A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hardie, Buff

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 784
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 329
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.383
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an', i, ye, tae, it, o', at, wis, a,

List of texts in corpus

Dod 'n' Bunty
Evening Express (11-03-2000) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (784 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
an'24 30,612.24174.825
o'16 20,408.16107.966
peterheid5 6,377.5556.801
photie5 6,377.5551.371
instructions4 5,102.0439.578
porridge4 5,102.0439.024
i23 29,336.7337.210
booth3 3,826.5333.608
it's9 11,479.5931.790
ye20 25,510.2031.066
card3 3,826.5328.630
tape3 3,826.5327.739
criminal3 3,826.5327.739
fit9 11,479.5927.128
button3 3,826.5325.964
quid3 3,826.5325.380
crackly2 2,551.0224.955
audio2 2,551.0224.955
pressed3 3,826.5324.361
at's4 5,102.0423.951
access3 3,826.5322.224
sittin'2 2,551.0222.047
instruction2 2,551.0222.047
ta'en2 2,551.0222.047
an4 5,102.0419.292
prison2 2,551.0218.776
leisure2 2,551.0218.355
green4 5,102.0418.071
look5 6,377.5517.927
d'ye2 2,551.0217.626
fower4 5,102.0417.516
so7 8,928.5717.512
cope2 2,551.0217.012
buttons2 2,551.0217.012
shottie2 2,551.0216.238
widna3 3,826.5316.184
wi'3 3,826.5316.126
press3 3,826.5316.126
photies2 2,551.0213.729
een5 6,377.5513.004
weel6 7,653.0612.583
neen2 2,551.0211.742
bunty3 3,826.53nan
at15 19,132.6513.019
far4 5,102.0411.531
onywye2 2,551.0211.526
deen2 2,551.0211.389
simple2 2,551.0211.389
my5 6,377.5511.388
words3 3,826.5310.353
mean3 3,826.539.988
that's3 3,826.539.788
fan3 3,826.539.528
still4 5,102.048.715
naething2 2,551.028.542
use2 2,551.028.542
get5 6,377.557.887
money2 2,551.027.751
happened2 2,551.027.436
sunday2 2,551.027.021
three3 3,826.537.004
word2 2,551.026.802
looked2 2,551.026.185
foo2 2,551.025.936
didna3 3,826.535.869
few2 2,551.025.833
yer5 6,377.555.537
but8 10,204.085.490
a13 16,581.635.270
oh2 2,551.025.132
there6 7,653.065.129
wis15 19,132.654.997
new3 3,826.534.902
think3 3,826.534.866
came2 2,551.024.769
hid4 5,102.044.745
could3 3,826.534.548
hear2 2,551.024.464
pit3 3,826.534.250
it16 20,408.164.063
got3 3,826.533.979
them4 5,102.043.882
dinna2 2,551.023.597
me6 7,653.063.315
last2 2,551.023.230
you4 5,102.043.004
dae3 3,826.532.881
baith2 2,551.022.826
telt2 2,551.022.603
richt3 3,826.532.592
nae5 6,377.552.551
for8 10,204.082.378
mind2 2,551.022.141
ony2 2,551.022.067
maist2 2,551.022.046
did2 2,551.021.942
if3 3,826.531.911
on8 10,204.081.767
come2 2,551.021.752
thocht2 2,551.021.680
booths2 2,551.02nan
language2 2,551.021.719
time3 3,826.531.365
she2 2,551.021.291
that11 14,030.611.236
ither2 2,551.021.058
were2 2,551.020.992
in9 11,479.590.948
to2 2,551.020.801
ken2 2,551.020.800
are2 2,551.020.769
auld2 2,551.020.693
some2 2,551.020.612
of2 2,551.020.600
oot2 2,551.020.598
aye2 2,551.020.584
jist2 2,551.020.521
can2 2,551.020.445
by2 2,551.020.432
this2 2,551.020.376
see2 2,551.020.374
the42 53,571.430.317
fae3 3,826.530.279
is6 7,653.060.261
aboot3 3,826.530.180
tae16 20,408.160.037
we3 3,826.530.003
like2 2,551.020.003
up3 3,826.530.000