A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ahmad, Nyla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 699
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.453
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, ye, o, the, tae, or, in, it, could, yer,

List of texts in corpus

How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (699 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
objects8 11,444.9280.467
ye31 44,349.0777.880
celebrate7 10,014.3169.269
scrieve8 11,444.9264.658
scrievin6 8,583.6948.174
recipe4 5,722.4643.206
celebratin4 5,722.4640.493
recipes3 4,291.8539.352
could10 14,306.1538.531
celebration4 5,722.4637.633
relationship4 5,722.4636.176
invitation3 4,291.8535.535
or15 21,459.2331.190
list4 5,722.4629.576
inspiration3 4,291.8529.316
moment4 5,722.4626.710
functional2 2,861.2325.412
ingredients2 2,861.2325.412
map3 4,291.8524.594
yer10 14,306.1524.503
uses2 2,861.2321.597
by-ordinar2 2,861.2321.597
yese2 2,861.2320.241
weddin2 2,861.2319.705
an3 4,291.8519.434
directions2 2,861.2318.811
think6 8,583.6918.113
lanely2 2,861.2317.467
weys3 4,291.8515.124
specific2 2,861.2314.711
practical2 2,861.2314.711
can7 10,014.3114.595
important3 4,291.8514.256
herts2 2,861.2314.060
a39 55,793.9913.830
ve5 7,153.0813.664
used3 4,291.8513.196
need4 5,722.4613.172
wey5 7,153.0811.678
stairt2 2,861.2311.576
the22 31,473.5310.937
when5 7,153.0810.714
re4 5,722.4610.667
whit7 10,014.3110.569
these3 4,291.8510.197
cup2 2,861.239.600
mind4 5,722.469.517
aw7 10,014.319.473
space2 2,861.239.382
aroond2 2,861.238.289
tea2 2,861.237.776
else2 2,861.237.664
ain4 5,722.467.070
story2 2,861.236.859
mebbe2 2,861.236.824
thegither2 2,861.235.100
this7 10,014.314.875
for9 12,875.544.735
how2 2,861.234.545
things2 2,861.233.860
want2 2,861.233.853
e2 2,861.233.583
o22 31,473.533.519
place2 2,861.233.481
and9 12,875.543.231
are3 4,291.853.173
life2 2,861.233.093
aboot5 7,153.082.928
doon4 5,722.462.836
be7 10,014.312.679
s2 2,861.232.570
thon2 2,861.232.417
maist2 2,861.232.364
see3 4,291.852.166
noo3 4,291.852.148
pit2 2,861.231.955
like4 5,722.461.930
first2 2,861.231.880
frae3 4,291.851.507
as7 10,014.311.449
we5 7,153.081.434
efter2 2,861.231.346
weel2 2,861.231.251
dae2 2,861.231.193
tae19 27,181.691.005
richt2 2,861.231.002
hae3 4,291.850.912
some2 2,861.230.835
oor2 2,861.230.768
wis5 7,153.080.703
fur3 4,291.850.693
fowk2 2,861.230.678
at3 4,291.850.573
d2 2,861.230.481
is3 4,291.850.451
it10 14,306.150.370
up2 2,861.230.194
wee2 2,861.230.183
that8 11,444.920.171
wi6 8,583.690.106
on5 7,153.080.104
they3 4,291.850.030
in11 15,736.770.001