A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dunnett, Nathan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 641
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.401
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wis, tae, we, and, o, it, hid, that,

List of texts in corpus

The Auld Asylum
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (641 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
we23 35,881.4460.455
wis26 40,561.6234.086
and20 31,201.2531.074
gaun7 10,920.4427.479
heided3 4,680.1926.669
hid9 14,040.5626.020
asylum2 3,120.1219.636
were7 10,920.4419.003
a39 60,842.4317.146
di2 3,120.1216.653
jordan2 3,120.1214.973
started3 4,680.1914.955
warm3 4,680.1914.955
wisna4 6,240.2514.772
middle3 4,680.1914.027
hame5 7,800.3113.726
wids2 3,120.1213.147
there8 12,480.5012.668
food2 3,120.1212.664
lookin3 4,680.1912.118
sat3 4,680.1912.118
damp2 3,120.1211.910
wid5 7,800.3111.229
great3 4,680.1911.140
grand2 3,120.1210.831
comin3 4,680.1910.378
widna2 3,120.1210.068
us5 7,800.319.636
drink2 3,120.129.275
walk2 3,120.129.183
bag2 3,120.129.153
happy2 3,120.129.035
keep3 4,680.198.533
cos2 3,120.128.494
each2 3,120.127.852
mither3 4,680.197.751
so4 6,240.257.595
tae25 39,001.567.562
me7 10,920.447.385
fir3 4,680.197.080
sure2 3,120.126.774
him6 9,360.376.560
nicht3 4,680.195.700
an8 12,480.505.542
fan2 3,120.125.502
rain2 3,120.125.096
see4 6,240.254.965
ma7 10,920.444.852
go2 3,120.124.491
fit3 4,680.194.310
ither3 4,680.193.963
far2 3,120.123.931
place2 3,120.123.702
aboot5 7,800.313.451
it13 20,280.813.310
doon4 6,240.253.268
didna2 3,120.123.256
big2 3,120.123.193
he2 3,120.123.113
dexter4 6,240.25nan
ate2 3,120.1214.227
some3 4,680.193.102
anither2 3,120.123.018
jist3 4,680.192.760
the28 43,681.752.566
could2 3,120.122.433
s2 3,120.122.054
got2 3,120.122.031
but5 7,800.311.961
here2 3,120.121.575
afore2 3,120.121.396
on2 3,120.121.204
get2 3,120.121.191
as2 3,120.121.164
auld2 3,120.121.145
aff2 3,120.121.143
of2 3,120.121.067
that9 14,040.561.005
oor2 3,120.120.905
if2 3,120.120.851
intae2 3,120.120.633
been2 3,120.120.494
at3 4,680.190.335
ower2 3,120.120.203
oot2 3,120.120.195
be4 6,240.250.175
she4 6,240.250.163
his3 4,680.190.132
up3 4,680.190.108
in9 14,040.560.106
this2 3,120.120.091
bit2 3,120.120.072
nae2 3,120.120.016
wi5 7,800.310.009
o13 20,280.810.005