A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The Flying Pigs

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,765
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 696
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.536
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, i, tae, in, o, and, s, it, but,

List of texts in corpus

There’s nae reassurance over national insurance
Press and Journal (2022-04-09) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (356 words)

Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing
Press and Journal (2022-05-14) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (580 words)

The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep
Press and Journal (2018-11-12) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (426 words)

Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition
Press and Journal (2018-09-18) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (403 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
i52 29,461.7684.644
fan15 8,498.5870.827
my18 10,198.3056.367
an6 3,399.4354.376
fit17 9,631.7345.927
voting3 1,699.7231.563
fa8 4,532.5830.605
hiv9 5,099.1529.993
insurance3 1,699.7228.740
mail4 2,266.2928.477
rising3 1,699.7226.850
nae20 11,331.4425.560
gan5 2,832.8622.316
cash3 1,699.7221.767
merried2 1,133.1421.708
arriving2 1,133.1421.708
venue2 1,133.1421.708
wik3 1,699.7221.123
pay3 1,699.7220.273
cleaning2 1,133.1419.985
but21 11,898.0218.630
being4 2,266.2918.190
because5 2,832.8617.573
so10 5,665.7217.274
wedding2 1,133.1417.165
viable2 1,133.1417.165
drones2 1,133.1416.546
naeb2 1,133.1416.546
remote2 1,133.1416.546
and28 15,864.0216.146
of11 6,232.2915.911
village3 1,699.7215.177
onywye3 1,699.7214.964
dy3 1,699.7214.758
running2 1,133.1414.398
met4 2,266.2914.361
earn2 1,133.1414.081
prices2 1,133.1413.787
costs2 1,133.1413.787
funny3 1,699.7213.745
dinna6 3,399.4313.743
caul2 1,133.1413.020
seeing2 1,133.1413.020
naebdy2 1,133.1413.020
folks2 1,133.1412.794
youse2 1,133.1412.581
romantic2 1,133.1412.379
thinking2 1,133.1412.187
telling2 1,133.1412.004
getting3 1,699.7211.963
energy2 1,133.1411.503
politicians2 1,133.1411.349
get9 5,099.1511.100
s27 15,297.4510.912
understand2 1,133.1410.662
obviously2 1,133.1410.303
aboot14 7,932.0110.089
thoosand2 1,133.149.872
court2 1,133.149.872
credit2 1,133.149.771
his2 1,133.149.670
cos3 1,699.729.227
instead2 1,133.148.892
canna4 2,266.298.797
control2 1,133.148.738
tried3 1,699.727.695
national3 1,699.727.617
the77 43,626.067.481
sonya4 2,266.29nan
plan2 1,133.147.378
very3 1,699.727.341
date2 1,133.147.178
surprise2 1,133.147.036
into2 1,133.146.989
september2 1,133.146.944
if8 4,532.586.828
affa4 2,266.296.727
m7 3,966.016.483
ging2 1,133.146.477
lot3 1,699.726.400
een5 2,832.866.275
mind5 2,832.866.127
ma2 1,133.146.125
far4 2,266.295.986
am3 1,699.725.986
ony5 2,832.865.935
pal2 1,133.145.766
gets2 1,133.145.734
he7 3,966.015.712
onythin2 1,133.145.640
withoot2 1,133.145.610
wiz5 2,832.865.510
we14 7,932.015.488
form2 1,133.145.318
ll6 3,399.435.248
masel3 1,699.725.189
course2 1,133.145.155
on19 10,764.875.051
cooncil2 1,133.145.000
is19 10,764.874.979
there10 5,665.724.881
means2 1,133.144.829
kens2 1,133.144.600
disnae2 1,133.144.578
big4 2,266.294.556
got5 2,832.864.472
hale3 1,699.724.464
re4 2,266.294.414
ken6 3,399.434.379
in39 22,096.324.331
are6 3,399.434.264
fact2 1,133.144.246
folk3 1,699.724.115
seen4 2,266.294.112
local2 1,133.144.075
used2 1,133.143.913
their7 3,966.013.900
couple2 1,133.143.861
kind2 1,133.143.761
wye3 1,699.723.678
nivver2 1,133.143.554
about2 1,133.143.508
find2 1,133.143.493
yon3 1,699.723.434
something2 1,133.143.292
run2 1,133.143.292
they12 6,798.873.248
only3 1,699.723.232
better3 1,699.723.149
foo2 1,133.143.144
three3 1,699.723.108
next2 1,133.143.079
last3 1,699.723.012
place3 1,699.722.911
daein2 1,133.142.907
dae5 2,832.862.883
first4 2,266.292.535
at17 9,631.732.506
mean2 1,133.142.494
these2 1,133.142.259
fae2 1,133.142.224
came2 1,133.142.154
sonja2 1,133.14nan
niver2 1,133.142.063
comes2 1,133.142.063
time6 3,399.432.016
anither3 1,699.721.999
end2 1,133.141.885
bit2 1,133.141.803
jist5 2,832.861.785
right2 1,133.141.757
feel2 1,133.141.729
tae46 26,062.321.725
wid4 2,266.291.722
da2 1,133.141.618
years2 1,133.141.598
even3 1,699.721.588
name2 1,133.141.567
me9 5,099.151.517
wis13 7,365.441.511
oot11 6,232.291.508
think3 1,699.721.490
best2 1,133.141.489
which2 1,133.141.465
look2 1,133.141.454
ve3 1,699.721.386
up4 2,266.291.323
year3 1,699.721.272
set2 1,133.141.205
ayewiz2 1,133.14nan
didnae2 1,133.141.316
things2 1,133.141.190
her6 3,399.431.177
ye13 7,365.441.169
will3 1,699.721.160
pit3 1,699.721.084
doon2 1,133.141.051
twa4 2,266.290.960
days2 1,133.140.925
yer5 2,832.860.914
hid4 2,266.290.900
back2 1,133.140.871
was3 1,699.720.864
thing2 1,133.140.849
you5 2,832.860.778
wir2 1,133.140.755
day2 1,133.140.712
life2 1,133.140.654
than3 1,699.720.596
or4 2,266.290.584
this5 2,832.860.498
til2 1,133.140.494
ither3 1,699.720.464
made2 1,133.140.370
a56 31,728.050.359
as9 5,099.150.300
new2 1,133.140.281
see2 1,133.140.271
to3 1,699.720.246
them2 1,133.140.245
nicht2 1,133.140.238
did2 1,133.140.236
again2 1,133.140.215
it23 13,031.160.212
could2 1,133.140.190
been4 2,266.290.162
hoose2 1,133.140.148
wee3 1,699.720.139
oor2 1,133.140.117
for11 6,232.290.116
aye2 1,133.140.104
some2 1,133.140.089
said2 1,133.140.072
fowk3 1,699.720.051
mair4 2,266.290.041
can3 1,699.720.032
by3 1,699.720.027
like5 2,832.860.023
that18 10,198.300.021
then2 1,133.140.015
noo3 1,699.720.007
hae4 2,266.290.004
o36 20,396.600.003
she9 5,099.150.002
wi13 7,365.440.002
be9 5,099.150.001
weel2 1,133.140.001
efter2 1,133.140.000
starbucks2 1,133.14nan
d2 1,133.140.369