A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 679
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 339
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.003
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, at, that, wi, on,

List of texts in corpus

Harknin tae the braw souns
John Benjamin (06-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (679 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
clubs7 10,309.2877.084
musselburgh5 7,363.7746.900
music6 8,836.5240.953
band5 7,363.7739.356
accordion3 4,418.2633.532
maun7 10,309.2829.849
platform3 4,418.2626.908
dance4 5,891.0226.663
phoenix2 2,945.5125.586
fiddle3 4,418.2624.853
aul3 4,418.2622.120
festival3 4,418.2621.985
max2 2,945.5121.034
far's2 2,945.5121.034
dumfries2 2,945.5121.034
fraser2 2,945.5118.603
musicians2 2,945.5117.365
annual2 2,945.5116.866
association2 2,945.5115.664
healthy2 2,945.5115.027
price2 2,945.5111.810
club2 2,945.5111.684
oor6 8,836.5211.609
hall2 2,945.5111.442
ardrishaig4 5,891.02nan
theatre2 2,945.5111.442
the61 89,838.0011.022
groups2 2,945.5111.001
bill3 4,418.269.243
aa6 8,836.528.913
haudin2 2,945.518.507
start2 2,945.518.127
century2 2,945.517.917
same3 4,418.267.361
at11 16,200.297.158
scottish3 4,418.267.013
black2 2,945.516.849
bi4 5,891.026.647
it's3 4,418.265.540
nicht3 4,418.265.414
thegither2 2,945.515.203
young2 2,945.515.142
go2 2,945.514.293
on9 13,254.794.144
wi10 14,727.543.749
are3 4,418.263.320
some3 4,418.262.861
anither2 2,945.512.838
ower4 5,891.022.812
een2 2,945.512.613
houliston2 2,945.51nan
as8 11,782.032.802
gie2 2,945.512.531
new2 2,945.512.497
it4 5,891.022.454
did2 2,945.512.383
fae4 5,891.021.872
nae4 5,891.021.690
they5 7,363.771.678
scotland2 2,945.511.567
fit2 2,945.511.546
back3 4,418.261.425
that10 14,727.541.419
tae19 27,982.331.246
his2 2,945.511.126
for6 8,836.521.077
o18 26,509.571.051
twa2 2,945.510.958
lochgilphead2 2,945.51nan
said2 2,945.510.934
a16 23,564.060.858
bit3 4,418.260.748
jist2 2,945.510.739
mcglynn2 2,945.51nan
is2 2,945.511.427
sae2 2,945.510.652
see2 2,945.510.618
noo2 2,945.510.585
and3 4,418.260.554
in13 19,145.800.518
been2 2,945.510.402
oot2 2,945.510.284
or3 4,418.260.233
up2 2,945.510.158
an19 27,982.330.131
be4 5,891.020.096
hae2 2,945.510.089
ye4 5,891.020.033
we3 4,418.260.024
wis7 10,309.280.005
i4 5,891.020.000