A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Crawford, Jack

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 623
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 258
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.415
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, i, ma, wis, me, in, it, tae,

List of texts in corpus

The Pluffer
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (623 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
freen7 11,235.9665.662
ma21 33,707.8751.571
class6 9,630.8246.750
i22 35,313.0043.119
and22 35,313.0038.641
pea3 4,815.4135.072
teacher5 8,025.6833.045
me12 19,261.6423.363
heidie2 3,210.2722.115
room5 8,025.6820.543
loaded2 3,210.2719.328
walking2 3,210.2718.599
drawer2 3,210.2717.708
spotted2 3,210.2717.451
shoot2 3,210.2717.210
wis19 30,497.5916.988
shot3 4,815.4116.858
ca3 4,815.4116.858
peas2 3,210.2716.183
pluffer7 11,235.96nan
got6 9,630.8217.255
wid6 9,630.8215.706
saw4 6,420.5515.024
pen2 3,210.2714.573
a36 57,784.9113.864
turned3 4,815.4113.101
took3 4,815.4111.099
masel3 4,815.4111.028
fan3 4,815.4110.652
him7 11,235.969.562
half2 3,210.278.946
fair3 4,815.418.883
hit3 4,815.418.711
an6 9,630.828.453
up8 12,841.098.126
history2 3,210.278.024
so4 6,420.557.785
wint2 3,210.277.657
roond2 3,210.277.120
to4 6,420.556.858
front2 3,210.276.728
sat2 3,210.276.655
am2 3,210.276.284
came2 3,210.275.562
thocht3 4,815.415.436
intae4 6,420.554.842
at9 14,446.234.645
richt3 4,815.413.575
fir2 3,210.273.443
aff3 4,815.413.434
doon4 6,420.553.419
telt2 3,210.273.347
o7 11,235.963.280
the26 41,733.553.269
he10 16,051.363.075
ony2 3,210.272.644
there4 6,420.552.542
could2 3,210.272.518
my2 3,210.272.376
nae4 6,420.552.061
then2 3,210.271.783
fit2 3,210.271.773
oot5 8,025.681.724
back3 4,815.411.715
get2 3,210.271.258
twa2 3,210.271.151
of2 3,210.271.132
tae10 16,051.360.959
jist2 3,210.270.915
it10 16,051.360.894
that4 6,420.550.870
for2 3,210.270.762
d2 3,210.270.671
s3 4,815.410.652
aboot3 4,815.410.592
time2 3,210.270.585
her2 3,210.270.514
in12 19,261.640.505
ower2 3,210.270.237
be4 6,420.550.222
on3 4,815.410.208
this3 4,815.410.146
his3 4,815.410.097
bit2 3,210.270.094
we3 4,815.410.089
fae2 3,210.270.050
wi5 8,025.680.025
she3 4,815.410.008