A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Stewart, Anna

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,790
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 729
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.827
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, the, and, it, a, o, that, tae, my, he,

List of texts in corpus

An Alien Feeling
Scots Hoose (2019) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (2,790 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
i171 61,290.32507.830
my47 16,845.88194.335
and98 35,125.45171.980
what30 10,752.69130.938
lugs21 7,526.88129.570
an3 1,075.27120.544
coz11 3,942.65116.110
kindo9 3,225.8188.660
ali9 3,225.8184.989
yi16 5,734.7778.560
uz8 2,867.3856.048
it81 29,032.2651.191
now11 3,942.6551.029
me37 13,261.6549.879
looking7 2,508.9645.828
when20 7,168.4643.438
cannae13 4,659.5042.903
field8 2,867.3842.376
dog7 2,508.9640.673
floating4 1,433.6939.869
fir15 5,376.3439.296
happened9 3,225.8138.064
how12 4,301.0836.552
rape4 1,433.6936.427
light8 2,867.3835.911
like27 9,677.4231.805
something9 3,225.8131.341
him27 9,677.4230.932
watching4 1,433.6930.157
feeling4 1,433.6929.565
because8 2,867.3829.384
yir8 2,867.3829.305
soft4 1,433.6929.015
again14 5,017.9228.458
feel10 3,584.2327.988
do8 2,867.3827.738
long7 2,508.9627.488
suspended3 1,075.2727.319
arms4 1,433.6926.729
see19 6,810.0426.200
just11 3,942.6525.924
crawl3 1,075.2724.196
ray3 1,075.2724.196
coat5 1,792.1123.981
thing11 3,942.6523.971
laugh5 1,792.1123.691
gone5 1,792.1123.409
asking3 1,075.2722.772
alien3 1,075.2722.772
cliffs3 1,075.2722.772
as2 716.8521.744
does5 1,792.1121.647
mud3 1,075.2721.629
lost6 2,150.5421.324
karen3 1,075.2721.131
torch3 1,075.2720.672
suppose5 1,792.1120.671
eyes6 2,150.5420.002
ash2 716.8519.933
tiny3 1,075.2719.851
groond3 1,075.2719.851
hard7 2,508.9619.190
for2 716.8519.183
ve11 3,942.6518.986
couldnae6 2,150.5418.948
jaw3 1,075.2718.803
fingers5 1,792.1118.735
whar5 1,792.1118.571
reminds2 716.8518.212
walk5 1,792.1117.794
the113 40,501.7917.139
sucked2 716.8517.032
blinks2 716.8517.032
saying3 1,075.2716.911
chris3 1,075.2716.259
falling2 716.8516.130
laughing2 716.8516.130
anymair2 716.8516.130
tells4 1,433.6916.039
move4 1,433.6915.849
so12 4,301.0815.705
flash3 1,075.2715.674
wants4 1,433.6915.665
that50 17,921.1514.915
itself2 716.8514.781
doonstair2 716.8514.781
heading2 716.8514.781
dinnae7 2,508.9614.776
ears3 1,075.2714.659
night5 1,792.1114.350
wanted4 1,433.6914.339
would5 1,792.1114.251
scared2 716.8514.249
makes3 1,075.2713.934
feels3 1,075.2713.799
shadow2 716.8513.363
yiv2 716.8512.986
standing2 716.8512.986
liquid2 716.8512.986
a52 18,637.9912.932
be3 1,075.2712.868
thinks3 1,075.2712.718
rows2 716.8512.642
loves2 716.8512.642
wine3 1,075.2712.610
moving2 716.8512.327
so's2 716.8512.327
married2 716.8512.327
hands3 1,075.2712.199
think9 3,225.8112.161
lying2 716.8512.035
blink2 716.8511.764
he43 15,412.1911.681
towards3 1,075.2711.635
glow2 716.8511.511
could9 3,225.8111.439
living2 716.8511.273
fat3 1,075.2711.206
m11 3,942.6510.865
anyway2 716.8510.839
then10 3,584.2310.476
bones2 716.8510.448
thinking2 716.8510.448
her4 1,433.6910.439
touch3 1,075.2710.371
any4 1,433.699.983
across4 1,433.699.944
even8 2,867.389.929
nails2 716.859.474
being3 1,075.279.413
water3 1,075.279.413
s36 12,903.239.389
those3 1,075.279.355
red3 1,075.279.241
earlier2 716.859.069
happen3 1,075.278.968
brain2 716.858.943
these5 1,792.118.924
smell3 1,075.278.915
them12 4,301.088.695
wet2 716.858.589
thought3 1,075.278.510
whole2 716.858.478
wonder2 716.858.478
maybe3 1,075.278.182
under3 1,075.278.092
followed2 716.857.970
hear5 1,792.117.944
oilseed3 1,075.27nan
drink3 1,075.277.960
told2 716.857.877
remember2 716.857.877
yella2 716.857.877
right5 1,792.117.821
front4 1,433.697.752
all4 1,433.697.567
let5 1,792.117.429
matter2 716.857.362
bird2 716.857.283
bags2 716.857.206
instead2 716.857.206
above2 716.857.057
have4 1,433.697.000
liked2 716.856.913
felt4 1,433.696.908
bed4 1,433.696.705
shape2 716.856.643
nose2 716.856.393
mighto3 1,075.27nan
fae16 5,734.777.048
between2 716.856.393
other3 1,075.276.334
moved2 716.856.333
that's4 1,433.696.281
sound2 716.856.275
they20 7,168.466.223
believe3 1,075.276.127
meat2 716.856.104
pulled2 716.856.050
why3 1,075.275.957
raw2 716.855.942
ken9 3,225.815.934
lead2 716.855.890
awready2 716.855.890
through5 1,792.115.810
funny2 716.855.788
one3 1,075.275.767
comes4 1,433.695.651
bottle2 716.855.641
know4 1,433.695.527
sometimes2 716.855.500
aliens3 1,075.27nan
into2 716.855.500
inside3 1,075.275.484
moment2 716.855.409
find3 1,075.275.084
goes2 716.855.070
pain2 716.854.991
stairs2 716.854.913
daft2 716.854.838
its8 2,867.384.803
skin2 716.854.801
is9 3,225.814.782
looked3 1,075.274.761
heid7 2,508.964.745
earth2 716.854.622
look4 1,433.694.487
finally2 716.854.486
life5 1,792.114.308
quick2 716.854.294
dots2 716.85nan
way3 1,075.274.426
hand2 716.854.232
gets2 716.854.172
might2 716.854.142
come6 2,150.544.014
mooth2 716.853.835
wind2 716.853.757
been10 3,584.233.752
no13 4,659.503.746
ago2 716.853.681
true2 716.853.656
wait2 716.853.582
want4 1,433.693.523
wi13 4,659.503.459
things4 1,433.693.375
make2 716.853.329
means2 716.853.308
body3 1,075.273.266
fur3 1,075.273.208
she8 2,867.383.182
start2 716.853.099
d9 3,225.813.068
though3 1,075.273.010
i'm2 716.852.963
oot18 6,451.612.925
same4 1,433.692.832
able2 716.852.780
take2 716.852.728
likes2 716.852.711
tae48 17,204.302.617
get7 2,508.962.526
never3 1,075.272.505
aw11 3,942.652.483
up16 5,734.772.248
windae2 716.852.236
bad2 716.852.182
re4 1,433.692.167
had7 2,508.962.161
but16 5,734.772.153
efter6 2,150.542.117
road3 1,075.272.082
sea2 716.852.077
black2 716.852.077
their2 716.852.035
got5 1,792.111.743
till3 1,075.271.739
hair2 716.851.718
lot2 716.851.656
mair3 1,075.271.624
bairn2 716.851.606
made4 1,433.691.595
at13 4,659.501.499
better3 1,075.271.472
still4 1,433.691.434
aboot12 4,301.081.433
sair2 716.851.429
face3 1,075.271.428
different2 716.851.420
new4 1,433.691.375
it's4 1,433.691.271
did4 1,433.691.231
hae4 1,433.691.205
really2 716.851.147
hurting2 716.85nan
wis35 12,544.801.624
much2 716.851.035
thegither2 716.850.939
this14 5,017.920.939
says3 1,075.270.902
say4 1,433.690.857
o51 18,279.570.822
wee8 2,867.380.717
to5 1,792.110.670
awa2 716.850.660
saw2 716.850.631
hud2 716.850.591
years2 716.850.574
lynne2 716.85nan
room2 716.850.561
door3 1,075.270.513
in39 13,978.490.499
we9 3,225.810.489
side2 716.850.478
ower8 2,867.380.468
ll2 716.850.444
here2 716.850.435
fowk3 1,075.270.384
keep2 716.850.342
bairns2 716.850.256
went2 716.850.227
time6 2,150.540.210
last2 716.850.201
doon5 1,792.110.187
if5 1,792.110.147
place2 716.850.142
on16 5,734.770.098
there8 2,867.380.094
back5 1,792.110.083
are4 1,433.690.081
his17 6,093.190.063
tell2 716.850.047
telt2 716.850.038
year2 716.850.033
day5 1,792.110.025
intae5 1,792.110.021
can4 1,433.690.012
than3 1,075.270.006
ain3 1,075.270.002
oor4 1,433.690.002
mind2 716.850.000