A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Chapman, Henry

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 283
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.726
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, wis, n, tae, we, ma, fin, he, and,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2018-09-22) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (131 words)


Facebook (2018-10-23) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (152 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
n7 24,734.9845.740
ging4 14,134.2832.721
fin6 21,201.4129.819
ats2 7,067.1423.870
stracht2 7,067.1421.090
peats2 7,067.1418.048
we7 24,734.9814.038
wye3 10,600.7113.401
loon2 7,067.1411.470
some4 14,134.2811.407
ma6 21,201.419.456
took2 7,067.148.881
niver2 7,067.148.414
wid3 10,600.718.322
gang2 7,067.148.011
dinnae2 7,067.147.981
faither2 7,067.147.774
set2 7,067.147.168
by3 10,600.716.463
an2 7,067.145.338
lang2 7,067.144.372
wis7 24,734.984.289
ll2 7,067.143.976
there3 10,600.713.962
he6 21,201.413.675
and5 17,667.843.541
auld2 7,067.143.446
o2 7,067.143.412
jist2 7,067.143.137
fowk2 7,067.143.091
s5 17,667.842.796
d2 7,067.142.691
his4 14,134.282.518
i4 14,134.282.315
doon2 7,067.141.970
in2 7,067.141.675
bit2 7,067.141.510
nae2 7,067.141.258
ye3 10,600.711.116
they2 7,067.140.603
but2 7,067.140.581
oot2 7,067.140.458
the18 63,604.240.145
tae7 24,734.980.144
ah2 7,067.140.052
a8 28,268.550.011