A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Manson, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,255
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 584
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.149
Tagged as NNB (North Northern B (Caithness)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, a, in, i, on, ye, nicht, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Doric (Dumfries) dialect (NNB), categorised as poetry (1,255 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
lek8 6,374.5097.830
and37 29,482.0753.956
an2 1,593.6350.216
sleepan4 3,187.2548.902
tae2 1,593.6340.004
agane6 4,780.8838.730
deid8 6,374.5037.342
soun5 3,984.0634.574
ir8 6,374.5034.240
pu'd3 2,390.4433.700
lyan3 2,390.4433.700
nicht11 8,764.9432.870
sheddas3 2,390.4432.115
vyces4 3,187.2531.631
til10 7,968.1331.088
paris3 2,390.4425.014
doun7 5,577.6923.904
alreddy2 1,593.6323.132
fais2 1,593.6323.132
cords2 1,593.6323.132
gell2 1,593.6321.408
gravestanes2 1,593.6321.408
hus4 3,187.2521.205
wir7 5,577.6919.329
skroo2 1,593.6319.320
bonfires2 1,593.6318.585
lichted2 1,593.6317.966
banes3 2,390.4417.963
evin2 1,593.6317.431
nakit2 1,593.6317.431
gress3 2,390.4417.374
john's2 1,593.6316.539
crushed2 1,593.6316.539
mature2 1,593.6316.539
houses2 1,593.6316.159
fyow2 1,593.6315.812
the107 85,258.9615.206
owre4 3,187.2514.782
pints2 1,593.6314.429
aroun2 1,593.6314.429
heerd2 1,593.6314.429
rod2 1,593.6313.785
that2 1,593.6313.574
naethin4 3,187.2513.380
thae5 3,984.0613.258
aa10 7,968.1313.208
frae10 7,968.1313.193
throu5 3,984.0613.124
sanct2 1,593.6313.065
i19 15,139.4412.980
yirth2 1,593.6312.749
without2 1,593.6312.457
fuirsday4 3,187.25nan
macdiarmid2 1,593.6312.749
stude2 1,593.6312.319
eftir3 2,390.4412.008
sall2 1,593.6311.933
anerlie2 1,593.6311.812
stane3 2,390.4411.716
notes2 1,593.6311.364
neeps2 1,593.6311.259
bi7 5,577.6910.979
asleep2 1,593.6310.777
i've2 1,593.6310.777
round2 1,593.6310.777
yella2 1,593.6310.777
strae2 1,593.6310.687
train2 1,593.6310.687
them8 6,374.5010.125
gangs2 1,593.6310.113
-3 2,390.449.602
merrynes2 1,593.63nan
coman3 2,390.44nan
auld7 5,577.699.530
haurd2 1,593.639.484
syne5 3,984.069.413
find3 2,390.449.186
whan6 4,780.888.248
vallejo3 2,390.44nan
year5 3,984.067.925
lass2 1,593.637.850
dee3 2,390.447.654
wha4 3,187.257.268
bides2 1,593.637.247
canna3 2,390.446.900
no9 7,171.316.848
brae2 1,593.636.702
cesar2 1,593.63nan
sleep2 1,593.636.823
bifore2 1,593.63nan
in32 25,498.016.710
yit2 1,593.636.557
grey2 1,593.636.529
chaak-white2 1,593.63nan
airms2 1,593.636.473
rain3 2,390.446.227
wis5 3,984.066.013
weet2 1,593.635.913
on15 11,952.195.302
bit8 6,374.505.010
o38 30,278.885.007
about2 1,593.634.730
black2 1,593.634.604
mebbe2 1,593.634.588
lat2 1,593.634.337
twa5 3,984.064.215
nae8 6,374.504.048
hert2 1,593.634.041
gaed3 2,390.443.887
out2 1,593.633.856
as3 2,390.443.752
masel2 1,593.633.405
ye12 9,561.753.330
whaur3 2,390.443.102
end2 1,593.632.851
gang2 1,593.632.717
cam3 2,390.442.689
karm2 1,593.63nan
forgettan2 1,593.63nan
near2 1,593.632.561
ma9 7,171.312.229
day5 3,984.062.118
maun2 1,593.632.024
days2 1,593.631.824
for4 3,187.251.566
see4 3,187.251.534
scots2 1,593.631.517
scottish2 1,593.631.508
ah4 3,187.251.376
at5 3,984.061.347
its3 2,390.441.193
hae5 3,984.061.148
time4 3,187.251.142
is5 3,984.061.115
nor2 1,593.631.097
een2 1,593.630.980
english2 1,593.630.957
aff3 2,390.440.884
it's2 1,593.630.840
did2 1,593.630.817
some3 2,390.440.758
haed2 1,593.630.676
sae3 2,390.440.465
bitween2 1,593.63nan
mair4 3,187.250.651
ane2 1,593.630.454
he9 7,171.310.383
man2 1,593.630.366
lang2 1,593.630.355
guid2 1,593.630.318
me3 2,390.440.272
here2 1,593.630.239
a34 27,091.630.233
wi8 6,374.500.217
his6 4,780.880.210
ither2 1,593.630.205
fur4 3,187.250.158
up4 3,187.250.153
back2 1,593.630.128
oan2 1,593.630.056
been2 1,593.630.036
him3 2,390.440.034
there3 2,390.440.016
this5 3,984.060.007
can2 1,593.630.005
they5 3,984.060.003
we5 3,984.060.001
laachan2 1,593.63nan
of2 1,593.630.047