A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sprott, Gavin

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,777
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 790
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.249
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, a, his, he, that, in, wes, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (271 words)
Lallans 73 - Monument
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (299 words)
Lallans 73 - Banes
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (165 words)
Lallans 73 - Cain
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (242 words)
Lallans 68 - Gairdens
Lallans Magazine (2006-10-24 ) in Central (Edinburgh) dialect (EDN), categorised as poetry (800 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
and67 37,704.00123.587
cain7 3,939.2274.867
wes21 11,817.6772.413
an4 2,250.9864.532
yit9 5,064.7249.915
banes7 3,939.2248.340
i'5 2,813.7347.485
his39 21,947.1047.407
tramp5 2,813.7343.205
o's3 1,688.2431.530
feinish3 1,688.2431.530
abel3 1,688.2431.530
oa3 1,688.2429.946
til11 6,190.2129.452
de5 2,813.7329.359
monument3 1,688.2426.817
fearsome3 1,688.2426.817
o71 39,954.9825.832
tae12 6,752.9524.888
ken't3 1,688.2423.282
liverpool2 1,125.4921.686
mason's2 1,125.4921.686
their14 7,878.4520.903
weil3 1,688.2419.982
backlins2 1,125.4919.963
creish2 1,125.4918.781
airmies2 1,125.4918.781
fountain2 1,125.4918.781
daecent2 1,125.4918.781
cathedral2 1,125.4917.877
bigg3 1,688.2417.223
shairly3 1,688.2416.918
des2 1,125.4916.524
turn't2 1,125.4916.524
reik2 1,125.4916.524
hand4 2,250.9816.523
nivver5 2,813.7316.431
badness2 1,125.4915.990
notions2 1,125.4915.990
stane4 2,250.9815.308
s2 1,125.4914.854
michtna2 1,125.4914.722
out5 2,813.7314.566
edward2 1,125.4913.492
wis5 2,813.7313.358
rage2 1,125.4913.237
auld-farrant2 1,125.4912.998
shairp2 1,125.4912.772
terror2 1,125.4912.772
scarce2 1,125.4912.559
grand3 1,688.2412.440
silly2 1,125.4912.357
cruel2 1,125.4912.165
france2 1,125.4911.481
forest2 1,125.4911.328
et3 1,688.2411.194
mainner2 1,125.4911.180
nip2 1,125.4911.038
them10 5,627.4610.981
passion2 1,125.4910.769
backs2 1,125.4910.641
polyphème4 2,250.98nan
mannie3 1,688.2410.886
has5 2,813.7310.239
some9 5,064.7210.218
scotch2 1,125.499.850
him13 7,315.709.754
marie2 1,125.499.652
proud2 1,125.499.463
generation2 1,125.499.372
kill't3 1,688.24nan
notion2 1,125.499.284
whyles2 1,125.498.870
o't2 1,125.498.870
i'm3 1,688.248.685
it9 5,064.728.670
dout2 1,125.498.293
loss2 1,125.498.161
she2 1,125.498.145
hands2 1,125.498.098
galathée3 1,688.24nan
whan7 3,939.227.597
forget2 1,125.497.569
fat2 1,125.497.569
kind3 1,688.247.263
aathin2 1,125.497.256
england2 1,125.497.158
amang3 1,688.246.961
neuk2 1,125.496.923
neb2 1,125.496.833
fou2 1,125.496.578
by8 4,501.976.545
lord2 1,125.496.418
aa9 5,064.726.374
lest2 1,125.496.340
colour2 1,125.496.154
faur3 1,688.246.067
ayont2 1,125.495.978
auld7 3,939.225.942
this14 7,878.455.878
acis3 1,688.24nan
he26 14,631.405.877
bed3 1,688.245.765
corner2 1,125.495.714
t's2 1,125.49nan
rax't2 1,125.49nan
bairns4 2,250.985.830
gets2 1,125.495.683
eh3 1,688.245.581
intil3 1,688.245.484
king2 1,125.495.441
wind2 1,125.495.216
nae11 6,190.215.193
happy2 1,125.495.162
love2 1,125.494.956
watter3 1,688.244.783
god2 1,125.494.451
cause2 1,125.494.306
they13 7,315.704.303
bodie2 1,125.494.247
hill2 1,125.494.112
duin2 1,125.494.112
for17 9,566.693.962
sicht2 1,125.493.912
gairden2 1,125.493.843
north2 1,125.493.792
scott2 1,125.493.661
een4 2,250.983.619
while3 1,688.243.605
fair3 1,688.243.557
bad2 1,125.493.536
micht4 2,250.983.506
forrit2 1,125.493.460
sinews2 1,125.49nan
sea2 1,125.493.505
bonnie2 1,125.493.431
here5 2,813.733.283
maun3 1,688.243.251
aye6 3,376.483.221
fell2 1,125.493.087
fowk6 3,376.483.052
hair2 1,125.492.999
sic3 1,688.242.988
turn2 1,125.492.962
wi20 11,254.922.912
on17 9,566.692.848
but3 1,688.242.811
as6 3,376.482.646
read2 1,125.492.579
life3 1,688.242.333
fae2 1,125.492.198
that24 13,505.912.166
be5 2,813.732.088
comes2 1,125.492.064
bein3 1,688.241.885
name2 1,125.491.553
wheat-shaef2 1,125.49nan
doctrine2 1,125.49nan
man4 2,250.982.026
hormone2 1,125.49nan
syne3 1,688.241.854
thon3 1,688.241.539
doun2 1,125.491.535
sae5 2,813.731.418
jardin2 1,125.49nan
muckle4 2,250.982.665
gae't2 1,125.49nan
hae2 1,125.491.393
craetur2 1,125.49nan
body2 1,125.492.269
see5 2,813.731.333
in22 12,380.421.282
wye2 1,125.491.282
awa4 2,250.981.256
win2 1,125.491.211
yon2 1,125.491.172
will3 1,688.241.160
thocht3 1,688.241.110
at15 8,441.191.008
wee2 1,125.490.939
had4 2,250.980.925
mair2 1,125.490.906
back2 1,125.490.894
ower6 3,376.480.880
thing2 1,125.490.823
ye7 3,939.220.726
day2 1,125.490.702
says2 1,125.490.665
you2 1,125.490.522
yer2 1,125.490.469
whaur2 1,125.490.388
kent2 1,125.490.356
afore3 1,688.240.336
think2 1,125.490.257
again2 1,125.490.221
a55 30,951.040.185
we6 3,376.480.172
come2 1,125.490.151
juist2 1,125.490.151
like4 2,250.980.094
first2 1,125.490.090
got2 1,125.490.077
twa2 1,125.490.065
heid2 1,125.490.044
there5 2,813.730.042
can3 1,688.240.032
i11 6,190.210.030
me6 3,376.480.023
whit4 2,250.980.007
dae2 1,125.490.005
her9 5,064.720.004
ither2 1,125.490.000
peacefae2 1,125.49nan
the106 59,651.100.056
naakit2 1,125.49nan
or7 3,939.220.219
dei't2 1,125.49nan
is12 6,752.950.095