A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnston, Shaun

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, and, wis, o, tae, in, he, ma, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Forkie Gollach
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
and26 40,561.6251.767
poke5 7,800.3148.678
chips5 7,800.3147.861
fir7 10,920.4427.437
wid8 12,480.5024.717
shop4 6,240.2524.347
hilarious2 3,120.1224.092
a42 65,522.6221.960
waiting2 3,120.1219.636
we12 18,720.7518.166
thocht6 9,360.3717.857
ma12 18,720.7517.531
same5 7,800.3117.456
bobbies2 3,120.1217.338
an3 4,680.1917.079
heided2 3,120.1216.070
me10 15,600.6215.987
gan3 4,680.1915.756
then6 9,360.3715.668
jordan2 3,120.1214.973
mates2 3,120.1214.838
paid2 3,120.1214.008
fair4 6,240.2513.763
usual2 3,120.1211.610
fan3 4,680.1910.492
to5 7,800.3110.195
niver3 4,680.1910.173
mannie2 3,120.129.737
could4 6,240.259.393
hid5 7,800.319.303
wis15 23,400.948.365
just3 4,680.197.945
toon2 3,120.127.474
windae2 3,120.127.272
roond2 3,120.127.014
were4 6,240.256.990
telt3 4,680.196.926
looked2 3,120.126.900
next2 3,120.126.682
us4 6,240.256.248
new3 4,680.195.966
took2 3,120.125.788
he12 18,720.755.543
i9 14,040.565.341
them4 6,240.254.951
got3 4,680.194.889
hiv2 3,120.124.829
ane3 4,680.194.802
go2 3,120.124.491
fit3 4,680.194.310
mither2 3,120.123.766
roon2 3,120.123.628
thing2 3,120.123.550
tell2 3,120.123.305
doon4 6,240.253.268
did2 3,120.122.554
again2 3,120.122.522
nicht2 3,120.122.511
come2 3,120.122.342
my2 3,120.122.293
him4 6,240.252.250
say2 3,120.122.232
first2 3,120.122.155
up5 7,800.312.007
so2 3,120.121.692
wee3 4,680.191.515
richt2 3,120.121.218
aff2 3,120.121.143
said2 3,120.121.061
that4 6,240.250.999
oor2 3,120.120.905
there3 4,680.190.897
like3 4,680.190.866
jist2 3,120.120.855
in13 20,280.810.835
this4 6,240.250.818
forkie2 3,120.12nan
gollach2 3,120.12nan
she5 7,800.310.816
but4 6,240.250.775
oot4 6,240.250.558
time2 3,120.120.535
back2 3,120.120.321
it9 14,040.560.274
on3 4,680.190.261
wi4 6,240.250.140
his3 4,680.190.132
the35 54,602.180.126
they2 3,120.120.104
tae13 20,280.810.045
for4 6,240.250.044
nae2 3,120.120.016
be3 4,680.190.016
o13 20,280.810.005
aboot2 3,120.120.004