A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Katie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 834
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 322
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.59
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - yi, a, tae, the, we, wee, ah, it, and, ma,

List of texts in corpus

Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Buckie) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (834 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
yi36 43,165.47324.410
cus12 14,388.49123.229
yur13 15,587.53114.723
ih6 7,194.2458.659
wee19 22,781.7756.699
iways5 5,995.2055.056
we22 26,378.9046.609
use7 8,393.2946.479
kane4 4,796.1644.715
fan8 9,592.3339.517
quiney3 3,597.1238.303
hiv8 9,592.3336.256
am7 8,393.2934.720
an2 2,398.0829.318
dollies2 2,398.0824.714
play5 5,995.2023.569
mam4 4,796.1622.590
o2 2,398.0821.963
gan4 4,796.1621.921
defiantly2 2,398.0821.806
off4 4,796.1621.795
stuff4 4,796.1620.961
love4 4,796.1620.523
just6 7,194.2420.093
ma15 17,985.6119.787
ana3 3,597.1219.171
skinny2 2,398.0819.008
life6 7,194.2418.858
using2 2,398.0818.114
cid2 2,398.0818.114
ah17 20,383.6917.823
wish3 3,597.1217.644
em3 3,597.1217.336
go5 5,995.2017.029
aawye2 2,398.0816.497
always3 3,597.1216.438
the24 28,776.9816.067
cin2 2,398.0815.999
hooses3 3,597.1215.496
times4 4,796.1614.522
git4 4,796.1614.360
hope3 3,597.1213.901
gither2 2,398.0813.252
sister3 3,597.1212.863
so6 7,194.2412.755
grown2 2,398.0812.611
mind5 5,995.2012.283
miss3 3,597.1212.106
wye4 4,796.1611.905
d7 8,393.2911.319
and15 17,985.6110.970
hid6 7,194.2410.247
such2 2,398.0810.204
hink2 2,398.088.965
widna2 2,398.088.965
wid5 5,995.208.938
pal2 2,398.088.473
iver2 2,398.088.344
barbies3 3,597.12nan
mak4 4,796.167.948
our2 2,398.087.896
best3 3,597.127.686
ask2 2,398.087.449
tae30 35,971.227.059
one2 2,398.086.617
can5 5,995.206.244
hair2 2,398.085.572
street2 2,398.085.502
lot2 2,398.085.474
different2 2,398.085.223
dee2 2,398.085.172
up8 9,592.335.113
us4 4,796.164.779
niver2 2,398.084.449
n2 2,398.084.202
a35 41,966.434.171
come3 3,597.124.126
s2 2,398.084.046
right2 2,398.084.026
years2 2,398.083.867
let2 2,398.083.859
if4 4,796.163.717
till2 2,398.083.533
need2 2,398.083.476
dinna2 2,398.083.400
keep2 2,398.083.346
it16 19,184.653.245
fit3 3,597.123.229
ll3 3,597.122.830
at2 2,398.082.770
you4 4,796.162.692
is2 2,398.082.518
to3 3,597.122.414
nae5 5,995.202.215
of3 3,597.122.015
oor3 3,597.121.933
even2 2,398.081.931
jist3 3,597.121.842
i8 9,592.331.586
will2 2,398.081.573
her2 2,398.081.517
that5 5,995.201.489
say2 2,398.081.468
was2 2,398.081.311
time3 3,597.121.178
lang2 2,398.081.150
for7 8,393.291.007
wis6 7,194.240.801
but5 5,995.200.795
be6 7,194.240.685
oot5 5,995.200.561
oan2 2,398.080.477
she3 3,597.120.450
by2 2,398.080.338
like3 3,597.120.259
day2 2,398.080.081
in14 16,786.570.078
back2 2,398.080.045
fur2 2,398.080.013
there2 2,398.080.011
hae2 2,398.080.002