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	82.973
her	22	44,088.18	56.554
foun	5	10,020.04	50.776
she	17	34,068.14	36.242
granmither	3	6,012.02	35.386
hid	8	16,032.06	24.997
fan	5	10,020.04	24.652
leaves	3	6,012.02	22.097
inside	4	8,016.03	22.069
winnert	2	4,008.02	20.217
wardrobe	2	4,008.02	18.872
mither's	2	4,008.02	18.596
she'd	3	6,012.02	18.592
covert	2	4,008.02	18.097
box	3	6,012.02	17.775
waddin	2	4,008.02	16.405
gaithert	2	4,008.02	15.224
haud	3	6,012.02	12.741
buiks	2	4,008.02	12.319
amon	4	8,016.03	nan
aneth	2	4,008.02	11.630
laid	2	4,008.02	11.411
ilka	3	6,012.02	11.324
throwe	2	4,008.02	10.932
its	4	8,016.03	8.509
aa	5	10,020.04	8.415
syne	3	6,012.02	7.783
we	7	14,028.06	7.517
een	3	6,012.02	7.446
ain	3	6,012.02	5.538
wid	3	6,012.02	5.401
only	2	4,008.02	4.852
last	2	4,008.02	4.734
some	3	6,012.02	4.209
tae	5	10,020.04	3.881
in	12	24,048.10	1.988
a	10	20,040.08	1.708
by	2	4,008.02	1.325
the	25	50,100.20	0.573
for	4	8,016.03	0.456
on	2	4,008.02	0.443
him	2	4,008.02	0.298
his	2	4,008.02	0.290
an	11	22,044.09	0.287
it	7	14,028.06	0.211
that	4	8,016.03	0.189
wis	6	12,024.05	0.184
o	9	18,036.07	0.179
minet	2	4,008.02	nan
wi	4	8,016.03	0.019
leviathan	2	4,008.02	nan
haun	2	4,008.02	5.877
at	3	6,012.02	0.013
they	2	4,008.02	0.002
as	3	6,012.02	0.001