Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fowler, Ross

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 607
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.519
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, and, wis, an, ma, he, him, o,

List of texts in corpus

Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (607 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
fitba	6	9,884.68	43.598
hibs	3	4,942.34	35.228
and	20	32,948.93	32.841
wint	5	8,237.23	28.317
faither	6	9,884.68	27.482
kick	3	4,942.34	24.905
settled	3	4,942.34	23.999
freen	3	4,942.34	22.927
ba	3	4,942.34	22.653
gairden	4	6,589.79	20.967
him	10	16,474.46	19.872
hauf	4	6,589.79	19.077
rangers	2	3,294.89	18.703
ma	12	19,769.36	18.568
getting	3	4,942.34	18.317
strip	2	3,294.89	17.086
bleed	2	3,294.89	16.472
winted	2	3,294.89	16.110
himself	2	3,294.89	13.629
match	2	3,294.89	12.449
wir	4	6,589.79	12.317
baith	4	6,589.79	12.008
telt	4	6,589.79	11.678
neb	2	3,294.89	10.997
came	3	4,942.34	10.732
lookit	2	3,294.89	10.728
gaen	2	3,294.89	10.518
second	2	3,294.89	10.092
hid	5	8,237.23	9.758
playin	2	3,294.89	9.580
watch	2	3,294.89	9.363
wis	15	24,711.70	9.333
jist	5	8,237.23	8.892
stood	2	3,294.89	8.831
got	4	6,589.79	8.806
cos	2	3,294.89	8.703
mither	3	4,942.34	8.043
then	4	6,589.79	7.997
we	8	13,179.57	7.897
oot	8	13,179.57	7.464
fir	3	4,942.34	7.367
bit	6	9,884.68	7.339
didna	3	4,942.34	7.212
front	2	3,294.89	6.825
he	12	19,769.36	6.267
up	7	11,532.13	6.072
doon	5	8,237.23	6.034
took	2	3,294.89	5.987
fan	2	3,294.89	5.698
come	3	4,942.34	5.688
me	6	9,884.68	5.493
see	4	6,589.79	5.294
ane	3	4,942.34	5.065
look	2	3,294.89	4.945
road	2	3,294.89	4.846
wid	3	4,942.34	4.465
through	2	3,294.89	4.265
better	2	3,294.89	4.245
were	3	4,942.34	4.129
us	3	4,942.34	3.609
tae	20	32,948.93	3.269
anither	2	3,294.89	3.191
gie	2	3,294.89	2.873
a	25	41,186.16	2.655
i	7	11,532.13	2.648
could	2	3,294.89	2.597
intae	3	4,942.34	2.525
thocht	2	3,294.89	2.430
say	2	3,294.89	2.391
hoose	2	3,294.89	2.388
at	7	11,532.13	2.013
so	2	3,294.89	1.839
weel	2	3,294.89	1.551
its	2	3,294.89	1.540
his	6	9,884.68	1.511
aff	2	3,294.89	1.272
said	2	3,294.89	1.186
there	3	4,942.34	1.050
be	5	8,237.23	1.048
as	2	3,294.89	0.964
can	2	3,294.89	0.951
in	7	11,532.13	0.721
aboot	3	4,942.34	0.652
that	8	13,179.57	0.612
o	10	16,474.46	0.567
it	9	14,827.02	0.459
her	2	3,294.89	0.454
back	2	3,294.89	0.402
ower	2	3,294.89	0.270
the	38	62,602.97	0.247
an	14	23,064.25	0.181
wi	4	6,589.79	0.067
she	3	4,942.34	0.002