A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnstone, Ian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 946
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 466
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.03
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, tae, in, a, as, wi, wir, that,

List of texts in corpus

Tuney Loon's low doon
The Fraserburgh Herald (03-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (946 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
wir11 11,627.9145.639
fir10 10,570.8238.417
and27 28,541.2337.504
figs3 3,171.2532.480
syrup3 3,171.2529.829
rhymes3 3,171.2527.505
league3 3,171.2526.614
daid2 2,114.1624.203
onyhoo2 2,114.1624.203
sitch2 2,114.1624.203
incase2 2,114.1624.203
andrew's2 2,114.1624.203
mebbe5 5,285.4122.951
middle-aged2 2,114.1622.478
infant2 2,114.1622.478
folk6 6,342.4922.046
pupil2 2,114.1618.498
intentions2 2,114.1618.498
aa9 9,513.7415.050
clessroom2 2,114.1615.049
adult2 2,114.1614.846
an8 8,456.6614.714
gun2 2,114.1614.468
fixed2 2,114.1614.292
youth2 2,114.1614.292
o38 40,169.1314.162
report3 3,171.2512.927
skweel2 2,114.1612.011
aald2 2,114.1611.393
mind5 5,285.4111.180
ither6 6,342.4911.003
less3 3,171.2510.933
generations2 2,114.1610.791
sae7 7,399.5810.782
amang3 3,171.2510.496
as15 15,856.2410.355
wheen3 3,171.259.511
yin4 4,228.337.889
them6 6,342.497.721
er2 2,114.167.471
weys2 2,114.167.387
yaised2 2,114.167.359
their6 6,342.497.070
must2 2,114.167.045
agayn3 3,171.25nan
stuff2 2,114.167.305
ask2 2,114.166.971
bring2 2,114.166.851
high2 2,114.166.711
aften2 2,114.166.711
else2 2,114.166.513
each2 2,114.166.428
things3 3,171.256.380
tellin2 2,114.166.147
bairns3 3,171.256.086
some5 5,285.416.019
every2 2,114.165.818
bin2 2,114.165.102
when4 4,228.334.921
weel4 4,228.334.597
hoo2 2,114.164.590
young2 2,114.164.004
a18 19,027.483.996
it's3 3,171.253.900
nicht3 3,171.253.866
get4 4,228.333.848
thocht3 3,171.253.432
best2 2,114.163.308
the68 71,881.613.013
lik2 2,114.162.979
yon2 2,114.162.947
his2 2,114.162.816
noo4 4,228.332.760
saalts2 2,114.16nan
wi12 12,684.992.902
than3 3,171.252.621
hae5 5,285.412.596
days2 2,114.162.560
same2 2,114.162.463
efter3 3,171.252.376
we7 7,399.582.267
weanhood2 2,114.16nan
went2 2,114.162.748
her2 2,114.162.169
be2 2,114.162.064
baein2 2,114.16nan
fine2 2,114.162.075
at3 3,171.251.911
us3 3,171.251.907
anither2 2,114.161.900
day4 4,228.331.893
it7 7,399.581.833
in20 21,141.651.717
is3 3,171.251.690
micht2 2,114.161.619
ony2 2,114.161.559
maist2 2,114.161.539
whit4 4,228.331.436
my2 2,114.161.217
liberation2 2,114.16nan
commonsense2 2,114.16nan
say2 2,114.161.163
ye3 3,171.251.012
they2 2,114.160.894
i8 8,456.660.889
bit4 4,228.330.849
then2 2,114.160.810
wis7 7,399.580.789
wid2 2,114.160.720
back3 3,171.250.496
me2 2,114.160.455
forecastable2 2,114.16nan
aboot4 4,228.330.451
twa2 2,114.160.370
tae23 24,312.900.370
for4 4,228.330.357
of2 2,114.160.300
aye2 2,114.160.288
oot3 3,171.250.265
jist2 2,114.160.243
nae2 2,114.160.194
can2 2,114.160.189
fae2 2,114.160.164
no2 2,114.160.103
there2 2,114.160.084
that10 10,570.820.048
this4 4,228.330.040
but4 4,228.330.022
on6 6,342.490.006
ower2 2,114.160.006
mair2 2,114.160.002
or3 3,171.250.002