A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Lawrie, Alistair

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 849
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 392
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.166
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, s, he, his, that, a, wi, it, in,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (292 words)
Caw
northwordsnow.co.uk (2020-10-01) in Doric (Stonehaven) dialect (SNO), categorised as prose (557 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
fucker6 7,067.1467.389
his22 25,912.8432.627
christ4 4,711.4329.070
s24 28,268.5528.483
ran5 5,889.2825.000
owre5 5,889.2824.950
foamy2 2,355.7124.614
hauns5 5,889.2824.602
bastard3 3,533.5722.052
bint2 2,355.7121.706
dark4 4,711.4321.537
sparklin2 2,355.7120.064
burn4 4,711.4319.334
he22 25,912.8419.027
axe2 2,355.7118.015
ahm2 2,355.7117.634
cunt4 4,711.4317.100
horse3 3,533.5715.572
great4 4,711.4315.152
bleed2 2,355.7114.699
big5 5,889.2813.594
knife2 2,355.7113.392
mooney6 7,067.14nan
files2 2,355.7114.369
other3 3,533.5712.686
clouds2 2,355.7112.415
awthin2 2,355.7112.415
anaw2 2,355.7112.321
wa2 2,355.7112.138
like9 10,600.7111.539
safe2 2,355.7110.213
that19 22,379.2710.107
lookit2 2,355.719.854
does2 2,355.719.571
breath2 2,355.719.481
here5 5,889.288.647
pal2 2,355.718.478
its5 5,889.288.166
near3 3,533.577.965
fear2 2,355.717.945
faither3 3,533.577.898
world2 2,355.717.585
look3 3,533.577.480
sky2 2,355.717.430
thae3 3,533.577.373
ontae2 2,355.717.210
pair2 2,355.717.094
wi14 16,489.996.971
this9 10,600.716.905
clear2 2,355.716.725
as12 14,134.286.665
face3 3,533.576.493
was4 4,711.436.433
roon3 3,533.576.247
claes2 2,355.716.192
wan3 3,533.576.049
way2 2,355.715.540
daein2 2,355.715.385
licht2 2,355.714.878
a15 17,667.844.717
much2 2,355.714.588
comes2 2,355.714.383
nicht3 3,533.574.333
hame3 3,533.574.193
right2 2,355.713.984
how2 2,355.713.899
o10 11,778.563.784
folk2 2,355.713.776
side2 2,355.713.628
till2 2,355.713.444
keep2 2,355.713.259
up7 8,244.993.245
better2 2,355.713.062
were3 3,533.572.773
there5 5,889.282.652
baith2 2,355.712.586
no5 5,889.282.535
awa3 3,533.572.532
tae12 14,134.282.426
says2 2,355.712.340
are3 3,533.572.293
for2 2,355.712.080
at9 10,600.711.985
aye3 3,533.571.906
t2 2,355.711.906
whit4 4,711.431.903
ye2 2,355.711.855
wis5 5,889.281.798
jist3 3,533.571.786
could2 2,355.711.609
them3 3,533.571.506
me5 5,889.281.418
say2 2,355.711.411
it14 16,489.991.386
an27 31,802.121.292
heid2 2,355.711.168
when2 2,355.710.961
ma2 2,355.710.961
bastern2 2,355.71nan
the43 50,647.820.917
ither2 2,355.710.884
wee3 3,533.570.702
ken2 2,355.710.647
get2 2,355.710.568
hae3 3,533.570.469
aw3 3,533.570.395
if2 2,355.710.324
sae2 2,355.710.292
bit3 3,533.570.267
him3 3,533.570.224
their2 2,355.710.207
d2 2,355.710.193
fae3 3,533.570.179
they4 4,711.430.151
ah6 7,067.140.150
but4 4,711.430.126
on6 7,067.140.115
aboot2 2,355.710.113
in12 14,134.280.112
aa2 2,355.710.104
we3 3,533.570.037
doon2 2,355.710.014