A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Alston, Connor

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 499
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.541
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, jim, a, n, wis, carol, it, in, hoose,

List of texts in corpus

THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (WCE), categorised as weans (1,268 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
jim26 20,504.73248.828
carol20 15,772.87247.204
n25 19,716.09153.264
child12 9,463.72124.157
hoose18 14,195.5868.016
knock7 5,520.5060.455
children6 4,731.8653.631
snow5 3,943.2245.907
lookt4 3,154.5744.160
boady5 3,943.2239.142
began6 4,731.8638.138
opent5 3,943.2237.633
storm5 3,943.2237.633
awfa4 3,154.5735.748
dair9 7,097.79nan
one7 5,520.5034.431
startit5 3,943.2232.859
went9 7,097.7931.296
bins3 2,365.9328.840
tolt3 2,365.9326.809
blood4 3,154.5724.191
an9 7,097.7923.832
steps4 3,154.5723.563
then10 7,886.4423.268
o6 4,731.8622.818
oan11 8,675.0821.671
whispert2 1,577.2921.313
ran5 3,943.2221.300
drenched2 1,577.2920.131
limb2 1,577.2919.225
awoke2 1,577.2919.225
way5 3,943.2218.720
holdin2 1,577.2918.490
through6 4,731.8616.433
picked3 2,365.9316.306
dread2 1,577.2916.064
smelt2 1,577.2915.718
shiver2 1,577.2915.400
rank2 1,577.2914.575
swept2 1,577.2914.575
story4 3,154.5714.461
doun5 3,943.2213.946
pale2 1,577.2913.894
absolutely2 1,577.2913.139
fillt2 1,577.2913.139
the105 82,807.5712.454
terrible2 1,577.2912.364
ae9 7,097.7912.323
waws2 1,577.2911.488
stood3 2,365.9311.461
phone3 2,365.9310.968
waw2 1,577.2910.776
knees2 1,577.2910.684
power2 1,577.2910.176
windaes2 1,577.2910.021
miles2 1,577.2910.021
oot14 11,041.019.753
saw4 3,154.579.750
couple3 2,365.939.720
had7 5,520.509.338
polis2 1,577.299.144
of7 5,520.508.831
tryin3 2,365.938.718
dug3 2,365.938.695
wae5 3,943.228.312
hert3 2,365.938.066
stuck2 1,577.298.015
she15 11,829.658.011
his16 12,618.307.981
stairs2 1,577.297.972
wis24 18,927.447.791
skin2 1,577.297.639
smell2 1,577.297.446
goat3 2,365.937.179
thought2 1,577.297.123
flair2 1,577.296.796
aff6 4,731.866.728
at2 1,577.296.675
also2 1,577.296.614
on2 1,577.296.153
early2 1,577.296.019
aroond2 1,577.295.970
haun3 2,365.935.849
pair2 1,577.295.645
turnt2 1,577.295.536
side3 2,365.935.492
nicht4 3,154.575.136
back7 5,520.505.066
grun2 1,577.295.005
a25 19,716.094.614
us5 3,943.224.583
where2 1,577.294.400
ery3 2,365.93nan
deid2 1,577.294.256
fell2 1,577.294.256
this10 7,886.444.219
lookin2 1,577.294.078
heid4 3,154.573.859
felt2 1,577.293.729
aw7 5,520.503.719
efter4 3,154.573.142
as13 10,252.373.005
ower6 4,731.862.702
her11 8,675.082.599
get4 3,154.572.346
while2 1,577.292.280
go2 1,577.292.261
be3 2,365.932.249
didnae2 1,577.292.198
coar3 2,365.93nan
kept2 1,577.295.874
rollt3 2,365.93nan
they9 7,097.792.754
face2 1,577.291.830
last2 1,577.291.794
left2 1,577.291.730
if4 3,154.571.683
just2 1,577.291.668
same2 1,577.291.644
ain3 2,365.931.555
so3 2,365.931.495
me2 1,577.291.401
fir2 1,577.291.352
gaun2 1,577.291.321
he15 11,829.651.314
and12 9,463.721.310
their4 3,154.571.271
its3 2,365.931.210
s13 10,252.371.101
time4 3,154.571.077
it19 14,984.230.992
still2 1,577.290.934
but3 2,365.930.911
up7 5,520.500.837
there5 3,943.220.790
fae2 1,577.290.788
again2 1,577.290.738
like5 3,943.220.707
tae31 24,447.950.544
whit4 3,154.570.488
by3 2,365.930.479
or3 2,365.930.331
in18 14,195.580.162
houndin2 1,577.29nan
frae3 2,365.930.134
richt2 1,577.290.084
you2 1,577.290.058
been2 1,577.290.051
wee3 2,365.930.043
yer2 1,577.290.034
fur3 2,365.930.026
that13 10,252.370.019
aboot4 3,154.570.015
followt2 1,577.29nan