A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Abel, Charlie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 548
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 326
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.681
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, in, o', wi, wis, tae, chile, and, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner
DC Thomson (2024-02-10 ) in Doric (Aberdeen) dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (548 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
chile7 12,773.7291.574
o'11 20,072.9972.611
thomas3 5,474.4531.916
naval2 3,649.6424.722
horseback2 3,649.6424.722
onyhoo2 3,649.6423.538
n'3 5,474.4523.005
aberdeen2 3,649.6418.498
an'4 7,299.2717.487
navy2 3,649.6416.881
files2 3,649.6414.852
tam3 5,474.4514.541
fir4 7,299.2712.600
christmas2 3,649.6412.346
efter5 9,124.0912.266
rare2 3,649.6412.059
also2 3,649.649.701
doric2 3,649.649.227
things3 5,474.459.054
lang4 7,299.278.919
loon2 3,649.648.783
wint2 3,649.648.107
fine3 5,474.457.806
canna2 3,649.646.115
my3 5,474.456.105
ane3 5,474.455.556
wirds2 3,649.645.538
bit5 9,124.095.517
kin2 3,649.645.431
name2 3,649.645.259
affa2 3,649.644.987
we6 10,948.914.425
mony2 3,649.644.422
wi9 16,423.364.398
a25 45,620.444.361
same2 3,649.644.231
ower4 7,299.273.941
tak2 3,649.642.905
cochrane2 3,649.64nan
fae4 7,299.272.873
time3 5,474.452.712
and7 12,773.722.508
oot5 9,124.092.379
ain2 3,649.642.144
were2 3,649.641.865
chilean2 3,649.64nan
in13 23,722.632.029
ken2 3,649.641.625
hid2 3,649.641.457
tae8 14,598.541.391
oor2 3,649.641.259
jist2 3,649.641.203
fowk2 3,649.641.192
can2 3,649.641.180
sae2 3,649.641.098
it4 7,299.271.077
ma4 7,299.271.052
wis8 14,598.541.000
aboot3 5,474.450.914
i5 9,124.090.874
as5 9,124.090.700
back2 3,649.640.571
wee2 3,649.640.518
the28 51,094.890.475
ye4 7,299.270.340
hae2 3,649.640.326
valparaiso2 3,649.64nan
at2 3,649.640.780
there2 3,649.640.221
his4 7,299.270.218
nae2 3,649.640.114
on4 7,299.270.103
is3 5,474.450.045
scots2 3,649.640.009
they2 3,649.640.008