
oot18 6,451.612.907
same4 1,433.692.795
able2 716.852.753
take2 716.852.684
likes2 716.852.667
tae48 17,204.302.590
get7 2,508.962.508
never3 1,075.272.448
aw11 3,942.652.381
had7 2,508.962.298
up16 5,734.772.261
windae2 716.852.208
bad2 716.852.167
re4 1,433.692.165
but16 5,734.772.157
efter6 2,150.542.148
sea2 716.852.140
road3 1,075.272.098
their2 716.852.058
black2 716.852.049
got5 1,792.111.819
till3 1,075.271.779
hair2 716.851.701
lot2 716.851.680
mair3 1,075.271.604
bairn2 716.851.569
at13 4,659.501.538
better3 1,075.271.476
hurting2 716.85nan
made4 1,433.691.602
wis35 12,544.801.468
still4 1,433.691.459
aboot12 4,301.081.433
different2 716.851.428
sair2 716.851.393
face3 1,075.271.387
new4 1,433.691.339
it's4 1,433.691.218
did4 1,433.691.218
hae4 1,433.691.147
really2 716.851.136
much2 716.851.051
this14 5,017.920.968
thegither2 716.850.939
say4 1,433.690.899
says3 1,075.270.876
o51 18,279.570.791
wee8 2,867.380.743
awa2 716.850.667
to5 1,792.110.644
saw2 716.850.618
years2 716.850.582
hud2 716.850.565
room2 716.850.553
in39 13,978.490.491
door3 1,075.270.485
ower8 2,867.380.448
ll2 716.850.440
here2 716.850.432
we9 3,225.810.430
fowk3 1,075.270.379
keep2 716.850.330
went2 716.850.245
bairns2 716.850.238
time6 2,150.540.206
last2 716.850.200
doon5 1,792.110.182
place2 716.850.162
if5 1,792.110.152
back5 1,792.110.098
there8 2,867.380.096
lynne2 716.85nan
side2 716.850.489
on16 5,734.770.090
are4 1,433.690.076
his17 6,093.190.062
tell2 716.850.048
year2 716.850.037
telt2 716.850.033
day5 1,792.110.028
intae5 1,792.110.018
can4 1,433.690.014
than3 1,075.270.005
ain3 1,075.270.002
mind2 716.850.001
oor4 1,433.690.000