A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fowler, Ross

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 607
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.519
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, and, wis, an, ma, he, him, o,

List of texts in corpus

Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (607 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
fitba6 9,884.6843.364
hibs3 4,942.3435.110
and20 32,948.9332.589
wint5 8,237.2328.175
faither6 9,884.6827.369
kick3 4,942.3424.788
settled3 4,942.3423.882
freen3 4,942.3423.716
ba3 4,942.3422.536
gairden4 6,589.7920.733
him10 16,474.4619.875
hauf4 6,589.7918.708
rangers2 3,294.8918.625
getting3 4,942.3418.138
ma12 19,769.3617.646
strip2 3,294.8917.235
bleed2 3,294.8916.394
winted2 3,294.8916.032
himself2 3,294.8914.040
match2 3,294.8912.372
wir4 6,589.7912.247
baith4 6,589.7912.161
telt4 6,589.7911.591
lookit2 3,294.8911.260
neb2 3,294.8911.063
came3 4,942.3410.754
gaen2 3,294.8910.524
second2 3,294.899.768
hid5 8,237.239.700
playin2 3,294.899.568
watch2 3,294.899.317
wis15 24,711.709.174
jist5 8,237.239.108
got4 6,589.798.876
stood2 3,294.898.861
cos2 3,294.898.603
we8 13,179.578.163
mither3 4,942.348.102
then4 6,589.798.056
oot8 13,179.577.402
fir3 4,942.347.338
bit6 9,884.687.286
didna3 4,942.347.157
front2 3,294.896.873
he12 19,769.366.334
up7 11,532.136.107
doon5 8,237.236.012
took2 3,294.895.997
fan2 3,294.895.790
come3 4,942.345.635
see4 6,589.795.268
me6 9,884.685.229
ane3 4,942.345.033
road2 3,294.894.892
look2 3,294.894.737
wid3 4,942.344.393
were3 4,942.344.255
through2 3,294.894.211
better2 3,294.894.164
us3 4,942.343.745
tae20 32,948.933.330
anither2 3,294.893.238
gie2 3,294.892.864
a25 41,186.162.670
could2 3,294.892.562
i7 11,532.132.529
intae3 4,942.342.452
hoose2 3,294.892.448
thocht2 3,294.892.402
say2 3,294.892.324
at7 11,532.132.045
so2 3,294.891.803
weel2 3,294.891.610
its2 3,294.891.571
his6 9,884.681.536
aff2 3,294.891.273
said2 3,294.891.179
there3 4,942.341.041
be5 8,237.231.033
can2 3,294.890.933
as2 3,294.890.926
in7 11,532.130.698
aboot3 4,942.340.673
that8 13,179.570.635
o10 16,474.460.523
her2 3,294.890.470
it9 14,827.020.423
back2 3,294.890.382
ower2 3,294.890.266
the38 62,602.970.212
an14 23,064.250.141
wi4 6,589.790.063
she3 4,942.340.008