A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fairbairn, Jamie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 554
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.816
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, o, tae, wee, ye, yer, ess, be, an,

List of texts in corpus

The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner
DC Thomson (2024-02-17 ) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (554 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
ess9 16,245.49113.936
e7 12,635.3831.404
folks3 5,415.1627.748
it'll3 5,415.1625.991
wee10 18,050.5425.524
yer9 16,245.4923.769
craiter2 3,610.1123.439
canary2 3,610.1121.795
broom2 3,610.1121.795
gyaan2 3,610.1119.363
ging3 5,415.1618.590
ye'll3 5,415.1617.893
will5 9,025.2714.574
visit2 3,610.1114.533
toon3 5,415.1614.487
fan3 5,415.1611.424
though3 5,415.1611.107
heed2 3,610.1111.033
caad2 3,610.1110.584
tak4 7,220.2210.445
fae7 12,635.3810.334
ye10 18,050.5410.255
gweed2 3,610.119.374
far3 5,415.168.940
be9 16,245.498.729
fit4 7,220.228.716
sang2 3,610.118.665
a29 52,346.578.428
broon2 3,610.118.231
gies2 3,610.117.918
yersel2 3,610.117.844
aye4 7,220.226.638
hear2 3,610.115.675
nae5 9,025.274.721
bairns2 3,610.114.486
is8 14,440.434.477
til2 3,610.113.531
see3 5,415.163.087
that2 3,610.112.926
could2 3,610.112.843
up5 9,025.272.834
the24 43,321.302.447
aboot4 7,220.222.414
an9 16,245.492.134
or4 7,220.222.003
weel2 3,610.111.847
awa2 3,610.111.756
richt2 3,610.111.572
are2 3,610.111.570
wi2 3,610.111.362
they4 7,220.221.297
fowk2 3,610.111.197
you2 3,610.110.716
on5 9,025.270.658
day2 3,610.110.627
i2 3,610.110.597
doon2 3,610.110.447
hae2 3,610.110.330
but3 5,415.160.283
o13 23,465.700.220
there2 3,610.110.204
like2 3,610.110.176
ma3 5,415.160.122
yellowhammer2 3,610.11nan
tae13 23,465.700.110
at3 5,415.160.090
it6 10,830.320.049
in8 14,440.430.048
me2 3,610.110.017
scots2 3,610.110.006
for3 5,415.160.004