A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Armstrong, Kate

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,338
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.241
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, o, tae, a, in, his, sae, be, i,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as prose (1,338 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
fer12 8,968.6157.661
sae15 11,210.7633.217
aathing4 2,989.5423.369
ensample2 1,494.7722.876
palins2 1,494.7721.153
thon's3 2,242.1521.037
willna2 1,494.7719.970
forbye4 2,989.5417.806
gait3 2,242.1517.586
the115 85,949.1816.988
aye10 7,473.8416.541
brawest2 1,494.7716.284
plain3 2,242.1516.071
thraw2 1,494.7715.558
cooncil4 2,989.5415.515
an59 44,095.6714.823
toon4 2,989.5414.521
wid8 5,979.0714.307
ever4 2,989.5414.230
angel2 1,494.7713.532
has5 3,736.9212.747
langsyne2 1,494.7712.652
spak3 2,242.1512.475
he'll2 1,494.7712.349
cost2 1,494.7712.349
frae10 7,473.8412.230
wis3 2,242.1511.963
whilie2 1,494.7711.935
rowth2 1,494.7711.330
sic5 3,736.9211.286
sune2 1,494.7711.009
luik3 2,242.1510.926
smilin2 1,494.7710.908
will6 4,484.3010.373
yae3 2,242.159.498
faither4 2,989.549.366
bonny3 2,242.158.987
sud2 1,494.778.930
ithers3 2,242.158.786
white3 2,242.158.713
neither2 1,494.778.592
win4 2,989.548.284
ain6 4,484.308.252
whit's2 1,494.778.233
a23 17,189.848.140
siller3 2,242.158.121
new5 3,736.928.059
efter6 4,484.307.687
lest2 1,494.777.371
kennin2 1,494.777.077
hoo3 2,242.157.002
thole2 1,494.776.939
sin3 2,242.156.852
are6 4,484.306.747
s3 2,242.156.691
o42 31,390.136.555
wantin2 1,494.776.525
laddie2 1,494.776.350
there's2 1,494.776.210
fu2 1,494.776.156
ilka3 2,242.155.995
yaised2 1,494.775.973
man5 3,736.925.815
gang3 2,242.155.710
toun2 1,494.775.612
ilk'ane3 2,242.15nan
strechtwise3 2,242.15nan
his15 11,210.765.499
och2 1,494.775.478
done2 1,494.775.413
oor6 4,484.305.348
fowk6 4,484.305.123
gin4 2,989.545.028
takin2 1,494.774.937
thon4 2,989.544.910
gairden2 1,494.774.864
thinkin2 1,494.774.793
her2 1,494.774.787
tak4 2,989.544.600
maun3 2,242.154.563
forrit2 1,494.774.413
whae2 1,494.774.398
no8 5,979.074.326
hermann3 2,242.15nan
be13 9,715.994.605
hoose4 2,989.544.199
him8 5,979.074.102
haein2 1,494.774.036
naethin2 1,494.774.009
place3 2,242.153.960
wha3 2,242.153.790
fire2 1,494.773.667
graithins2 1,494.77nan
but10 7,473.843.491
braw2 1,494.773.450
it9 6,726.463.426
that's2 1,494.773.249
guid4 2,989.543.231
jist5 3,736.923.144
times2 1,494.773.063
canna2 1,494.773.044
i13 9,715.992.895
by5 3,736.922.892
ma10 7,473.842.833
them5 3,736.922.758
wark2 1,494.772.671
whit6 4,484.302.618
they2 1,494.772.584
thae2 1,494.772.114
muckle3 2,242.152.031
hae6 4,484.302.002
set2 1,494.771.880
bairns2 1,494.771.768
ye11 8,221.231.739
went2 1,494.771.707
or2 1,494.771.668
lang3 2,242.151.477
on12 8,968.611.468
he8 5,979.071.330
we3 2,242.151.275
gaun2 1,494.771.247
aboot2 1,494.771.222
noo4 2,989.541.220
fine2 1,494.771.203
this3 2,242.151.041
syne2 1,494.770.979
bein2 1,494.770.973
nor2 1,494.770.955
tae34 25,411.060.925
whaur2 1,494.770.896
us3 2,242.150.753
auld3 2,242.150.720
pothecar2 1,494.77nan
it's2 1,494.770.712
there2 1,494.770.708
ony2 1,494.770.693
mak2 1,494.770.672
as6 4,484.300.656
thocht2 1,494.770.517
can3 2,242.150.408
that11 8,221.230.398
wi12 8,968.610.376
nae5 3,736.920.338
oot7 5,231.690.318
see3 2,242.150.308
up4 2,989.540.280
their3 2,242.150.211
is7 5,231.690.201
day2 1,494.770.137
were2 1,494.770.121
its2 1,494.770.102
been2 1,494.770.081
like4 2,989.540.076
yer2 1,494.770.067
ken2 1,494.770.052
in20 14,947.680.038
at9 6,726.460.020
me4 2,989.540.016
some2 1,494.770.012
ower3 2,242.150.000