Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skinner, Alison C.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 499
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 291
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.715
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, her, she, in, an, a, o, hid, we, it,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (123 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (376 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
granmither's	6	12,024.05	82.825
her	22	44,088.18	56.517
foun	5	10,020.04	51.962
she	17	34,068.14	35.648
granmither	3	6,012.02	35.312
fan	5	10,020.04	24.936
hid	8	16,032.06	24.817
leaves	3	6,012.02	22.125
inside	4	8,016.03	21.821
winnert	2	4,008.02	20.590
wardrobe	2	4,008.02	19.439
she'd	3	6,012.02	18.520
mither's	2	4,008.02	18.290
covert	2	4,008.02	18.290
box	3	6,012.02	17.703
waddin	2	4,008.02	16.512
gaithert	2	4,008.02	15.290
haud	3	6,012.02	12.749
buiks	2	4,008.02	12.270
amon	4	8,016.03	nan
aneth	2	4,008.02	12.061
laid	2	4,008.02	11.582
ilka	3	6,012.02	11.376
throwe	2	4,008.02	10.884
aa	5	10,020.04	8.773
its	4	8,016.03	8.608
syne	3	6,012.02	7.815
we	7	14,028.06	7.719
een	3	6,012.02	7.472
ain	3	6,012.02	5.544
wid	3	6,012.02	5.362
only	2	4,008.02	4.911
last	2	4,008.02	4.730
some	3	6,012.02	4.188
tae	5	10,020.04	3.826
in	12	24,048.10	2.006
a	10	20,040.08	1.685
by	2	4,008.02	1.360
the	25	50,100.20	0.629
for	4	8,016.03	0.458
on	2	4,008.02	0.421
him	2	4,008.02	0.300
his	2	4,008.02	0.279
an	11	22,044.09	0.231
it	7	14,028.06	0.193
that	4	8,016.03	0.187
wis	6	12,024.05	0.167
o	9	18,036.07	0.162
minet	2	4,008.02	nan
wi	4	8,016.03	0.022
leviathan	2	4,008.02	nan
haun	2	4,008.02	5.724
at	3	6,012.02	0.012
they	2	4,008.02	0.003
as	3	6,012.02	0.001