A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Connelly, Gordon

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 900
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 340
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.647
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - tae, ye, the, a, and, o, in, yer, that, them,

List of texts in corpus

Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin
Scottish Book Trust (2021-06-14) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (900 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
ye37 41,111.1187.567
scrievin9 10,000.0075.421
letter8 8,888.8958.757
yer18 20,000.0054.647
person6 6,666.6743.834
faimily6 6,666.6742.052
mebbe7 7,777.7837.070
celebration4 4,444.4435.728
life9 10,000.0033.906
an2 2,222.2233.076
scrieve5 5,555.5632.929
them12 13,333.3329.929
gawin3 3,333.3329.539
and23 25,555.5628.575
stairt4 4,444.4426.485
how6 6,666.6723.100
helped3 3,333.3321.168
images2 2,222.2219.288
tae41 45,555.5618.856
luved2 2,222.2217.860
special3 3,333.3317.848
lives3 3,333.3317.848
moment3 3,333.3316.886
celebratin2 2,222.2216.242
somebody3 3,333.3315.752
somethin4 4,444.4415.720
thon6 6,666.6715.357
emotions2 2,222.2215.303
past4 4,444.4414.677
memories2 2,222.2213.766
memmer2 2,222.2213.627
sel2 2,222.2213.238
positive2 2,222.2212.999
important3 3,333.3312.844
able3 3,333.3312.330
freend2 2,222.2211.985
yersel3 3,333.3311.375
list2 2,222.2210.971
noo7 7,777.7810.880
memory2 2,222.2210.837
could5 5,555.5610.739
try3 3,333.3310.683
things4 4,444.4410.609
durin2 2,222.2210.400
especially2 2,222.2210.227
luikin2 2,222.2210.009
thank2 2,222.229.904
some6 6,666.679.415
aboot9 10,000.009.194
view2 2,222.229.158
lines2 2,222.229.074
future2 2,222.229.033
the33 36,666.678.459
pynt2 2,222.227.946
let3 3,333.337.573
think4 4,444.447.437
pittin2 2,222.227.185
time6 6,666.677.114
has3 3,333.337.086
anely2 2,222.227.041
each2 2,222.226.581
pit4 4,444.446.558
why2 2,222.226.540
frae6 6,666.676.363
wey4 4,444.446.191
like7 7,777.786.063
ithers2 2,222.225.863
forrit2 2,222.225.846
or8 8,888.895.824
few2 2,222.225.443
haein2 2,222.225.443
doon6 6,666.675.435
re3 3,333.335.215
bairn2 2,222.225.192
felt2 2,222.224.934
were4 4,444.444.866
great2 2,222.224.707
are4 4,444.444.463
times2 2,222.224.391
ken4 4,444.444.341
year3 3,333.333.939
feel2 2,222.223.897
years2 2,222.223.600
oor4 4,444.443.529
whit5 5,555.563.418
jist4 4,444.443.402
fowk4 4,444.443.379
ower5 5,555.563.156
in21 23,333.333.044
as2 2,222.222.992
through2 2,222.222.970
three2 2,222.222.805
hae5 5,555.562.802
dae3 3,333.332.369
wi11 12,222.222.291
richt3 3,333.332.069
yin2 2,222.221.768
ve2 2,222.221.723
that13 14,444.441.680
at3 3,333.331.631
mak2 2,222.221.573
a33 36,666.671.565
tak2 2,222.221.494
can3 3,333.331.465
will2 2,222.221.416
by3 3,333.331.358
muckle2 2,222.221.336
aw4 4,444.441.321
d3 3,333.331.116
their3 3,333.331.106
bit4 4,444.441.017
there4 4,444.441.015
oot2 2,222.221.014
when2 2,222.220.914
guid2 2,222.220.912
ain2 2,222.220.897
but2 2,222.220.762
this2 2,222.220.721
o22 24,444.440.599
they5 5,555.560.571
wee3 3,333.330.560
get2 2,222.220.499
us2 2,222.220.488
aff2 2,222.220.465
we5 5,555.560.464
s5 5,555.560.462
twa2 2,222.220.426
on7 7,777.780.340
if2 2,222.220.271
sae2 2,222.220.217
no3 3,333.330.177
you2 2,222.220.090
been2 2,222.220.076
is5 5,555.560.057
be5 5,555.560.048
it10 11,111.110.032
back2 2,222.220.016
mair2 2,222.220.010