A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sneddon, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 578
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.028
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, is, a, o, that, oor, eu, as,

List of texts in corpus

Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?
The Sair Fecht (21-06-2016) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (578 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
eu10 17,301.0497.594
britain9 15,570.9384.081
internaitional5 8,650.5259.853
upbiggin4 6,920.4245.584
oor11 19,031.1436.775
inequality3 5,190.3136.678
warld6 10,380.6229.374
poverty3 5,190.3129.164
tynes2 3,460.2126.173
memmer3 5,190.3125.517
is16 27,681.6623.459
gains2 3,460.2122.358
makkin4 6,920.4219.602
spendin2 3,460.2119.189
aid2 3,460.2118.226
vital2 3,460.2117.693
haes6 10,380.6217.505
alliance2 3,460.2117.451
vote3 5,190.3116.917
justice2 3,460.2116.078
aroond3 5,190.3115.903
global2 3,460.2115.192
govrenment2 3,460.2114.255
focus2 3,460.2114.255
warkin2 3,460.2112.941
siller3 5,190.3112.788
oorsels2 3,460.2112.387
richts2 3,460.2111.180
british2 3,460.2111.041
managed2 3,460.2111.041
political2 3,460.2110.227
an28 48,442.919.603
community2 3,460.218.861
human2 3,460.218.616
re3 5,190.317.476
are4 6,920.427.184
nor3 5,190.317.009
as9 15,570.935.915
that12 20,761.255.343
ane3 5,190.315.259
mair4 6,920.424.089
vailues2 3,460.21nan
we6 10,380.624.131
baith2 3,460.213.736
fowk3 5,190.313.183
muckle2 3,460.212.517
tae18 31,141.872.268
frae3 5,190.312.184
whan2 3,460.211.816
i6 10,380.621.638
but4 6,920.421.116
by2 3,460.211.002
at2 3,460.210.967
ae2 3,460.210.849
for5 8,650.520.786
aboot3 5,190.310.774
been2 3,460.210.663
s6 10,380.620.616
the38 65,743.940.557
a14 24,221.450.540
wi3 5,190.310.464
doon2 3,460.210.386
whit2 3,460.210.385
o14 24,221.450.351
it8 13,840.830.207
bit2 3,460.210.160
no2 3,460.210.146
in8 13,840.830.120
oot2 3,460.210.081
on4 6,920.420.051
or2 3,460.210.005
be3 5,190.310.003