Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fowler, Ross

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 607
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.519
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, and, wis, an, ma, he, him, o,

List of texts in corpus

Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (607 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
fitba	6	9,884.68	43.452
hibs	3	4,942.34	35.154
and	20	32,948.93	32.395
wint	5	8,237.23	28.247
faither	6	9,884.68	27.227
kick	3	4,942.34	24.832
settled	3	4,942.34	23.926
freen	3	4,942.34	23.761
ba	3	4,942.34	22.580
gairden	4	6,589.79	20.790
him	10	16,474.46	19.896
hauf	4	6,589.79	18.704
rangers	2	3,294.89	18.654
getting	3	4,942.34	18.181
ma	12	19,769.36	17.587
strip	2	3,294.89	17.264
bleed	2	3,294.89	16.423
winted	2	3,294.89	16.061
himself	2	3,294.89	14.069
match	2	3,294.89	12.401
wir	4	6,589.79	12.301
baith	4	6,589.79	12.155
telt	4	6,589.79	11.623
lookit	2	3,294.89	11.289
neb	2	3,294.89	11.044
came	3	4,942.34	10.779
gaen	2	3,294.89	10.553
second	2	3,294.89	9.797
hid	5	8,237.23	9.656
playin	2	3,294.89	9.564
watch	2	3,294.89	9.346
wis	15	24,711.70	9.177
jist	5	8,237.23	9.093
stood	2	3,294.89	8.890
got	4	6,589.79	8.870
cos	2	3,294.89	8.631
we	8	13,179.57	8.123
mither	3	4,942.34	8.093
then	4	6,589.79	8.056
oot	8	13,179.57	7.429
bit	6	9,884.68	7.335
fir	3	4,942.34	7.319
didna	3	4,942.34	7.196
front	2	3,294.89	6.885
he	12	19,769.36	6.371
up	7	11,532.13	6.124
doon	5	8,237.23	6.031
took	2	3,294.89	6.012
fan	2	3,294.89	5.806
come	3	4,942.34	5.655
see	4	6,589.79	5.280
me	6	9,884.68	5.239
ane	3	4,942.34	5.015
road	2	3,294.89	4.910
look	2	3,294.89	4.739
wid	3	4,942.34	4.428
through	2	3,294.89	4.196
better	2	3,294.89	4.183
were	3	4,942.34	4.160
us	3	4,942.34	3.716
tae	20	32,948.93	3.336
anither	2	3,294.89	3.234
gie	2	3,294.89	2.847
a	25	41,186.16	2.691
could	2	3,294.89	2.560
i	7	11,532.13	2.518
hoose	2	3,294.89	2.453
intae	3	4,942.34	2.446
thocht	2	3,294.89	2.404
say	2	3,294.89	2.339
at	7	11,532.13	2.025
so	2	3,294.89	1.815
weel	2	3,294.89	1.608
its	2	3,294.89	1.578
his	6	9,884.68	1.544
aff	2	3,294.89	1.274
said	2	3,294.89	1.167
be	5	8,237.23	1.042
there	3	4,942.34	1.038
as	2	3,294.89	0.944
can	2	3,294.89	0.931
in	7	11,532.13	0.710
aboot	3	4,942.34	0.668
that	8	13,179.57	0.617
o	10	16,474.46	0.535
her	2	3,294.89	0.456
it	9	14,827.02	0.430
back	2	3,294.89	0.384
ower	2	3,294.89	0.271
the	38	62,602.97	0.207
an	14	23,064.25	0.133
wi	4	6,589.79	0.062
she	3	4,942.34	0.006