A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Perrie, Walter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 714
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 406
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.759
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, a, tae, but, for, o, he, wi, man,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man
Lallans Magazine (2009-07) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (98 words)

Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat
Lallans Magazine (2008-10-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (616 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
tod6 8,403.3664.603
stoat5 7,002.8059.054
spile3 4,201.6839.240
mankind3 4,201.6833.160
man8 11,204.4823.907
lion3 4,201.6822.795
aul3 4,201.6821.484
baist2 2,801.1217.689
seik2 2,801.1217.689
an38 53,221.2917.119
leeve2 2,801.1216.861
seas2 2,801.1216.861
disease2 2,801.1216.861
earth3 4,201.6816.631
us7 9,803.9216.485
wha5 7,002.8016.104
man's2 2,801.1215.779
oor7 9,803.9215.041
suin3 4,201.6814.645
nor5 7,002.8014.410
steer2 2,801.1213.534
naitur2 2,801.1213.129
pooer2 2,801.1212.851
mrs3 4,201.6812.331
hoo3 4,201.6810.598
began2 2,801.1210.460
he's2 2,801.129.924
crack2 2,801.129.721
caa2 2,801.129.206
hen2 2,801.128.724
but9 12,605.048.682
wuid2 2,801.128.547
he'd2 2,801.128.547
juist4 5,602.248.494
in3 4,201.688.469
has3 4,201.688.267
stert2 2,801.127.683
was4 5,602.247.617
isna2 2,801.127.594
fell2 2,801.126.271
are4 5,602.245.659
still3 4,201.685.541
ony3 4,201.685.394
young2 2,801.124.963
it3 4,201.684.728
never2 2,801.124.439
till2 2,801.124.037
ain3 4,201.683.844
maun2 2,801.123.744
o8 11,204.483.698
wad3 4,201.683.597
were3 4,201.683.421
roon2 2,801.123.374
frae4 5,602.243.364
wan2 2,801.123.245
for8 11,204.483.103
that3 4,201.682.990
had3 4,201.682.811
whit4 5,602.242.672
even2 2,801.122.370
fowk3 4,201.682.364
by3 4,201.682.220
there4 5,602.241.894
their3 4,201.681.872
like4 5,602.241.789
his7 9,803.921.749
aa3 4,201.681.569
i2 2,801.121.484
when2 2,801.121.331
is7 9,803.921.307
wi8 11,204.481.182
the35 49,019.611.163
or4 5,602.241.011
oan2 2,801.120.760
aye2 2,801.120.752
if2 2,801.120.608
can2 2,801.120.607
sae2 2,801.120.570
no3 4,201.680.563
noo2 2,801.120.509
he8 11,204.480.484
s4 5,602.240.401
mair2 2,801.120.181
doon2 2,801.120.124
tae14 19,607.840.111
at4 5,602.240.076
a20 28,011.200.042
on4 5,602.240.034
they3 4,201.680.020
we3 4,201.680.011
him2 2,801.120.006
nae2 2,801.120.000