A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Bowie, Tyler

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 580
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 262
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.214
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, ma, i, wis, tae, and, hid, me, on,

List of texts in corpus

Stookie
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (580 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
ma25 43,103.4572.602
messages6 10,344.8353.503
i23 39,655.1749.687
hid10 17,241.3832.701
wis23 39,655.1729.350
gaen4 6,896.5526.929
and17 29,310.3424.714
tea4 6,896.5522.505
fancied2 3,448.2821.044
stookie2 3,448.2820.508
am4 6,896.5518.372
a37 63,793.1018.209
airm3 5,172.4117.924
porridge2 3,448.2817.736
fridge2 3,448.2817.495
shop3 5,172.4117.128
fan4 6,896.5516.934
heided2 3,448.2816.468
hungry2 3,448.2815.105
mince2 3,448.2814.196
got5 8,620.6913.375
looked3 5,172.4113.234
next3 5,172.4112.897
fir4 6,896.5512.225
hospital2 3,448.2811.779
door4 6,896.5511.255
me8 13,793.1011.229
there7 12,068.9710.708
milk2 3,448.2810.496
press2 3,448.2810.419
eat2 3,448.289.630
aifter2 3,448.289.449
fair3 5,172.419.275
couldna2 3,448.289.166
warm2 3,448.288.778
o4 6,896.557.312
sure2 3,448.287.147
aroon2 3,448.286.995
feet2 3,448.286.483
bed2 3,448.286.407
wisnae2 3,448.286.247
hame3 5,172.416.073
pit3 5,172.415.662
an7 12,068.975.375
keep2 3,448.284.601
were3 5,172.414.341
on8 13,793.104.032
roon2 3,448.283.961
thing2 3,448.283.882
doon4 6,896.553.807
aff3 5,172.413.751
ower4 6,896.553.635
some3 5,172.413.535
them3 5,172.412.901
tae18 31,034.482.216
heid2 3,448.282.205
in5 8,620.692.197
fit2 3,448.281.969
so2 3,448.281.964
awa2 3,448.281.597
of2 3,448.281.302
fowk2 3,448.281.063
fae3 5,172.411.007
oot4 6,896.550.848
intae2 3,448.280.829
the29 50,000.000.684
back2 3,448.280.474
she2 3,448.280.339
up3 5,172.410.238
but3 5,172.410.225
for4 6,896.550.160
aboot2 3,448.280.040
wi4 6,896.550.027
at4 6,896.550.020
it7 12,068.970.005