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 43,165.47325.291
cus12 14,388.49123.523
yur13 15,587.53115.042
ih6 7,194.2458.806
wee19 22,781.7756.682
iways5 5,995.2055.179
use7 8,393.2946.078
we22 26,378.9045.850
kane4 4,796.1644.813
fan8 9,592.3339.050
quiney3 3,597.1238.377
hiv8 9,592.3336.102
am7 8,393.2934.887
an2 2,398.0829.935
dollies2 2,398.0824.763
play5 5,995.2023.603
mam4 4,796.1622.686
o2 2,398.0822.157
off4 4,796.1622.147
defiantly2 2,398.0821.855
gan4 4,796.1621.228
ma15 17,985.6120.980
love4 4,796.1620.945
just6 7,194.2420.635
stuff4 4,796.1620.618
ah17 20,383.6920.229
skinny2 2,398.0819.057
life6 7,194.2418.889
ana3 3,597.1218.751
using2 2,398.0818.163
cid2 2,398.0818.163
wish3 3,597.1217.716
go5 5,995.2017.143
always3 3,597.1216.907
em3 3,597.1216.839
aawye2 2,398.0816.048
cin2 2,398.0816.048
the24 28,776.9815.717
hooses3 3,597.1214.714
times4 4,796.1614.361
git4 4,796.1614.271
hope3 3,597.1214.013
gither2 2,398.0813.300
sister3 3,597.1213.105
so6 7,194.2412.844
grown2 2,398.0812.562
miss3 3,597.1212.356
mind5 5,995.2012.345
wye4 4,796.1611.884
d7 8,393.2911.292
and15 17,985.6111.235
hid6 7,194.2410.367
such2 2,398.0810.148
hink2 2,398.0810.048
widna2 2,398.089.050
wid5 5,995.209.002
pal2 2,398.088.487
iver2 2,398.088.328
barbies3 3,597.12nan
our2 2,398.088.000
mak4 4,796.167.800
best3 3,597.127.727
ask2 2,398.087.647
tae30 35,971.226.942
one2 2,398.086.682
can5 5,995.206.313
hair2 2,398.085.617
lot2 2,398.085.532
street2 2,398.085.491
different2 2,398.085.203
dee2 2,398.085.141
up8 9,592.335.059
us4 4,796.164.637
niver2 2,398.084.374
n2 2,398.084.208
come3 3,597.124.157
a35 41,966.434.118
right2 2,398.084.076
let2 2,398.083.909
s2 2,398.083.873
years2 2,398.083.852
if4 4,796.163.805
need2 2,398.083.552
till2 2,398.083.447
dinna2 2,398.083.413
keep2 2,398.083.379
it16 19,184.653.344
fit3 3,597.123.133
ll3 3,597.122.920
you4 4,796.162.899
at2 2,398.082.783
to3 3,597.122.547
is2 2,398.082.522
nae5 5,995.202.204
of3 3,597.122.109
even2 2,398.081.958
oor3 3,597.121.840
jist3 3,597.121.756
i8 9,592.331.704
will2 2,398.081.610
say2 2,398.081.513
her2 2,398.081.512
that5 5,995.201.497
time3 3,597.121.205
was2 2,398.081.174
lang2 2,398.081.139
for7 8,393.291.003
but5 5,995.200.822
wis6 7,194.240.759
be6 7,194.240.690
oot5 5,995.200.571
oan2 2,398.080.561
she3 3,597.120.398
by2 2,398.080.318
like3 3,597.120.287
day2 2,398.080.092
in14 16,786.570.074
back2 2,398.080.052
fur2 2,398.080.013
there2 2,398.080.010
hae2 2,398.080.000