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 10,869.57113.443
oo14 11,705.6996.995
dost9 7,525.0888.685
scottis9 7,525.0877.683
share8 6,688.9655.551
o63 52,675.5942.504
leid12 10,033.4442.441
nineteen5 4,180.6039.857
universitie3 2,508.3636.218
jack5 4,180.6035.885
inglish6 5,016.7234.570
screivins3 2,508.3633.989
oed3 2,508.3632.404
throch4 3,344.4832.353
aitken4 3,344.4830.239
modern5 4,180.6029.896
siclik3 2,508.3625.301
auld11 9,197.3223.945
unnerstanin2 1,672.2423.325
sense5 4,180.6021.689
ventur2 1,672.2421.601
mun2 1,672.2421.601
j3 2,508.3621.483
feenish3 2,508.3621.270
ayr2 1,672.2420.418
wird5 4,180.6020.155
hunder3 2,508.3619.803
wes8 6,688.9619.179
nar2 1,672.2416.350
saxteen2 1,672.2416.350
stertit4 3,344.4816.112
wull5 4,180.6016.021
twae3 2,508.3615.929
haill3 2,508.3615.685
itsel4 3,344.4815.254
uiss3 2,508.3615.084
wirds5 4,180.6015.045
fand3 2,508.3615.013
sklent2 1,672.2414.860
scots14 11,705.6914.754
lest3 2,508.3613.985
spellin3 2,508.3613.481
snd2 1,672.2413.423
yin6 5,016.7212.850
aulder3 2,508.3612.825
wheen4 3,344.4812.520
dundee2 1,672.2412.509
edinburgh3 2,508.3611.829
ar3 2,508.3611.673
in35 29,264.2111.554
hes3 2,508.3611.447
frae9 7,525.0811.101
century3 2,508.3610.889
fifty2 1,672.2410.618
native2 1,672.2410.455
gin5 4,180.608.918
maist5 4,180.608.836
set4 3,344.488.800
bak2 1,672.248.761
date2 1,672.248.761
meanin2 1,672.248.613
aa8 6,688.968.505
fack2 1,672.248.378
sir2 1,672.248.245
wis4 3,344.487.284
william2 1,672.247.127
eftir2 1,672.246.679
en3 2,508.366.554
war4 3,344.485.735
the89 74,414.725.549
cam4 3,344.485.529
rin2 1,672.245.527
he4 3,344.485.264
year4 3,344.485.254
haed4 3,344.485.081
i2 1,672.244.968
whae2 1,672.244.787
is14 11,705.694.726
be12 10,033.444.632
wey4 3,344.484.446
fower2 1,672.244.418
brocht2 1,672.244.078
hoo2 1,672.243.677
sin2 1,672.243.582
by5 4,180.603.571
times2 1,672.243.422
git2 1,672.243.383
thay2 1,672.243.336
thegither2 1,672.243.262
an41 34,280.943.143
wark2 1,672.243.018
thit2 1,672.242.985
cannae2 1,672.242.985
haun2 1,672.242.897
hae6 5,016.722.677
auchtie3 2,508.36nan
tae35 29,264.213.091
juist3 2,508.362.586
wi14 11,705.692.452
ah3 2,508.362.368
ma2 1,672.242.329
till2 1,672.242.320
fur6 5,016.722.121
whit5 4,180.601.827
as4 3,344.481.825
jint2 1,672.24nan
went2 1,672.242.013
sae4 3,344.481.809
roon2 1,672.241.738
noo4 3,344.481.656
whan3 2,508.361.525
on11 9,197.321.523
ither3 2,508.361.469
his4 3,344.481.405
its3 2,508.361.343
time4 3,344.481.318
bein2 1,672.241.229
ken3 2,508.361.131
this7 5,852.841.099
at5 4,180.601.070
micht2 1,672.241.035
oot3 2,508.360.952
ony2 1,672.240.920
that15 12,541.810.798
oor3 2,508.360.732
say2 1,672.240.696
nae2 1,672.240.684
craigie2 1,672.24nan
heid2 1,672.240.499
oxfurd2 1,672.24nan
him2 1,672.240.502
lang2 1,672.240.428
a39 32,608.700.427
intae3 2,508.360.425
ain2 1,672.240.377
ye5 4,180.600.346
or3 2,508.360.249
dae2 1,672.240.219
vailleant2 1,672.24nan
aff2 1,672.240.106
but4 3,344.480.095
wee3 2,508.360.092
it13 10,869.570.081
aboot4 3,344.480.050
aye2 1,672.240.034
fowk2 1,672.240.021
been2 1,672.240.014
throchoot2 1,672.24nan
afore2 1,672.240.213