A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Martin, Keiron

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 612
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.292
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, and, the, tae, wis, ma, i, o, she, hid,

List of texts in corpus

Ma Worst Nicht Oot
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (612 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
ma21 34,313.7350.322
and25 40,849.6749.492
family5 8,169.9336.393
plate4 6,535.9530.367
wis24 39,215.6929.905
di3 4,901.9627.773
fit8 13,071.9026.048
aul-man2 3,267.9725.953
blether3 4,901.9623.394
fan5 8,169.9323.098
dein2 3,267.9723.044
hid8 13,071.9021.910
abidy2 3,267.9720.781
something4 6,535.9519.373
pinted2 3,267.9718.969
stared2 3,267.9718.969
creepy2 3,267.9718.006
a38 62,091.5017.653
horror2 3,267.9716.584
an3 4,901.9615.440
neeps2 3,267.9714.362
fair4 6,535.9514.065
ages2 3,267.9713.197
needed2 3,267.9713.197
meal2 3,267.9712.875
food2 3,267.9712.650
i12 19,607.8412.053
telt4 6,535.9511.563
pit4 6,535.959.220
started2 3,267.978.625
makin2 3,267.978.243
so4 6,535.957.847
wid4 6,535.957.721
rest2 3,267.977.527
tae24 39,215.697.485
free2 3,267.977.454
she9 14,705.887.206
sure2 3,267.976.995
aroon2 3,267.976.854
foo2 3,267.976.854
sat2 3,267.976.839
wrang2 3,267.976.661
jist4 6,535.955.784
came2 3,267.975.656
me6 9,803.925.173
hiv2 3,267.975.027
there5 8,169.934.712
bairns2 3,267.974.155
went2 3,267.974.149
were3 4,901.964.123
they6 9,803.923.920
thing2 3,267.973.838
the25 40,849.673.745
to3 4,901.963.717
ken3 4,901.963.714
get3 4,901.963.518
fir2 3,267.973.471
oot6 9,803.923.320
kent2 3,267.973.011
mak2 3,267.972.732
in5 8,169.932.646
first2 3,267.972.247
got2 3,267.972.189
then2 3,267.971.855
awa2 3,267.971.502
auld2 3,267.971.228
he3 4,901.961.206
o9 14,705.881.149
on6 9,803.921.145
aye2 3,267.971.082
fowk2 3,267.970.976
them2 3,267.970.842
see2 3,267.970.815
his2 3,267.970.752
their2 3,267.970.702
aboot3 4,901.960.649
wi6 9,803.920.420
wee2 3,267.970.345
doon2 3,267.970.300
at5 8,169.930.275
ower2 3,267.970.260
it6 9,803.920.230
her4 6,535.950.220
up3 4,901.960.170
bit2 3,267.970.108
him2 3,267.970.082
we2 3,267.970.078
be3 4,901.960.002
mosset2 3,267.97nan
that7 11,437.910.147
or2 3,267.970.000