Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skinner, Alison C.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 499
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 291
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.715
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, her, she, in, an, a, o, hid, we, it,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (123 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (376 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
granmither's	6	12,024.05	82.806
her	22	44,088.18	56.475
foun	5	10,020.04	51.945
she	17	34,068.14	35.627
granmither	3	6,012.02	35.302
hid	8	16,032.06	24.948
fan	5	10,020.04	24.920
leaves	3	6,012.02	22.115
inside	4	8,016.03	21.846
winnert	2	4,008.02	20.584
wardrobe	2	4,008.02	19.432
she'd	3	6,012.02	18.510
mither's	2	4,008.02	18.283
covert	2	4,008.02	18.283
box	3	6,012.02	17.693
waddin	2	4,008.02	16.505
gaithert	2	4,008.02	15.284
haud	3	6,012.02	12.740
buiks	2	4,008.02	12.264
amon	4	8,016.03	nan
aneth	2	4,008.02	12.054
laid	2	4,008.02	11.575
ilka	3	6,012.02	11.367
throwe	2	4,008.02	10.878
aa	5	10,020.04	8.760
its	4	8,016.03	8.597
syne	3	6,012.02	7.806
we	7	14,028.06	7.718
een	3	6,012.02	7.463
ain	3	6,012.02	5.536
wid	3	6,012.02	5.354
only	2	4,008.02	4.919
last	2	4,008.02	4.737
some	3	6,012.02	4.186
tae	5	10,020.04	3.828
in	12	24,048.10	2.000
a	10	20,040.08	1.685
by	2	4,008.02	1.360
the	25	50,100.20	0.627
for	4	8,016.03	0.454
on	2	4,008.02	0.425
him	2	4,008.02	0.300
his	2	4,008.02	0.277
an	11	22,044.09	0.234
it	7	14,028.06	0.195
that	4	8,016.03	0.185
o	9	18,036.07	0.166
wis	6	12,024.05	0.164
minet	2	4,008.02	nan
wi	4	8,016.03	0.021
leviathan	2	4,008.02	nan
haun	2	4,008.02	5.745
at	3	6,012.02	0.012
they	2	4,008.02	0.003
as	3	6,012.02	0.000