A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Innes, Brian P.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 918
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 384
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.391
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, wis, tae, o, that, at, peacock, in,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (918 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
heidy6 6,535.9569.239
pupils7 7,625.2758.653
jim7 7,625.2749.901
hens5 5,446.6240.507
assembly3 3,267.9730.738
box5 5,446.6228.385
crisp3 3,267.9725.306
iss3 3,267.9724.692
peacock16 17,429.19nan
inverurie2 2,178.6522.579
interval2 2,178.6522.579
goonie2 2,178.6520.490
safely2 2,178.6519.754
crisps2 2,178.6519.134
late4 4,357.3018.734
pea2 2,178.6518.598
department2 2,178.6518.598
weel8 8,714.6018.526
says6 6,535.9517.173
mornin5 5,446.6216.475
office3 3,267.9715.966
wid7 7,625.2715.208
pole2 2,178.6514.568
girls2 2,178.6514.392
sharp2 2,178.6513.906
fan4 4,357.3013.572
got6 6,535.9513.183
science2 2,178.6513.086
landed2 2,178.6513.086
at16 17,429.1911.954
front3 3,267.9710.210
birds2 2,178.6510.134
imagine2 2,178.6510.022
boys2 2,178.659.653
lug2 2,178.659.554
wis20 21,786.499.327
teachers2 2,178.659.226
some6 6,535.959.166
managed2 2,178.659.095
feed2 2,178.658.764
jist6 6,535.958.669
masel3 3,267.978.505
second2 2,178.658.115
teacher2 2,178.657.986
show2 2,178.657.954
een4 4,357.307.727
bag2 2,178.657.651
soon2 2,178.657.319
school2 2,178.657.090
that18 19,607.846.997
richt5 5,446.626.828
i'm2 2,178.656.737
idea2 2,178.656.715
things3 3,267.976.478
hid5 5,446.626.374
middle2 2,178.656.357
gies2 2,178.656.052
nivver2 2,178.655.772
makkin2 2,178.655.469
foo2 2,178.655.320
siller2 2,178.655.262
next2 2,178.655.248
dee2 2,178.654.835
seen3 3,267.974.721
hae6 6,535.954.710
took2 2,178.654.505
a38 41,394.344.166
ye10 10,893.253.979
bit6 6,535.953.897
end2 2,178.653.874
and2 2,178.653.752
how2 2,178.653.625
haun2 2,178.653.617
hiv2 2,178.653.617
aye4 4,357.303.607
let2 2,178.653.528
go2 2,178.653.251
nae6 6,535.953.213
is2 2,178.653.190
i10 10,893.253.066
keep2 2,178.653.013
noo4 4,357.302.897
intae4 4,357.302.625
same2 2,178.652.549
were3 3,267.972.461
for9 9,803.922.342
an31 33,769.062.340
been4 4,357.302.276
aa4 4,357.302.233
bein2 2,178.651.914
aff3 3,267.971.877
twa3 3,267.971.822
ma7 7,625.271.809
micht2 2,178.651.692
mak2 2,178.651.562
nicht2 2,178.651.511
tak2 2,178.651.459
could2 2,178.651.411
his8 8,714.601.262
lang2 2,178.650.946
time3 3,267.970.899
fit2 2,178.650.881
we2 2,178.650.866
this2 2,178.650.770
she3 3,267.970.763
its2 2,178.650.639
awa2 2,178.650.594
on4 4,357.300.530
to2 2,178.650.498
are2 2,178.650.486
get2 2,178.650.436
in12 13,071.900.384
be6 6,535.950.370
oor2 2,178.650.313
the57 62,091.500.251
wi8 8,714.600.189
see2 2,178.650.169
there3 3,267.970.157
their2 2,178.650.125
like3 3,267.970.125
he9 9,803.920.123
fae3 3,267.970.088
they3 3,267.970.087
no2 2,178.650.076
yer2 2,178.650.072
you2 2,178.650.045
o18 19,607.840.036
as6 6,535.950.033
aboot3 3,267.970.029
day2 2,178.650.023
tae20 21,786.490.007
back2 2,178.650.006
oot4 4,357.300.004
wee2 2,178.650.003
it11 11,982.570.001
me3 3,267.970.000
doon2 2,178.650.000