A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Harper, Norman

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 540
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 278
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.942
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, said, and, his, in, to, erchie, tae, he's,

List of texts in corpus

Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village
The Press and Journal (11-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (540 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
erchie9 16,666.6795.288
sandy7 12,962.9676.367
he's8 14,814.8166.878
said14 25,925.9356.431
i'm7 12,962.9648.048
to10 18,518.5235.361
barman2 3,703.7019.844
of7 12,962.9618.789
walter2 3,703.7017.966
bar3 5,555.5617.932
actin2 3,703.7017.281
maybe3 5,555.5616.901
doctor3 5,555.5616.768
others2 3,703.7016.697
an2 3,703.7015.970
across3 5,555.5614.974
table3 5,555.5614.663
tired2 3,703.7014.633
once2 3,703.7014.424
erchie's5 9,259.26nan
round2 3,703.7014.324
i've2 3,703.7014.131
aul2 3,703.7014.037
all3 5,555.5613.089
and12 22,222.2212.173
that's3 5,555.5611.886
john3 5,555.5611.481
him7 12,962.9611.157
reg3 5,555.56nan
cry2 3,703.7010.530
kin3 5,555.5610.410
corner2 3,703.7010.314
side3 5,555.5610.010
his10 18,518.529.852
news2 3,703.709.443
i'll2 3,703.709.443
o3 5,555.568.493
back5 9,259.267.320
next2 3,703.707.240
aboot6 11,111.117.098
times2 3,703.706.283
me6 11,111.116.205
got3 5,555.565.771
was3 5,555.565.673
right2 3,703.705.585
hiv2 3,703.705.467
i8 14,814.815.068
hit2 3,703.704.890
dinna2 3,703.704.868
ken3 5,555.564.278
it2 3,703.704.168
still2 3,703.703.286
on7 12,962.963.117
year2 3,703.702.924
you3 5,555.562.586
lang2 3,703.702.294
man2 3,703.702.291
fit2 3,703.702.231
bit3 5,555.561.406
jist2 3,703.701.302
tae8 14,814.811.249
nae3 5,555.561.096
see2 3,703.701.085
he7 12,962.961.003
ower2 3,703.700.438
up3 5,555.560.372
hae2 3,703.700.368
ye2 3,703.700.318
wi3 5,555.560.287
in10 18,518.520.286
as4 7,407.410.146
at4 7,407.410.081
be3 5,555.560.028
the32 59,259.260.011
we2 3,703.700.009
a16 29,629.630.002
for3 5,555.560.000