A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 679
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 339
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.003
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, at, that, wi, on,

List of texts in corpus

Harknin tae the braw souns
John Benjamin (06-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (679 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
clubs7 10,309.2876.889
musselburgh5 7,363.7746.762
music6 8,836.5240.284
band5 7,363.7739.395
accordion3 4,418.2633.448
maun7 10,309.2829.744
dance4 5,891.0227.146
platform3 4,418.2627.140
phoenix2 2,945.5125.530
fiddle3 4,418.2625.460
festival3 4,418.2622.463
aul3 4,418.2622.176
max2 2,945.5120.979
far's2 2,945.5120.979
dumfries2 2,945.5120.979
fraser2 2,945.5118.548
musicians2 2,945.5117.585
annual2 2,945.5117.585
association2 2,945.5115.609
healthy2 2,945.5114.972
oor6 8,836.5211.860
price2 2,945.5111.820
club2 2,945.5111.567
hall2 2,945.5111.273
ardrishaig4 5,891.02nan
theatre2 2,945.5111.447
groups2 2,945.5110.947
the61 89,838.0010.724
aa6 8,836.529.316
bill3 4,418.269.208
haudin2 2,945.518.454
start2 2,945.518.099
century2 2,945.517.820
same3 4,418.267.325
at11 16,200.297.187
scottish3 4,418.266.814
black2 2,945.516.699
bi4 5,891.026.616
it's3 4,418.265.477
nicht3 4,418.265.441
thegither2 2,945.515.235
young2 2,945.515.153
go2 2,945.514.268
on9 13,254.794.223
wi10 14,727.543.791
are3 4,418.263.185
anither2 2,945.512.875
some3 4,418.262.840
ower4 5,891.022.809
een2 2,945.512.623
houliston2 2,945.51nan
as8 11,782.032.862
it4 5,891.022.512
gie2 2,945.512.501
new2 2,945.512.455
did2 2,945.512.353
fae4 5,891.021.796
they5 7,363.771.717
nae4 5,891.021.699
fit2 2,945.511.600
scotland2 2,945.511.531
that10 14,727.541.432
back3 4,418.261.394
tae19 27,982.331.287
his2 2,945.511.097
o18 26,509.571.089
for6 8,836.521.073
twa2 2,945.510.988
lochgilphead2 2,945.51nan
said2 2,945.510.938
a16 23,564.060.839
jist2 2,945.510.790
bit3 4,418.260.744
mcglynn2 2,945.51nan
is2 2,945.511.429
sae2 2,945.510.660
see2 2,945.510.613
and3 4,418.260.601
noo2 2,945.510.597
in13 19,145.800.524
been2 2,945.510.381
oot2 2,945.510.288
or3 4,418.260.260
an19 27,982.330.181
up2 2,945.510.150
hae2 2,945.510.100
be4 5,891.020.094
we3 4,418.260.036
ye4 5,891.020.032
wis7 10,309.280.002
i4 5,891.020.000