A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Harper, Edith

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 417
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 243
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.716
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, o, ma, mind, wis, tae, bit, ah,

List of texts in corpus

Legacy
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (99 words)

Soon Awa
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (132 words)

The Wye Athin Chynges
northwordsnow.co.uk (2020-10-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (186 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
lan3 7,194.2424.682
hedder2 4,796.1624.574
mind6 14,388.4924.448
hert4 9,592.3321.344
needle2 4,796.1619.257
threid2 4,796.1618.109
ma10 23,980.8217.769
yowes2 4,796.1617.729
dowie2 4,796.1615.064
fan3 7,194.2413.097
greetin2 4,796.1611.020
braid2 4,796.1610.987
oer2 4,796.1610.151
awa4 9,592.339.719
hauns2 4,796.169.079
sea2 4,796.168.890
aye4 9,592.338.549
ahint2 4,796.168.327
bit5 11,990.417.588
an20 47,961.636.852
alang2 4,796.165.845
oan3 7,194.245.027
thon2 4,796.164.196
cam2 4,796.163.895
hame2 4,796.163.806
the34 81,534.773.704
lang2 4,796.163.082
o14 33,573.142.943
like3 7,194.242.221
hid2 4,796.162.191
fae3 7,194.242.037
ah5 11,990.411.956
time2 4,796.161.436
that2 4,796.161.352
in4 9,592.331.130
tae6 14,388.491.103
it3 7,194.240.891
oot3 7,194.240.732
as4 9,592.330.722
wis6 14,388.490.659
a15 35,971.220.611
s2 4,796.160.485
nae2 4,796.160.465
wi2 4,796.160.454
her3 7,194.240.310
she3 7,194.240.295
me2 4,796.160.254
is2 4,796.160.139
this2 4,796.160.097
up2 4,796.160.095
they2 4,796.160.089
but2 4,796.160.076
at3 7,194.240.039