A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Abel, Charlie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 548
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 326
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.681
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, in, o', wi, wis, tae, chile, and, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner
DC Thomson (2024-02-10 ) in Doric (Aberdeen) dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (548 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
chile7 12,773.7293.605
o'11 20,072.9972.866
thomas3 5,474.4531.842
naval2 3,649.6424.672
horseback2 3,649.6424.672
onyhoo2 3,649.6423.489
n'3 5,474.4522.932
aberdeen2 3,649.6418.449
an'4 7,299.2717.509
navy2 3,649.6416.833
files2 3,649.6416.139
tam3 5,474.4515.097
fir4 7,299.2712.533
christmas2 3,649.6412.298
efter5 9,124.0912.233
rare2 3,649.6411.956
also2 3,649.649.743
things3 5,474.459.270
doric2 3,649.649.179
lang4 7,299.278.951
loon2 3,649.648.854
wint2 3,649.648.080
fine3 5,474.457.740
canna2 3,649.646.070
my3 5,474.456.037
bit5 9,124.095.514
ane3 5,474.455.505
wirds2 3,649.645.494
kin2 3,649.645.387
name2 3,649.645.257
affa2 3,649.644.967
we6 10,948.914.579
mony2 3,649.644.470
wi9 16,423.364.444
a25 45,620.444.405
same2 3,649.644.213
ower4 7,299.273.947
tak2 3,649.642.933
cochrane2 3,649.64nan
fae4 7,299.272.775
time3 5,474.452.675
and7 12,773.722.414
oot5 9,124.092.362
in13 23,722.632.047
were2 3,649.641.883
chilean2 3,649.64nan
ain2 3,649.642.147
ken2 3,649.641.642
hid2 3,649.641.426
tae8 14,598.541.355
oor2 3,649.641.321
jist2 3,649.641.260
fowk2 3,649.641.226
can2 3,649.641.159
it4 7,299.271.117
sae2 3,649.641.112
wis8 14,598.540.956
aboot3 5,474.450.932
ma4 7,299.270.879
i5 9,124.090.806
at2 3,649.640.774
as5 9,124.090.719
back2 3,649.640.550
wee2 3,649.640.519
hae2 3,649.640.348
ye4 7,299.270.334
his4 7,299.270.229
valparaiso2 3,649.64nan
the28 51,094.890.529
there2 3,649.640.216
nae2 3,649.640.116
on4 7,299.270.115
is3 5,474.450.044
scots2 3,649.640.009
they2 3,649.640.007