A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Martin, Keiron

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 612
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.292
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, and, the, tae, wis, ma, i, o, she, hid,

List of texts in corpus

Ma Worst Nicht Oot
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (612 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
ma21 34,313.7350.302
and25 40,849.6749.430
family5 8,169.9336.377
plate4 6,535.9530.354
wis24 39,215.6929.846
di3 4,901.9627.763
fit8 13,071.9026.024
aul-man2 3,267.9725.946
blether3 4,901.9623.384
fan5 8,169.9323.083
dein2 3,267.9723.038
hid8 13,071.9022.039
abidy2 3,267.9720.774
something4 6,535.9519.360
pinted2 3,267.9718.963
stared2 3,267.9718.963
creepy2 3,267.9717.999
a38 62,091.5017.649
horror2 3,267.9716.578
an3 4,901.9615.461
neeps2 3,267.9714.356
fair4 6,535.9514.053
ages2 3,267.9713.191
needed2 3,267.9713.191
meal2 3,267.9712.869
food2 3,267.9712.643
i12 19,607.8412.031
telt4 6,535.9511.562
pit4 6,535.959.209
started2 3,267.978.618
makin2 3,267.978.237
so4 6,535.957.842
wid4 6,535.957.711
rest2 3,267.977.539
tae24 39,215.697.481
free2 3,267.977.466
she9 14,705.887.198
sure2 3,267.977.021
aroon2 3,267.976.864
sat2 3,267.976.864
foo2 3,267.976.848
wrang2 3,267.976.655
jist4 6,535.955.795
came2 3,267.975.650
me6 9,803.925.169
hiv2 3,267.975.021
there5 8,169.934.716
went2 3,267.974.163
bairns2 3,267.974.156
were3 4,901.964.119
they6 9,803.923.945
thing2 3,267.973.833
the25 40,849.673.740
to3 4,901.963.710
ken3 4,901.963.706
get3 4,901.963.518
fir2 3,267.973.466
oot6 9,803.923.325
kent2 3,267.973.006
mak2 3,267.972.727
in5 8,169.932.652
first2 3,267.972.242
got2 3,267.972.184
then2 3,267.971.861
awa2 3,267.971.498
auld2 3,267.971.228
he3 4,901.961.203
o9 14,705.881.161
on6 9,803.921.138
aye2 3,267.971.090
fowk2 3,267.970.972
them2 3,267.970.848
see2 3,267.970.814
his2 3,267.970.749
their2 3,267.970.702
aboot3 4,901.960.649
wi6 9,803.920.419
wee2 3,267.970.346
doon2 3,267.970.300
at5 8,169.930.276
ower2 3,267.970.258
it6 9,803.920.228
her4 6,535.950.219
up3 4,901.960.171
bit2 3,267.970.107
him2 3,267.970.082
we2 3,267.970.078
be3 4,901.960.002
mosset2 3,267.97nan
that7 11,437.910.149
or2 3,267.970.000