A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacMinto, Gregor

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,348
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 625
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.157
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, wis, s, at, in, as, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation
Wordpress (2022-05-23) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (360 words)

Beam Me Up, Sunshine
wordpress (2022-02-13) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (47 words)

The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde
wordpress (2022-01-24) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (85 words)

Daffin in a Dear Green Place
wordpress (2022-02-02) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (66 words)

The Rhythms of Bratislava
wordpress (2022-02-12) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (388 words)

Apartheid in Ohio
wordpress (2021-12-26) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (64 words)

The Magic Brainch
wordpress (2021-11-06) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as blog (338 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
hippies5 3,709.2061.252
slovak5 3,709.2061.252
rice5 3,709.2039.330
carle3 2,225.5235.493
powl3 2,225.5233.264
globalisation3 2,225.5231.679
caff3 2,225.5230.439
thrawn4 2,967.3628.287
muisic4 2,967.3624.931
pairk3 2,225.5223.124
chanters2 1,483.6822.841
secks2 1,483.6822.841
seeventies2 1,483.6822.841
ohio2 1,483.6822.841
davie4 2,967.3622.711
prague2 1,483.6821.118
picter3 2,225.5220.151
scuil3 2,225.5219.088
apartheid2 1,483.6819.030
ceetizens2 1,483.6819.030
aisy2 1,483.6819.030
record3 2,225.5218.928
chap3 2,225.5218.928
americans2 1,483.6818.295
guids2 1,483.6818.295
clay2 1,483.6818.295
cley2 1,483.6817.676
airtists2 1,483.6816.250
clap2 1,483.6815.870
guise2 1,483.6815.870
o51 37,833.8315.818
gat3 2,225.5215.652
appearinly2 1,483.6815.524
explore2 1,483.6814.637
aist2 1,483.6814.637
thrashin2 1,483.6814.381
shaw3 2,225.5214.311
sindry3 2,225.5213.712
everybody2 1,483.6813.305
v3 2,225.5212.894
glesca3 2,225.5212.840
odds2 1,483.6812.778
at21 15,578.6412.686
fur12 8,902.0812.659
heich3 2,225.5212.577
s23 17,062.3112.485
bein6 4,451.0412.451
airlie2 1,483.6812.314
haid2 1,483.6812.171
lik5 3,709.2012.146
jungle2 1,483.6811.900
that3 2,225.5211.780
gie6 4,451.0411.558
americae2 1,483.6811.410
ootby2 1,483.6811.296
scotlan2 1,483.6810.775
wis27 20,029.6710.491
foothie3 2,225.52nan
haudin3 2,225.5211.184
diversity2 1,483.6810.316
popular2 1,483.6810.231
bodie3 2,225.5210.082
tree3 2,225.529.536
culture3 2,225.529.450
sangs2 1,483.689.401
feck2 1,483.688.780
as18 13,353.128.637
tv2 1,483.688.401
while4 2,967.368.382
tae15 11,127.608.345
rytmy3 2,225.52nan
and2 1,483.687.845
tint2 1,483.687.617
chynge2 1,483.687.455
james2 1,483.686.941
muckle5 3,709.206.922
kinna2 1,483.686.907
biggin2 1,483.686.678
times3 2,225.526.600
roka3 2,225.52nan
gate2 1,483.686.261
their7 5,192.886.253
an50 37,091.996.105
sooth2 1,483.685.967
wark3 2,225.525.951
trees2 1,483.685.941
hes2 1,483.685.744
disna2 1,483.685.447
pairt3 2,225.525.365
consumerism2 1,483.68nan
puir2 1,483.685.076
public2 1,483.685.038
lag-en2 1,483.68nan
till3 2,225.524.813
she2 1,483.684.767
abuin2 1,483.684.762
leuk2 1,483.684.676
the97 71,958.464.602
sooside2 1,483.68nan
year4 2,967.364.563
mair7 5,192.884.483
awa5 3,709.204.481
ceetie2 1,483.68nan
forby2 1,483.684.277
soley2 1,483.68nan
chree2 1,483.68nan
a53 39,317.514.252
cried2 1,483.683.735
ane4 2,967.363.687
hir2 1,483.683.477
r2 1,483.682.898
warld2 1,483.682.776
koda2 1,483.68nan
bi4 2,967.362.687
sayed3 2,225.522.670
road2 1,483.682.256
on13 9,643.922.231
thae2 1,483.682.101
twa4 2,967.361.949
i12 8,902.081.891
some4 2,967.361.847
gey2 1,483.681.744
frae5 3,709.201.735
thaim3 2,225.521.682
it11 8,160.241.672
there6 4,451.041.531
like6 4,451.041.473
whit5 3,709.201.283
aboot2 1,483.681.255
ll3 2,225.521.173
whan3 2,225.521.150
they3 2,225.521.138
but3 2,225.521.137
his5 3,709.201.106
up3 2,225.521.097
nae2 1,483.681.074
seen2 1,483.680.991
owthenticitie2 1,483.68nan
africae2 1,483.68nan
whaur2 1,483.680.884
wi13 9,643.920.781
no2 1,483.680.756
us3 2,225.520.736
maist2 1,483.680.721
thon2 1,483.680.702
hame2 1,483.680.603
owthorities2 1,483.68nan
juist2 1,483.680.548
him5 3,709.200.504
we4 2,967.360.421
fowk3 2,225.520.404
ye9 6,676.560.396
ower2 1,483.680.383
doon2 1,483.680.323
noo3 2,225.520.266
is7 5,192.880.221
wid2 1,483.680.186
efter2 1,483.680.150
time3 2,225.520.144
coonterculture2 1,483.68nan
here2 1,483.680.159
its2 1,483.680.096
been2 1,483.680.088
yer2 1,483.680.073
day3 2,225.520.062
he11 8,160.240.055
in20 14,836.800.053
or4 2,967.360.047
aff2 1,483.680.028
ae2 1,483.680.023
of2 1,483.680.015
aw3 2,225.520.010
by2 1,483.680.006
this5 3,709.200.005
can2 1,483.680.001