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Elphinstone Institute

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,907
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.194
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, o, tae, in, doric, scots, a, leid, for,

List of texts in corpus

Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines
Aberdeenshire Council (01-08-2017) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as government (1,907 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
doric51 26,743.58457.093
aiberdeenshire18 9,438.91185.457
leid28 14,682.75120.729
heirskip9 4,719.45107.247
curriculum11 5,768.2292.084
award9 4,719.4583.006
an120 62,926.0675.581
skweels6 3,146.3066.831
cooncil12 6,292.6164.790
support12 6,292.6164.790
develop7 3,670.6961.778
scots35 18,353.4361.501
nor-east6 3,146.3060.680
scotland20 10,487.6856.688
education12 6,292.6154.336
larnin16 8,390.14nan
opportunities7 3,670.6955.430
regional8 4,195.0754.169
pairtnership5 2,621.9250.830
excellence5 2,621.9250.830
spik8 4,195.0746.177
larn4 2,097.5445.543
larners10 5,243.84nan
skills7 3,670.6945.922
engage5 2,621.9244.122
minority8 4,195.0741.684
developin5 2,621.9241.331
recognises4 2,097.5437.104
educational5 2,621.9236.988
scrievin6 3,146.3036.205
encouragin4 2,097.5436.148
o82 42,999.4836.025
charter4 2,097.5434.527
promote5 2,621.9233.990
eese5 2,621.9233.433
cultural7 3,670.6933.159
leids9 4,719.4533.001
communities5 2,621.9232.653
unique4 2,097.5428.297
pairt9 4,719.4528.046
sqa3 1,573.1527.339
elphinstone3 1,573.1527.339
benefits4 2,097.5426.799
spukken3 1,573.1526.470
value4 2,097.5425.778
their16 8,390.1425.766
throwe5 2,621.9223.528
policy5 2,621.9223.433
local6 3,146.3023.212
establishments6 3,146.30nan
practice4 2,097.5423.165
culture6 3,146.3022.855
in59 30,938.6522.791
development4 2,097.5422.670
related3 1,573.1522.510
institute3 1,573.1522.510
scottish9 4,719.4522.149
literacy3 1,573.1522.112
ilkae2 1,048.7721.454
highlichts2 1,048.7721.454
weel-bein2 1,048.7721.454
environments2 1,048.7721.454
fulfillin2 1,048.7721.454
links3 1,573.1521.389
awareness3 1,573.1521.059
create3 1,573.1520.746
secondary3 1,573.1520.746
includin4 2,097.5420.003
recognised3 1,573.1519.392
learners2 1,048.7718.550
teachers4 2,097.5418.392
provision3 1,573.1518.295
principles3 1,573.1517.908
studies3 1,573.1517.724
supports2 1,048.7717.646
recognition3 1,573.1517.373
access3 1,573.1516.432
will9 4,719.4516.416
experiences2 1,048.7716.294
wealth2 1,048.7715.760
historic2 1,048.7715.760
objectives2 1,048.7715.760
wards2 1,048.7715.760
chaunce2 1,048.7715.290
phase2 1,048.7715.290
cultures2 1,048.7715.290
study3 1,573.1514.917
themes2 1,048.7714.871
promotin2 1,048.7714.871
specifically2 1,048.7714.871
weys4 2,097.5414.816
learnin3 1,573.1514.595
launched2 1,048.7714.492
engagin2 1,048.7714.492
government5 2,621.9214.107
appropriate2 1,048.7713.829
a31 16,255.9013.687
are10 5,243.8413.650
senior2 1,048.7713.536
makin4 2,097.5413.285
supportin2 1,048.7713.263
tae66 34,609.3313.237
census3 1,573.1513.132
inclusion2 1,048.7713.008
bairns'2 1,048.7713.008
essential2 1,048.7712.769
engagement2 1,048.7712.769
share3 1,573.1512.745
teachin3 1,573.1512.670
key3 1,573.1512.670
indigenous2 1,048.7712.544
effective2 1,048.7712.544
it8 4,195.0712.447
developed2 1,048.7712.331
encourage2 1,048.7711.938
environment2 1,048.7711.938
poetry3 1,573.1511.850
aiberdeen3 1,573.1511.850
mony6 3,146.3011.814
unnerstaunin2 1,048.7711.581
recognise2 1,048.7711.414
respeck2 1,048.7711.414
his2 1,048.7711.118
appendix3 1,573.15nan
materials2 1,048.7710.811
for23 12,060.8310.702
islands2 1,048.7710.675
hiv5 2,621.9210.594
celebrate2 1,048.7710.543
life6 3,146.3010.218
historical2 1,048.7710.056
use3 1,573.159.951
bigg2 1,048.779.944
context2 1,048.779.944
heeze2 1,048.779.944
fa4 2,097.549.583
equal2 1,048.779.525
texts2 1,048.779.428
provide2 1,048.779.240
resources2 1,048.779.149
diversity2 1,048.778.975
school3 1,573.158.915
community3 1,573.158.808
bring3 1,573.158.738
bairns5 2,621.928.674
creative2 1,048.778.571
gie6 3,146.308.211
range2 1,048.778.139
sangs2 1,048.778.072
population2 1,048.778.006
rich2 1,048.777.878
wark4 2,097.547.546
area2 1,048.777.518
areas2 1,048.777.518
haill2 1,048.777.244
buiks2 1,048.777.244
groups2 1,048.777.039
university2 1,048.776.990
whilk2 1,048.776.893
sure3 1,573.156.485
places2 1,048.776.447
plenty2 1,048.776.244
fowk8 4,195.076.162
we2 1,048.776.024
l2 1,048.775.871
centre2 1,048.775.733
order2 1,048.775.601
dualchais2 1,048.77nan
aa9 4,719.455.476
european2 1,048.775.412
tobar2 1,048.77nan
biggin2 1,048.775.412
far4 2,097.545.321
stories2 1,048.775.011
airts2 1,048.775.011
early2 1,048.774.703
means2 1,048.774.584
language5 2,621.924.583
young3 1,573.154.547
fun2 1,048.774.402
important2 1,048.774.315
sang2 1,048.774.231
oot3 1,573.154.135
at6 3,146.303.950
languages2 1,048.773.685
gies2 1,048.773.600
up3 1,573.153.331
play2 1,048.773.117
atween3 1,573.153.056
amang2 1,048.773.049
as18 9,438.912.944
nae2 1,048.772.877
mak4 2,097.542.856
ither5 2,621.922.706
fae2 1,048.772.590
should2 1,048.772.521
its5 2,621.922.487
place3 1,573.152.465
by6 3,146.302.359
like2 1,048.772.286
baith3 1,573.152.113
these2 1,048.771.926
help2 1,048.771.902
they4 2,097.541.899
warld2 1,048.771.772
wirds2 1,048.771.569
ain4 2,097.541.557
kent3 1,573.151.495
ower2 1,048.771.492
on8 4,195.071.398
years2 1,048.771.394
has2 1,048.771.211
mair2 1,048.771.177
and9 4,719.451.134
till2 1,048.771.101
hame3 1,573.151.070
day2 1,048.770.909
fosterin2 1,048.77nan
richt4 2,097.540.850
three2 1,048.770.826
wey3 1,573.150.696
of4 2,097.540.654
intae2 1,048.770.523
or8 4,195.070.427
see2 1,048.770.412
is14 7,341.370.405
can4 2,097.540.384
be8 4,195.070.281
the105 55,060.300.275
made2 1,048.770.271
oor2 1,048.770.251
self-esteem2 1,048.77nan
them4 2,097.540.267
this6 3,146.300.251
een2 1,048.770.249
weel3 1,573.150.231
tak2 1,048.770.121
get2 1,048.770.092
aboot5 2,621.920.088
hae5 2,621.920.050
wi15 7,865.760.038
that19 9,963.290.001
guid2 1,048.770.000