A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Connelly, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 900
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 340
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.647
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, ye, the, a, and, o, in, yer, that, them,

List of texts in corpus

Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (900 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
ye37 41,111.1187.952
scrievin9 10,000.0075.468
letter8 8,888.8958.528
yer18 20,000.0055.080
person6 6,666.6743.662
faimily6 6,666.6742.185
mebbe7 7,777.7837.442
celebration4 4,444.4435.613
life9 10,000.0033.906
scrieve5 5,555.5633.032
an2 2,222.2232.862
them12 13,333.3330.171
gawin3 3,333.3329.453
and23 25,555.5628.309
stairt4 4,444.4426.751
how6 6,666.6722.938
helped3 3,333.3321.083
images2 2,222.2219.231
tae41 45,555.5618.905
lives3 3,333.3317.851
luved2 2,222.2217.802
special3 3,333.3317.763
moment3 3,333.3316.802
celebratin2 2,222.2216.185
somethin4 4,444.4415.670
somebody3 3,333.3315.668
thon6 6,666.6715.660
emotions2 2,222.2215.245
past4 4,444.4414.672
memories2 2,222.2213.709
memmer2 2,222.2213.570
sel2 2,222.2213.182
positive2 2,222.2212.942
important3 3,333.3312.798
able3 3,333.3312.281
freend2 2,222.2211.928
yersel3 3,333.3311.432
noo7 7,777.7811.022
list2 2,222.2210.984
things4 4,444.4410.791
memory2 2,222.2210.780
try3 3,333.3310.773
could5 5,555.5610.636
durin2 2,222.2210.344
especially2 2,222.2210.344
luikin2 2,222.229.953
thank2 2,222.229.900
some6 6,666.679.363
aboot9 10,000.009.194
lines2 2,222.229.145
view2 2,222.229.102
future2 2,222.229.060
the33 36,666.678.808
pynt2 2,222.227.891
let3 3,333.337.548
think4 4,444.447.449
pittin2 2,222.227.180
time6 6,666.677.096
has3 3,333.337.057
anely2 2,222.226.987
each2 2,222.226.610
pit4 4,444.446.570
why2 2,222.226.527
frae6 6,666.676.401
wey4 4,444.446.158
like7 7,777.786.000
ithers2 2,222.225.963
or8 8,888.895.881
forrit2 2,222.225.844
doon6 6,666.675.455
few2 2,222.225.451
haein2 2,222.225.436
re3 3,333.335.212
bairn2 2,222.225.140
felt2 2,222.224.908
were4 4,444.444.893
great2 2,222.224.703
times2 2,222.224.457
are4 4,444.444.433
ken4 4,444.444.318
year3 3,333.333.911
feel2 2,222.223.875
oor4 4,444.443.640
years2 2,222.223.616
jist4 4,444.443.438
fowk4 4,444.443.390
whit5 5,555.563.359
ower5 5,555.563.121
in21 23,333.333.055
as2 2,222.222.996
through2 2,222.222.938
hae5 5,555.562.866
three2 2,222.222.818
dae3 3,333.332.357
wi11 12,222.222.267
richt3 3,333.332.041
yin2 2,222.221.938
ve2 2,222.221.702
that13 14,444.441.697
at3 3,333.331.653
a33 36,666.671.634
mak2 2,222.221.577
tak2 2,222.221.481
can3 3,333.331.453
will2 2,222.221.397
by3 3,333.331.382
muckle2 2,222.221.306
aw4 4,444.441.278
d3 3,333.331.140
their3 3,333.331.093
oot2 2,222.221.019
there4 4,444.441.019
bit4 4,444.441.008
guid2 2,222.220.939
when2 2,222.220.895
ain2 2,222.220.895
but2 2,222.220.761
this2 2,222.220.708
o22 24,444.440.615
they5 5,555.560.580
wee3 3,333.330.574
us2 2,222.220.522
we5 5,555.560.501
get2 2,222.220.495
aff2 2,222.220.464
s5 5,555.560.462
twa2 2,222.220.436
on7 7,777.780.349
if2 2,222.220.274
sae2 2,222.220.217
no3 3,333.330.167
you2 2,222.220.082
been2 2,222.220.070
is5 5,555.560.058
be5 5,555.560.046
it10 11,111.110.032
back2 2,222.220.012
mair2 2,222.220.011