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 -

Foyle, Ghillie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 553
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 301
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.837
Tagged as LAL (General Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, his, a, in, o, that, thu, me, wes,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang
Lallans Magazine (2001-03-01 ) in Central dialect (LAL), categorised as poetry (553 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
thu9 16,274.86120.098
sinn7 12,658.2399.835
rade3 5,424.9530.811
shiels2 3,616.6426.410
wes7 12,658.2324.923
thai5 9,041.5924.756
hosts2 3,616.6424.685
ither's2 3,616.6424.685
graith3 5,424.9523.628
daith3 5,424.9519.132
spak3 5,424.9517.614
ti7 12,658.2317.472
mint2 3,616.6417.244
hildebrand6 10,849.91nan
his13 23,508.1417.199
truith2 3,616.6416.660
sa2 3,616.6416.483
kemp2 3,616.6416.483
beild2 3,616.6416.314
nou4 7,233.2715.987
gin5 9,041.5915.680
aft2 3,616.6414.930
ding2 3,616.6414.595
steel2 3,616.6413.909
thair5 9,041.5913.709
stour2 3,616.6413.484
thy2 3,616.6412.887
band2 3,616.6412.685
twae2 3,616.6412.079
me8 14,466.5511.802
lane2 3,616.6411.138
thon4 7,233.2710.781
wul2 3,616.6410.723
faither3 5,424.9510.261
bluid2 3,616.6410.073
fecht2 3,616.649.786
fu2 3,616.649.491
sang2 3,616.648.725
wha3 5,424.958.213
telt3 5,424.957.684
frae5 9,041.597.584
ahint2 3,616.647.175
auld4 7,233.277.104
thare2 3,616.647.101
man3 5,424.955.230
than3 5,424.955.117
ain3 5,424.955.033
thir2 3,616.644.970
aestlins2 3,616.64nan
can3 5,424.953.337
made2 3,616.643.302
hildebrand's2 3,616.64nan
hadubrand4 7,233.27nan
men2 3,616.645.732
cam2 3,616.643.011
thaim2 3,616.642.407
it3 5,424.952.376
haes2 3,616.642.309
lang2 3,616.642.212
that9 16,274.861.934
aw3 5,424.951.612
dietrich2 3,616.64nan
bi2 3,616.641.854
richt2 3,616.641.583
us2 3,616.641.536
up4 7,233.271.308
aye2 3,616.641.240
in12 21,699.821.193
fowk2 3,616.641.171
ma4 7,233.271.020
he7 12,658.230.856
heribrand's2 3,616.64nan
at2 3,616.640.808
a13 23,508.140.712
is2 3,616.640.689
ower2 3,616.640.401
the29 52,441.230.305
be2 3,616.640.244
for4 7,233.270.238
o10 18,083.180.191
wi5 9,041.590.171
as4 7,233.270.104
on3 5,424.950.055
an14 25,316.460.004