A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Noble, Brian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 726
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 338
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, te, en, for, he, s, it, his, we,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2022-01-25) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (261 words)


Facebook (2021-02-18) in Doric (Fraserburgh) dialect (MNA), categorised as social (465 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
te21 28,925.62241.376
en19 26,170.80127.835
fergie10 13,774.10119.269
harry9 12,396.6971.556
croft3 4,132.2333.056
sharn3 4,132.2330.150
abody4 5,509.6430.047
partridge2 2,754.8225.269
an2 2,754.8224.323
for17 23,415.9823.000
grey4 5,509.6422.756
pudding2 2,754.8222.361
iye2 2,754.8220.098
plooin2 2,754.8219.562
rare3 4,132.2318.872
so7 9,641.8718.479
wid7 9,641.8718.245
neuk3 4,132.2318.080
getting3 4,132.2317.126
dee4 5,509.6416.527
east3 4,132.2316.200
fan4 5,509.6415.451
stanley2 2,754.8215.349
happy3 4,132.2315.221
tractor2 2,754.8215.180
big5 6,887.0514.936
fairm2 2,754.8214.166
haggis2 2,754.8214.040
here's2 2,754.8213.061
affa4 5,509.6412.956
aul2 2,754.8212.873
fairly2 2,754.8211.977
mony4 5,509.6411.906
hairt2 2,754.8211.017
davie2 2,754.8210.961
we10 13,774.1010.785
lang5 6,887.0510.719
found2 2,754.8210.590
realised2 2,754.8210.071
mare2 2,754.829.538
s14 19,283.759.299
ca2 2,754.829.071
o5 6,887.059.041
time6 8,264.469.000
they9 12,396.698.644
full2 2,754.828.232
aileen3 4,132.23nan
he15 20,661.168.733
hid5 6,887.058.183
burns2 2,754.827.803
a35 48,209.377.685
too2 2,754.827.274
night2 2,754.827.254
one2 2,754.827.134
work2 2,754.827.056
roon3 4,132.237.037
sure2 2,754.826.361
were4 5,509.646.230
his10 13,774.105.991
made3 4,132.235.600
great2 2,754.825.569
new3 4,132.235.284
nicht3 4,132.235.120
niver2 2,754.824.932
got3 4,132.234.342
years2 2,754.824.338
but7 9,641.874.329
folk2 2,754.824.321
see4 5,509.644.225
things2 2,754.823.781
left2 2,754.823.394
afore3 4,132.233.310
same2 2,754.823.290
that3 4,132.233.130
it14 19,283.752.895
the32 44,077.132.884
didna2 2,754.822.853
wee4 5,509.642.792
ower4 5,509.642.489
kent2 2,754.822.487
still2 2,754.822.376
jist3 4,132.232.360
mak2 2,754.822.223
and2 2,754.822.171
hame2 2,754.822.084
could2 2,754.822.038
my2 2,754.821.901
there4 5,509.641.826
is2 2,754.821.738
as2 2,754.821.682
fit2 2,754.821.433
scotland2 2,754.821.367
here2 2,754.821.274
ye2 2,754.821.149
awa2 2,754.821.089
ken2 2,754.820.965
wis10 13,774.100.861
by2 2,754.820.560
on3 4,132.230.539
him3 4,132.230.514
in9 12,396.690.514
oot2 2,754.820.418
nae3 4,132.230.374
aboot3 4,132.230.298
been2 2,754.820.286
day2 2,754.820.216
worket2 2,754.82nan
back2 2,754.820.156
be3 4,132.230.126
hae2 2,754.820.053