A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Leslie, Dawn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 544
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 312
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.744
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, a, te, ma, nae, in, as, fir,

List of texts in corpus

Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner
no publisher recorded (2023-12-05) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (544 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
te14 25,735.29154.749
christmas6 11,029.4150.795
ah'm6 11,029.4141.268
iss4 7,352.9439.253
festive3 5,514.7133.150
fir7 12,867.6529.488
skirlie2 3,676.4723.509
roons2 3,676.4722.602
ah've3 5,514.7121.597
mebbe4 7,352.9420.906
fower4 7,352.9420.344
hivna2 3,676.4719.815
fyow2 3,676.4719.815
ma12 22,058.8219.681
spend2 3,676.4715.057
medical2 3,676.4714.823
ainly2 3,676.4714.603
jist6 11,029.4113.913
pipe2 3,676.4713.492
nae8 14,705.8813.483
fit5 9,191.1813.044
bin3 5,514.7113.001
list2 3,676.4712.895
students2 3,676.4712.827
follaed2 3,676.4712.628
wirkin2 3,676.4712.501
aat2 3,676.4712.378
denner2 3,676.4711.922
quite2 3,676.4710.251
best3 5,514.7110.008
doric2 3,676.479.252
tree2 3,676.478.218
anither3 5,514.717.459
een3 5,514.717.027
brocht2 3,676.477.022
maist3 5,514.716.749
gettin2 3,676.476.747
hiv2 3,676.475.441
folk2 3,676.475.327
aa4 7,352.945.070
go2 3,676.475.039
the21 38,602.944.307
ken3 5,514.714.244
o18 33,088.243.578
ah7 12,867.653.256
as7 12,867.653.134
ae3 5,514.713.047
aboot4 7,352.942.504
day3 5,514.712.372
it3 5,514.712.314
wee3 5,514.712.100
weel2 3,676.471.900
its2 3,676.471.866
hid2 3,676.471.470
semester2 3,676.47nan
wis3 5,514.711.397
up4 7,352.941.397
by2 3,676.471.155
fae3 5,514.711.143
noo2 3,676.471.048
is2 3,676.470.646
doon2 3,676.470.477
his2 3,676.470.445
bit2 3,676.470.229
be2 3,676.470.221
wi5 9,191.180.209
on4 7,352.940.123
an15 27,573.530.104
at3 5,514.710.071
a15 27,573.530.058
oot2 3,676.470.038
or2 3,676.470.030
in8 14,705.880.028
me2 3,676.470.024
scots2 3,676.470.011