A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fowler, Ross

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 607
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.519
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, and, wis, an, ma, he, him, o,

List of texts in corpus

Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (607 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
fitba6 9,884.6843.433
hibs3 4,942.3435.145
and20 32,948.9332.347
wint5 8,237.2328.231
faither6 9,884.6827.209
kick3 4,942.3424.822
settled3 4,942.3423.917
freen3 4,942.3423.751
ba3 4,942.3422.571
gairden4 6,589.7920.778
him10 16,474.4619.905
hauf4 6,589.7918.722
rangers2 3,294.8918.648
getting3 4,942.3418.172
ma12 19,769.3617.577
strip2 3,294.8917.258
bleed2 3,294.8916.417
winted2 3,294.8916.055
himself2 3,294.8914.063
match2 3,294.8912.395
wir4 6,589.7912.289
baith4 6,589.7912.155
telt4 6,589.7911.622
lookit2 3,294.8911.283
neb2 3,294.8911.085
came3 4,942.3410.770
gaen2 3,294.8910.546
second2 3,294.899.791
hid5 8,237.239.731
playin2 3,294.899.558
watch2 3,294.899.340
wis15 24,711.709.148
jist5 8,237.239.106
stood2 3,294.898.884
got4 6,589.798.858
cos2 3,294.898.625
we8 13,179.578.121
mither3 4,942.348.084
then4 6,589.798.070
oot8 13,179.577.436
bit6 9,884.687.324
fir3 4,942.347.310
didna3 4,942.347.187
front2 3,294.896.894
he12 19,769.366.381
up7 11,532.136.133
doon5 8,237.236.029
took2 3,294.896.018
fan2 3,294.895.800
come3 4,942.345.647
see4 6,589.795.278
me6 9,884.685.235
ane3 4,942.345.007
road2 3,294.894.913
look2 3,294.894.757
wid3 4,942.344.421
through2 3,294.894.204
better2 3,294.894.184
were3 4,942.344.157
us3 4,942.343.716
tae20 32,948.933.334
anither2 3,294.893.229
gie2 3,294.892.842
a25 41,186.162.690
could2 3,294.892.569
i7 11,532.132.509
intae3 4,942.342.450
hoose2 3,294.892.449
thocht2 3,294.892.399
say2 3,294.892.341
at7 11,532.132.027
so2 3,294.891.813
weel2 3,294.891.606
its2 3,294.891.574
his6 9,884.681.550
aff2 3,294.891.280
said2 3,294.891.191
be5 8,237.231.043
there3 4,942.341.040
as2 3,294.890.938
can2 3,294.890.928
in7 11,532.130.714
aboot3 4,942.340.668
that8 13,179.570.620
o10 16,474.460.544
her2 3,294.890.459
it9 14,827.020.432
back2 3,294.890.387
ower2 3,294.890.269
the38 62,602.970.208
an14 23,064.250.135
wi4 6,589.790.063
she3 4,942.340.006