Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Heidi and Isla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 240
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 140
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.714
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, i, wis, o, ma, fan, at, an, the, in,

List of texts in corpus

Then and noo
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Keith) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (240 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
fan	5	20,833.33	32.293
er	3	12,500.00	21.327
mither	4	16,666.67	19.972
schuil	3	12,500.00	19.267
i	9	37,500.00	18.265
got	4	16,666.67	15.657
just	3	12,500.00	13.174
aften	2	8,333.33	11.997
ma	6	25,000.00	11.079
play	2	8,333.33	10.684
the	5	20,833.33	8.025
ay	3	12,500.00	7.574
face	2	8,333.33	7.462
can	3	12,500.00	7.378
says	2	8,333.33	6.664
she	5	20,833.33	6.480
still	2	8,333.33	6.106
ve	2	8,333.33	5.800
wis	7	29,166.67	5.752
at	5	20,833.33	4.920
afore	2	8,333.33	4.454
auld	2	8,333.33	3.994
a	12	50,000.00	3.001
day	2	8,333.33	2.762
bit	2	8,333.33	1.951
nae	2	8,333.33	1.675
or	2	8,333.33	1.341
but	2	8,333.33	0.906
o	7	29,166.67	0.786
wi	3	12,500.00	0.690
her	2	8,333.33	0.408
in	5	20,833.33	0.392
tae	4	16,666.67	0.276
an	5	20,833.33	0.211
that	3	12,500.00	0.157
and	2	8,333.33	0.091
it	3	12,500.00	0.009