A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robson, Euan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 647
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 250
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.588
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wis, tae, i, and, it, hid, she, o,

List of texts in corpus

Peelie wally
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (647 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
hid15 23,183.9357.474
di4 6,182.3839.210
ornaments3 4,636.7932.951
i19 29,366.3131.381
a47 72,642.9730.438
wid9 13,910.3629.620
cupboards2 3,091.1925.779
so8 12,364.7624.867
tele2 3,091.1924.054
mantelpiece2 3,091.1922.871
fizog2 3,091.1922.871
started4 6,182.3822.136
sare2 3,091.1920.607
she14 21,638.3319.411
gonna2 3,091.1919.177
and16 24,729.5219.080
wis20 30,911.9018.254
thocht6 9,273.5717.755
gi2 3,091.1917.059
rake2 3,091.1916.831
music3 4,636.7916.585
fir5 7,727.9816.337
fan4 6,182.3816.100
couldna3 4,636.7915.491
skweel2 3,091.1913.470
broken2 3,091.1913.197
something3 4,636.7912.435
jist6 9,273.5711.858
gone2 3,091.1911.405
masel3 4,636.7910.815
clock2 3,091.1910.611
lookit2 3,091.1910.479
getting2 3,091.1910.352
bits2 3,091.199.918
ony4 6,182.389.620
kitchen2 3,091.199.529
hame4 6,182.389.328
an6 9,273.579.250
ma9 13,910.369.143
some5 7,727.989.042
affa3 4,636.798.794
pit4 6,182.388.761
through3 4,636.798.201
days3 4,636.797.905
too2 3,091.197.775
mither3 4,636.797.701
fit4 6,182.387.545
it16 24,729.527.142
aff4 6,182.386.102
great2 3,091.195.884
took2 3,091.195.755
really2 3,091.195.709
could3 4,636.795.524
got3 4,636.794.844
wisna2 3,091.194.814
hiv2 3,091.194.796
her8 12,364.764.773
look2 3,091.194.721
best2 3,091.194.615
there5 7,727.984.362
fair2 3,091.194.347
time4 6,182.384.302
then3 4,636.794.283
keep2 3,091.194.225
been4 6,182.384.167
went2 3,091.193.931
far2 3,091.193.900
be7 10,819.173.259
didna2 3,091.193.226
on8 12,364.763.103
me5 7,727.983.004
door2 3,091.192.897
een2 3,091.192.760
see3 4,636.792.467
them3 4,636.792.458
tae20 30,911.902.412
ane2 3,091.191.954
nae4 6,182.381.894
the30 46,367.851.671
were2 3,091.191.432
weel2 3,091.191.389
to2 3,091.191.311
ken2 3,091.191.212
richt2 3,091.191.196
in7 10,819.171.080
o10 15,455.950.952
for2 3,091.190.881
bit3 4,636.790.874
but4 6,182.380.747
at3 4,636.790.357
that5 7,727.980.331
back2 3,091.190.309
as3 4,636.790.259
wi4 6,182.380.156
up3 4,636.790.098
fae2 3,091.190.030
aboot2 3,091.190.002