Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Heidi and Isla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 240
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 140
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.714
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, i, wis, o, ma, fan, at, an, the, in,

List of texts in corpus

Then and noo
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Keith) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (240 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
fan	5	20,833.33	32.277
er	3	12,500.00	21.623
mither	4	16,666.67	19.959
schuil	3	12,500.00	19.258
i	9	37,500.00	18.246
got	4	16,666.67	15.645
just	3	12,500.00	13.174
aften	2	8,333.33	11.991
ma	6	25,000.00	11.074
play	2	8,333.33	10.695
the	5	20,833.33	8.020
ay	3	12,500.00	7.565
face	2	8,333.33	7.456
can	3	12,500.00	7.369
says	2	8,333.33	6.658
she	5	20,833.33	6.475
still	2	8,333.33	6.101
ve	2	8,333.33	5.816
wis	7	29,166.67	5.737
at	5	20,833.33	4.923
afore	2	8,333.33	4.451
auld	2	8,333.33	3.993
a	12	50,000.00	3.000
day	2	8,333.33	2.760
bit	2	8,333.33	1.947
nae	2	8,333.33	1.675
or	2	8,333.33	1.338
but	2	8,333.33	0.903
o	7	29,166.67	0.780
wi	3	12,500.00	0.689
her	2	8,333.33	0.406
in	5	20,833.33	0.390
tae	4	16,666.67	0.277
an	5	20,833.33	0.213
that	3	12,500.00	0.158
and	2	8,333.33	0.090
it	3	12,500.00	0.009