A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robertson, Sine

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,271
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 463
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.745
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, tae, in, o, scots, at, folk, or,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (643 words)
Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC
Lallans Magazine (2001 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as newspaper (628 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
slrc12 9,441.38146.479
folk21 16,522.42114.601
deein11 8,654.6076.323
would8 6,294.2641.313
e11 8,654.6041.309
wabsite5 3,933.9137.744
sikkin4 3,147.1336.431
scots21 16,522.4233.100
newbattle3 2,360.3532.039
fit's4 3,147.1331.206
conference4 3,147.1330.894
or19 14,948.8627.891
concert3 2,360.3527.478
there's5 3,933.9124.581
are11 8,654.6023.908
publicise2 1,573.5623.081
caaf2 1,573.5621.358
interest4 3,147.1320.604
spik4 3,147.1320.365
forbyes2 1,573.5620.175
comparin2 1,573.5619.270
ain9 7,081.0419.058
foo5 3,933.9118.711
conferences2 1,573.5618.534
fae14 11,014.9518.064
hasna2 1,573.5617.915
playgrun2 1,573.5617.915
ye've3 2,360.3517.888
spikkin3 2,360.3517.766
tee3 2,360.3516.973
tow2 1,573.5616.489
im3 2,360.3516.277
ploys2 1,573.5616.109
cd2 1,573.5616.109
meetins2 1,573.5616.109
fan5 3,933.9115.777
actors2 1,573.5615.762
america2 1,573.5615.149
wark5 3,933.9114.843
neuk3 2,360.3514.659
teachers3 2,360.3514.252
ye're3 2,360.3514.187
moosies2 1,573.5614.152
at21 16,522.4214.137
gaithered2 1,573.5613.735
if9 7,081.0413.731
toons2 1,573.5613.542
interestit2 1,573.5613.183
fitiver2 1,573.5613.183
centre3 2,360.3513.025
lot4 3,147.1312.970
amongst2 1,573.5612.551
spoken3 2,360.3512.430
anne2 1,573.5612.136
thochts3 2,360.3512.023
collogue2 1,573.5611.883
he2 1,573.5611.433
party2 1,573.5611.009
tongue3 2,360.3510.995
difference2 1,573.5610.913
puckle3 2,360.3510.853
thing5 3,933.9110.779
november2 1,573.5610.381
han2 1,573.5610.299
due2 1,573.5610.219
writers2 1,573.5610.064
ken7 5,507.479.803
tam3 2,360.359.754
warkin2 1,573.569.702
let4 3,147.139.640
lallans2 1,573.569.633
monie3 2,360.359.294
fore2 1,573.569.187
was6 4,720.699.181
needin2 1,573.569.127
whether2 1,573.569.068
warks2 1,573.569.011
has4 3,147.139.002
workin2 1,573.568.682
fit6 4,720.698.670
university2 1,573.568.429
wrocht2 1,573.568.380
for16 12,588.518.167
grand2 1,573.568.102
book2 1,573.568.058
pitten2 1,573.567.642
pit5 3,933.917.202
help3 2,360.356.652
fish2 1,573.566.426
in32 25,177.036.392
weys2 1,573.566.264
tellt2 1,573.566.160
edinburgh2 1,573.566.160
anither4 3,147.136.069
written2 1,573.565.986
speirt2 1,573.565.962
write2 1,573.565.890
since2 1,573.565.641
century2 1,573.565.555
job2 1,573.565.533
the55 43,273.015.391
teen2 1,573.565.329
ither5 3,933.915.307
affa3 2,360.355.249
work2 1,573.565.193
wye3 2,360.355.186
aboot9 7,081.045.151
languages2 1,573.565.045
schuil2 1,573.564.852
about2 1,573.564.686
scotspeak2 1,573.56nan
slrc's2 1,573.56nan
forrit2 1,573.564.591
thocht4 3,147.134.576
far3 2,360.354.515
last3 2,360.354.454
time6 4,720.694.260
lookin2 1,573.564.089
somethin2 1,573.564.063
on14 11,014.953.889
brocht2 1,573.563.874
hae7 5,507.473.842
should2 1,573.563.790
dee2 1,573.563.674
onie2 1,573.563.404
nor3 2,360.353.164
mair6 4,720.693.162
comin2 1,573.563.086
ae5 3,933.912.893
hear2 1,573.562.748
be11 8,654.602.742
their5 3,933.912.718
gang2 1,573.562.679
it's3 2,360.352.673
ony3 2,360.352.633
tae36 28,324.152.568
richt4 3,147.132.472
yer5 3,933.912.442
get4 3,147.132.416
we9 7,081.042.389
us4 3,147.132.385
been5 3,933.912.348
will3 2,360.352.347
muckle3 2,360.352.223
that18 14,162.082.099
atween2 1,573.562.028
things2 1,573.561.929
bairns2 1,573.561.908
gey2 1,573.561.897
can4 3,147.131.703
see4 3,147.131.484
and12 9,441.381.389
gaun2 1,573.561.372
tell2 1,573.561.330
me2 1,573.561.276
oot3 2,360.351.217
a44 34,618.411.165
fin2 1,573.561.087
it19 14,948.861.034
mind2 1,573.560.933
still2 1,573.560.902
i5 3,933.910.890
they3 2,360.350.890
nae2 1,573.560.868
gin2 1,573.560.857
maist2 1,573.560.837
an38 29,897.720.828
o31 24,390.240.821
cam2 1,573.560.796
had3 2,360.350.760
some3 2,360.350.726
could2 1,573.560.711
tak2 1,573.560.711
wi12 9,441.380.608
like2 1,573.560.599
first2 1,573.560.536
wey2 1,573.560.463
got2 1,573.560.463
by3 2,360.350.444
noo3 2,360.350.368
so2 1,573.560.280
ye8 6,294.260.190
its2 1,573.560.149
back2 1,573.560.143
day3 2,360.350.119
as7 5,507.470.084
bit3 2,360.350.022
is8 6,294.260.003
but5 3,933.910.001
them2 1,573.560.001