A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mitchell, Kiera

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 251
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 121
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.074
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, ti, bit, ma, a, ken, dina, she, wint, she's,

List of texts in corpus

Fit why nae?
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (251 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
dina6 23,904.3894.392
i21 83,665.3473.691
ti11 43,824.7053.105
she's5 19,920.3248.198
wint5 19,920.3237.007
bit10 39,840.6436.518
i'd3 11,952.1928.737
dein2 7,968.1326.617
ats2 7,968.1324.351
ken6 23,904.3824.124
ging3 11,952.1923.502
ma9 35,856.5722.255
belangs2 7,968.1319.099
manage2 7,968.1316.913
fit4 15,936.2514.495
athin2 7,968.1313.441
winna2 7,968.1312.896
easy2 7,968.1312.740
i'll2 7,968.1312.446
life3 11,952.1912.278
leave2 7,968.1311.918
why2 7,968.1311.346
nae5 19,920.3210.979
yi2 7,968.1310.923
try2 7,968.1310.441
am2 7,968.139.685
dee2 7,968.139.671
mean2 7,968.139.446
really2 7,968.139.258
she6 23,904.389.062
niver2 7,968.138.875
aye3 11,952.197.543
mither2 7,968.137.147
een2 7,968.136.005
hame2 7,968.135.577
will2 7,968.135.398
an2 7,968.134.176
richt2 7,968.133.981
if2 7,968.133.387
can2 7,968.133.385
is4 15,936.252.719
o2 7,968.132.565
mysell2 7,968.13nan
her3 11,952.191.667
be2 7,968.130.366
yi'll2 7,968.13nan
it4 15,936.250.325
in3 11,952.190.233
a7 27,888.450.018