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 16,666.6795.538
sandy7 12,962.9676.561
he's8 14,814.8166.742
said14 25,925.9356.371
i'm7 12,962.9648.325
to10 18,518.5236.026
barman2 3,703.7019.900
of7 12,962.9619.128
bar3 5,555.5617.855
walter2 3,703.7017.780
maybe3 5,555.5617.549
actin2 3,703.7017.337
others2 3,703.7016.938
doctor3 5,555.5616.893
an2 3,703.7016.327
across3 5,555.5615.055
once2 3,703.7014.688
tired2 3,703.7014.582
round2 3,703.7014.281
table3 5,555.5614.278
erchie's5 9,259.26nan
i've2 3,703.7014.281
aul2 3,703.7014.002
all3 5,555.5613.056
that's3 5,555.5611.928
john3 5,555.5611.611
him7 12,962.9611.135
kin3 5,555.5610.488
cry2 3,703.7010.439
corner2 3,703.7010.231
side3 5,555.569.961
his10 18,518.529.746
news2 3,703.709.581
reg3 5,555.56nan
and12 22,222.2212.433
i'll2 3,703.709.469
o3 5,555.568.570
back5 9,259.267.396
next2 3,703.707.323
aboot6 11,111.117.039
me6 11,111.116.478
times2 3,703.706.211
got3 5,555.565.732
right2 3,703.705.598
hiv2 3,703.705.438
was3 5,555.565.396
i8 14,814.815.265
dinna2 3,703.704.887
hit2 3,703.704.865
ken3 5,555.564.255
it2 3,703.704.104
still2 3,703.703.255
on7 12,962.963.056
year2 3,703.702.949
you3 5,555.562.752
man2 3,703.702.307
lang2 3,703.702.285
fit2 3,703.702.171
bit3 5,555.561.412
tae8 14,814.811.282
jist2 3,703.701.239
see2 3,703.701.091
nae3 5,555.561.089
he7 12,962.960.964
ower2 3,703.700.439
up3 5,555.560.360
hae2 3,703.700.348
ye2 3,703.700.317
wi3 5,555.560.295
in10 18,518.520.282
as4 7,407.410.135
at4 7,407.410.079
be3 5,555.560.029
the32 59,259.260.020
we2 3,703.700.015
a16 29,629.630.001
for3 5,555.560.000