A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hardie, Buff

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 784
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 329
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.383
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an', i, ye, tae, it, o', at, wis, a,

List of texts in corpus

Dod 'n' Bunty
Evening Express (11-03-2000) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (784 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
an'24 30,612.24174.737
o'16 20,408.16107.608
peterheid5 6,377.5555.799
photie5 6,377.5552.230
instructions4 5,102.0440.285
porridge4 5,102.0439.135
i23 29,336.7337.959
booth3 3,826.5333.691
it's9 11,479.5932.003
ye20 25,510.2031.079
card3 3,826.5328.714
tape3 3,826.5327.822
criminal3 3,826.5327.822
fit9 11,479.5926.784
button3 3,826.5325.463
quid3 3,826.5325.463
audio2 2,551.0225.010
crackly2 2,551.0225.010
pressed3 3,826.5324.683
at's4 5,102.0424.060
sittin'2 2,551.0222.102
instruction2 2,551.0222.102
ta'en2 2,551.0222.102
access3 3,826.5321.689
an4 5,102.0419.778
prison2 2,551.0218.832
look5 6,377.5518.431
leisure2 2,551.0218.410
green4 5,102.0418.106
d'ye2 2,551.0217.682
so7 8,928.5717.628
fower4 5,102.0417.105
cope2 2,551.0217.067
buttons2 2,551.0216.792
widna3 3,826.5316.323
shottie2 2,551.0216.294
press3 3,826.5316.265
wi'3 3,826.5316.151
photies2 2,551.0213.784
at15 19,132.6512.975
een5 6,377.5512.974
weel6 7,653.0612.365
bunty3 3,826.53nan
neen2 2,551.0211.797
onywye2 2,551.0211.581
my5 6,377.5511.518
deen2 2,551.0211.376
far4 5,102.0411.313
simple2 2,551.0211.311
words3 3,826.5310.391
mean3 3,826.5310.103
that's3 3,826.539.830
fan3 3,826.539.373
still4 5,102.048.650
naething2 2,551.028.564
use2 2,551.028.441
get5 6,377.558.038
money2 2,551.027.729
happened2 2,551.027.489
sunday2 2,551.027.115
three3 3,826.536.899
word2 2,551.026.853
looked2 2,551.026.156
few2 2,551.025.942
foo2 2,551.025.927
didna3 3,826.535.893
but8 10,204.085.577
yer5 6,377.555.557
a13 16,581.635.318
oh2 2,551.025.158
there6 7,653.065.157
wis15 19,132.655.145
new3 3,826.534.969
think3 3,826.534.843
hid4 5,102.044.765
came2 2,551.024.746
could3 3,826.534.591
hear2 2,551.024.339
pit3 3,826.534.208
it16 20,408.164.161
got3 3,826.533.944
them4 5,102.043.793
dinna2 2,551.023.615
me6 7,653.063.537
last2 2,551.023.227
you4 5,102.043.216
dae3 3,826.532.925
baith2 2,551.022.764
telt2 2,551.022.626
richt3 3,826.532.603
nae5 6,377.552.539
for8 10,204.082.384
mind2 2,551.022.162
maist2 2,551.022.032
ony2 2,551.021.974
if3 3,826.531.971
did2 2,551.021.970
come2 2,551.021.774
booths2 2,551.02nan
language2 2,551.021.756
on8 10,204.081.714
thocht2 2,551.021.709
time3 3,826.531.400
that11 14,030.611.223
she2 2,551.021.205
ither2 2,551.021.019
were2 2,551.020.979
in9 11,479.590.956
to2 2,551.020.875
are2 2,551.020.833
ken2 2,551.020.790
auld2 2,551.020.714
of2 2,551.020.649
some2 2,551.020.621
oot2 2,551.020.591
aye2 2,551.020.520
jist2 2,551.020.478
can2 2,551.020.462
by2 2,551.020.409
this2 2,551.020.383
see2 2,551.020.377
fae3 3,826.530.309
the42 53,571.430.268
is6 7,653.060.263
aboot3 3,826.530.172
tae16 20,408.160.044
we3 3,826.530.009
like2 2,551.020.001
up3 3,826.530.000