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Elphinstone Institute

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,907
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.194
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, o, tae, in, doric, scots, a, leid, for,

List of texts in corpus

Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines
Aberdeenshire Council (01-08-2017) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as government (1,907 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
doric51 26,743.58455.679
aiberdeenshire18 9,438.91184.957
leid28 14,682.75125.419
heirskip9 4,719.45106.997
curriculum11 5,768.2291.780
award9 4,719.4582.757
an120 62,926.0677.746
cooncil12 6,292.6169.734
skweels6 3,146.3066.664
support12 6,292.6164.743
develop7 3,670.6961.584
scots35 18,353.4361.379
nor-east6 3,146.3060.514
skills7 3,670.6956.852
scotland20 10,487.6856.186
larnin16 8,390.14nan
opportunities7 3,670.6955.236
education12 6,292.6154.366
regional8 4,195.0753.949
pairtnership5 2,621.9250.692
excellence5 2,621.9250.692
spik8 4,195.0746.300
larners10 5,243.84nan
larn4 2,097.5445.431
engage5 2,621.9244.826
minority8 4,195.0742.777
developin5 2,621.9241.193
recognises4 2,097.5436.993
educational5 2,621.9236.850
o82 42,999.4836.431
encouragin4 2,097.5436.037
scrievin6 3,146.3035.661
leids9 4,719.4534.900
charter4 2,097.5434.416
promote5 2,621.9233.853
eese5 2,621.9233.296
cultural7 3,670.6933.069
communities5 2,621.9232.516
unique4 2,097.5427.864
pairt9 4,719.4527.856
sqa3 1,573.1527.255
elphinstone3 1,573.1527.255
benefits4 2,097.5427.254
spukken3 1,573.1526.387
their16 8,390.1425.814
value4 2,097.5425.668
related3 1,573.1524.359
policy5 2,621.9223.686
local6 3,146.3023.424
establishments6 3,146.30nan
practice4 2,097.5423.405
throwe5 2,621.9223.394
in59 30,938.6522.871
awareness3 1,573.1522.854
development4 2,097.5422.723
institute3 1,573.1522.427
culture6 3,146.3022.295
literacy3 1,573.1522.029
links3 1,573.1521.657
scottish9 4,719.4521.543
fulfillin2 1,048.7721.398
ilkae2 1,048.7721.398
highlichts2 1,048.7721.398
environments2 1,048.7721.398
create3 1,573.1520.663
secondary3 1,573.1520.366
includin4 2,097.5420.123
recognised3 1,573.1519.814
learners2 1,048.7718.495
teachers4 2,097.5418.468
provision3 1,573.1518.213
principles3 1,573.1518.016
studies3 1,573.1517.642
supports2 1,048.7717.590
recognition3 1,573.1517.291
access3 1,573.1516.960
experiences2 1,048.7716.238
will9 4,719.4516.176
wealth2 1,048.7715.705
wards2 1,048.7715.705
phase2 1,048.7715.705
historic2 1,048.7715.705
objectives2 1,048.7715.705
study3 1,573.1515.419
launched2 1,048.7715.235
cultures2 1,048.7715.235
chaunce2 1,048.7715.235
specifically2 1,048.7715.235
census3 1,573.1515.062
themes2 1,048.7714.816
promotin2 1,048.7714.816
weys4 2,097.5414.767
learnin3 1,573.1514.514
engagin2 1,048.7714.437
government5 2,621.9214.147
appropriate2 1,048.7713.774
a31 16,255.9013.566
engagement2 1,048.7713.481
senior2 1,048.7713.481
tae66 34,609.3313.469
supportin2 1,048.7713.208
makin4 2,097.5413.182
are10 5,243.8413.172
key3 1,573.1512.973
bairns'2 1,048.7712.954
inclusion2 1,048.7712.954
indigenous2 1,048.7712.714
effective2 1,048.7712.714
teachin3 1,573.1512.665
it8 4,195.0712.659
share3 1,573.1512.517
essential2 1,048.7712.489
developed2 1,048.7712.276
encourage2 1,048.7712.276
mony6 3,146.3011.940
poetry3 1,573.1511.771
aiberdeen3 1,573.1511.771
environment2 1,048.7711.700
unnerstaunin2 1,048.7711.700
respeck2 1,048.7711.359
islands2 1,048.7711.359
recognise2 1,048.7711.359
his2 1,048.7710.982
appendix3 1,573.15nan
materials2 1,048.7710.899
for23 12,060.8310.682
hiv5 2,621.9210.665
celebrate2 1,048.7710.488
life6 3,146.3010.175
use3 1,573.1510.100
heeze2 1,048.7710.002
historical2 1,048.7710.002
bigg2 1,048.779.890
context2 1,048.779.781
resources2 1,048.779.675
fa4 2,097.549.612
equal2 1,048.779.572
texts2 1,048.779.374
provide2 1,048.779.186
diversity2 1,048.779.096
school3 1,573.158.948
community3 1,573.158.804
bring3 1,573.158.663
creative2 1,048.778.595
bairns5 2,621.928.577
range2 1,048.778.225
population2 1,048.778.155
gie6 3,146.308.119
rich2 1,048.777.889
sangs2 1,048.777.889
area2 1,048.777.466
areas2 1,048.777.466
wark4 2,097.547.436
haill2 1,048.777.409
buiks2 1,048.777.192
groups2 1,048.776.987
whilk2 1,048.776.889
university2 1,048.776.889
sure3 1,573.156.588
places2 1,048.776.523
fowk8 4,195.076.295
plenty2 1,048.776.193
aa9 4,719.455.938
l2 1,048.775.821
we2 1,048.775.798
order2 1,048.775.650
centre2 1,048.775.616
biggin2 1,048.775.551
far4 2,097.545.505
european2 1,048.775.362
stories2 1,048.775.043
young3 1,573.154.562
tobar2 1,048.77nan
early2 1,048.774.559
dualchais2 1,048.77nan
airts2 1,048.774.882
means2 1,048.774.559
fun2 1,048.774.513
language5 2,621.924.489
important2 1,048.774.268
sang2 1,048.774.184
oot3 1,573.154.161
at6 3,146.303.923
languages2 1,048.773.690
gies2 1,048.773.522
up3 1,573.153.275
atween3 1,573.153.181
amang2 1,048.773.114
play2 1,048.773.114
as18 9,438.913.044
mak4 2,097.542.959
nae2 1,048.772.862
ither5 2,621.922.806
fae2 1,048.772.705
place3 1,573.152.595
its5 2,621.922.558
by6 3,146.302.446
should2 1,048.772.437
like2 1,048.772.394
baith3 1,573.152.189
these2 1,048.772.038
they4 2,097.541.843
help2 1,048.771.833
warld2 1,048.771.734
weel-bein2 1,048.77nan
ain4 2,097.541.556
wirds2 1,048.771.533
kent3 1,573.151.511
ower2 1,048.771.495
years2 1,048.771.401
on8 4,195.071.336
and9 4,719.451.247
has2 1,048.771.199
till2 1,048.771.158
mair2 1,048.771.130
hame3 1,573.151.081
day2 1,048.770.956
three2 1,048.770.868
wey3 1,573.150.697
of4 2,097.540.580
fosterin2 1,048.77nan
richt4 2,097.540.841
intae2 1,048.770.570
or8 4,195.070.490
see2 1,048.770.417
is14 7,341.370.403
can4 2,097.540.360
the105 55,060.300.353
them4 2,097.540.298
be8 4,195.070.285
weel3 1,573.150.264
self-esteem2 1,048.77nan
made2 1,048.770.263
een2 1,048.770.253
this6 3,146.300.243
oor2 1,048.770.213
tak2 1,048.770.128
get2 1,048.770.110
aboot5 2,621.920.079
hae5 2,621.920.064
wi15 7,865.760.045
that19 9,963.290.002
guid2 1,048.770.000