A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Katie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 834
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 322
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.59
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - yi, a, tae, the, we, wee, ah, it, and, ma,

List of texts in corpus

Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Buckie) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (834 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
yi36 43,165.47324.293
cus12 14,388.49123.190
yur13 15,587.53114.682
ih6 7,194.2458.639
wee19 22,781.7756.723
iways5 5,995.2055.040
we22 26,378.9046.602
use7 8,393.2946.457
kane4 4,796.1644.702
fan8 9,592.3339.492
quiney3 3,597.1238.293
hiv8 9,592.3336.231
am7 8,393.2934.698
an2 2,398.0829.351
dollies2 2,398.0824.707
play5 5,995.2023.596
mam4 4,796.1622.577
o2 2,398.0822.013
gan4 4,796.1621.909
defiantly2 2,398.0821.799
off4 4,796.1621.782
stuff4 4,796.1620.948
love4 4,796.1620.510
just6 7,194.2420.095
ma15 17,985.6119.775
ana3 3,597.1219.162
skinny2 2,398.0819.001
life6 7,194.2418.841
using2 2,398.0818.108
cid2 2,398.0818.108
ah17 20,383.6917.846
wish3 3,597.1217.634
em3 3,597.1217.327
go5 5,995.2017.075
aawye2 2,398.0816.490
cin2 2,398.0816.490
always3 3,597.1216.428
the24 28,776.9816.054
hooses3 3,597.1215.487
times4 4,796.1614.510
git4 4,796.1614.394
hope3 3,597.1213.892
gither2 2,398.0813.363
sister3 3,597.1212.853
so6 7,194.2412.748
grown2 2,398.0812.604
mind5 5,995.2012.280
miss3 3,597.1212.097
wye4 4,796.1611.893
d7 8,393.2911.307
and15 17,985.6110.942
hid6 7,194.2410.334
such2 2,398.0810.198
hink2 2,398.089.112
widna2 2,398.088.959
wid5 5,995.208.924
pal2 2,398.088.567
iver2 2,398.088.338
barbies3 3,597.12nan
mak4 4,796.167.937
our2 2,398.087.890
best3 3,597.127.678
ask2 2,398.087.443
tae30 35,971.227.054
one2 2,398.086.611
can5 5,995.206.232
hair2 2,398.085.567
street2 2,398.085.524
lot2 2,398.085.469
different2 2,398.085.217
dee2 2,398.085.166
up8 9,592.335.121
us4 4,796.164.778
niver2 2,398.084.443
n2 2,398.084.206
a35 41,966.434.169
come3 3,597.124.119
right2 2,398.084.063
s2 2,398.084.031
let2 2,398.083.878
years2 2,398.083.862
if4 4,796.163.715
till2 2,398.083.527
need2 2,398.083.471
dinna2 2,398.083.395
keep2 2,398.083.348
it16 19,184.653.254
fit3 3,597.123.222
ll3 3,597.122.851
at2 2,398.082.768
you4 4,796.162.694
is2 2,398.082.525
to3 3,597.122.407
nae5 5,995.202.216
of3 3,597.122.009
oor3 3,597.121.929
even2 2,398.081.927
jist3 3,597.121.848
i8 9,592.331.578
will2 2,398.081.568
her2 2,398.081.521
that5 5,995.201.485
say2 2,398.081.469
was2 2,398.081.308
time3 3,597.121.173
lang2 2,398.081.146
for7 8,393.291.000
wis6 7,194.240.809
but5 5,995.200.791
be6 7,194.240.686
oot5 5,995.200.563
oan2 2,398.080.496
she3 3,597.120.452
by2 2,398.080.338
like3 3,597.120.258
day2 2,398.080.081
in14 16,786.570.077
back2 2,398.080.046
fur2 2,398.080.012
there2 2,398.080.011
hae2 2,398.080.001