A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnston, Shaun

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 641
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.401
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, wis, o, tae, in, he, ma, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Forkie Gollach
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (641 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
and26 40,561.6251.095
poke5 7,800.3149.430
chips5 7,800.3147.338
fir7 10,920.4427.295
wid8 12,480.5024.578
shop4 6,240.2524.106
hilarious2 3,120.1224.036
a42 65,522.6222.073
waiting2 3,120.1219.159
we12 18,720.7518.546
thocht6 9,360.3717.741
same5 7,800.3117.393
bobbies2 3,120.1217.282
an3 4,680.1916.674
ma12 18,720.7516.556
gan3 4,680.1916.265
heided2 3,120.1216.014
then6 9,360.3715.783
me10 15,600.6215.479
jordan2 3,120.1214.917
mates2 3,120.1214.783
paid2 3,120.1213.953
fair4 6,240.2513.707
usual2 3,120.1211.614
fan3 4,680.1910.650
niver3 4,680.1910.284
to5 7,800.319.895
mannie2 3,120.129.683
could4 6,240.259.329
hid5 7,800.319.275
wis15 23,400.948.187
just3 4,680.197.686
toon2 3,120.127.595
windae2 3,120.127.149
were4 6,240.257.029
looked2 3,120.126.929
telt3 4,680.196.886
roond2 3,120.126.722
next2 3,120.126.601
us4 6,240.256.401
new3 4,680.195.896
took2 3,120.125.820
he12 18,720.755.652
i9 14,040.565.129
them4 6,240.255.047
got3 4,680.194.926
hiv2 3,120.124.858
ane3 4,680.194.745
go2 3,120.124.466
fit3 4,680.194.407
mither2 3,120.123.792
roon2 3,120.123.750
thing2 3,120.123.679
tell2 3,120.123.310
doon4 6,240.253.265
nicht2 3,120.122.527
did2 3,120.122.524
again2 3,120.122.469
come2 3,120.122.318
him4 6,240.252.259
my2 3,120.122.249
say2 3,120.122.183
first2 3,120.122.109
up5 7,800.312.040
so2 3,120.121.667
wee3 4,680.191.519
richt2 3,120.121.212
aff2 3,120.121.151
said2 3,120.121.066
that4 6,240.250.990
gollach2 3,120.12nan
oor2 3,120.120.959
jist2 3,120.120.910
there3 4,680.190.888
in13 20,280.810.843
this4 6,240.250.827
like3 4,680.190.819
but4 6,240.250.749
she5 7,800.310.743
oot4 6,240.250.551
time2 3,120.120.516
back2 3,120.120.308
it9 14,040.560.253
on3 4,680.190.245
the35 54,602.180.156
wi4 6,240.250.134
they2 3,120.120.097
for4 6,240.250.043
tae13 20,280.810.038
nae2 3,120.120.017
be3 4,680.190.016
aboot2 3,120.120.005
o13 20,280.810.003
forkie2 3,120.12nan
his3 4,680.190.122