A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacMinto, Gregor

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,348
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 625
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.157
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, wis, s, at, in, as, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation
Wordpress (2022-05-23) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (360 words)

Beam Me Up, Sunshine
wordpress (2022-02-13) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (47 words)

The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde
wordpress (2022-01-24) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (85 words)

Daffin in a Dear Green Place
wordpress (2022-02-02) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (66 words)

The Rhythms of Bratislava
wordpress (2022-02-12) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (388 words)

Apartheid in Ohio
wordpress (2021-12-26) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (64 words)

The Magic Brainch
wordpress (2021-11-06) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (338 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
hippies5 3,709.2061.129
rice5 3,709.2039.208
carle3 2,225.5235.419
powl3 2,225.5233.190
globalisation3 2,225.5231.605
caff3 2,225.5230.365
thrawn4 2,967.3628.427
muisic4 2,967.3624.835
pairk3 2,225.5223.382
secks2 1,483.6822.792
chanters2 1,483.6822.792
seeventies2 1,483.6822.792
ohio2 1,483.6822.792
davie4 2,967.3622.615
prague2 1,483.6821.069
picter3 2,225.5220.078
scuil3 2,225.5219.348
apartheid2 1,483.6818.981
aisy2 1,483.6818.981
ceetizens2 1,483.6818.981
chap3 2,225.5218.855
record3 2,225.5218.855
americans2 1,483.6818.246
guids2 1,483.6818.246
cley2 1,483.6817.627
slovak5 3,709.20nan
clay2 1,483.6818.246
airtists2 1,483.6816.201
o51 37,833.8316.115
clap2 1,483.6815.821
guise2 1,483.6815.821
appearinly2 1,483.6815.475
explore2 1,483.6814.588
aist2 1,483.6814.588
shaw3 2,225.5214.527
thrashin2 1,483.6814.332
sindry3 2,225.5213.641
everybody2 1,483.6813.256
gat3 2,225.5213.217
v3 2,225.5213.045
odds2 1,483.6812.897
glesca3 2,225.5212.769
at21 15,578.6412.731
fur12 8,902.0812.669
heich3 2,225.5212.558
bein6 4,451.0412.383
airlie2 1,483.6812.266
lik5 3,709.2012.184
haid2 1,483.6812.123
s23 17,062.3111.959
jungle2 1,483.6811.852
that3 2,225.5211.755
ootby2 1,483.6811.724
gie6 4,451.0411.473
americae2 1,483.6811.362
foothie3 2,225.52nan
haudin3 2,225.5211.115
scotlan2 1,483.6810.927
diversity2 1,483.6810.445
popular2 1,483.6810.269
wis27 20,029.6710.255
bodie3 2,225.5210.078
tree3 2,225.529.526
sangs2 1,483.689.221
culture3 2,225.529.188
as18 13,353.128.754
feck2 1,483.688.733
tv2 1,483.688.621
while4 2,967.368.610
rytmy3 2,225.52nan
tae15 11,127.608.212
and2 1,483.688.039
tint2 1,483.687.529
james2 1,483.687.529
chynge2 1,483.687.448
muckle5 3,709.206.904
roka3 2,225.52nan
kinna2 1,483.686.827
biggin2 1,483.686.827
times3 2,225.526.711
an50 37,091.996.603
their7 5,192.886.269
gate2 1,483.686.244
trees2 1,483.685.974
sooth2 1,483.685.922
wark3 2,225.525.876
hes2 1,483.685.700
disna2 1,483.685.447
pairt3 2,225.525.316
public2 1,483.685.072
puir2 1,483.684.994
she2 1,483.684.969
till3 2,225.524.940
leuk2 1,483.684.790
lag-en2 1,483.68nan
abuin2 1,483.684.772
mair7 5,192.884.599
sooside2 1,483.68nan
awa5 3,709.204.597
year4 2,967.364.526
the97 71,958.464.333
consumerism2 1,483.68nan
ceetie2 1,483.68nan
a53 39,317.514.320
forby2 1,483.684.250
chree2 1,483.68nan
soley2 1,483.68nan
cried2 1,483.683.670
ane4 2,967.363.632
hir2 1,483.683.448
r2 1,483.682.923
warld2 1,483.682.739
bi4 2,967.362.672
koda2 1,483.68nan
sayed3 2,225.522.625
on13 9,643.922.324
road2 1,483.682.309
thae2 1,483.682.123
twa4 2,967.362.011
some4 2,967.361.827
frae5 3,709.201.815
it11 8,160.241.750
i12 8,902.081.736
gey2 1,483.681.701
thaim3 2,225.521.664
there6 4,451.041.510
like6 4,451.041.387
aboot2 1,483.681.228
whit5 3,709.201.199
but3 2,225.521.172
whan3 2,225.521.170
they3 2,225.521.116
ll3 2,225.521.109
up3 2,225.521.073
his5 3,709.201.071
nae2 1,483.681.066
owthenticitie2 1,483.68nan
seen2 1,483.680.979
africae2 1,483.68nan
whaur2 1,483.680.858
thon2 1,483.680.833
no2 1,483.680.809
wi13 9,643.920.809
us3 2,225.520.798
maist2 1,483.680.734
hame2 1,483.680.611
owthorities2 1,483.68nan
juist2 1,483.680.568
him5 3,709.200.508
fowk3 2,225.520.433
ye9 6,676.560.385
ower2 1,483.680.381
we4 2,967.360.365
doon2 1,483.680.323
noo3 2,225.520.279
is7 5,192.880.219
wid2 1,483.680.177
here2 1,483.680.163
efter2 1,483.680.146
time3 2,225.520.133
its2 1,483.680.109
been2 1,483.680.101
yer2 1,483.680.076
in20 14,836.800.048
he11 8,160.240.043
or4 2,967.360.032
ae2 1,483.680.030
aff2 1,483.680.028
aw3 2,225.520.021
of2 1,483.680.007
this5 3,709.200.004
by2 1,483.680.003
coonterculture2 1,483.68nan
day3 2,225.520.052
can2 1,483.680.002