A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mitchell, Kiera

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 251
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 121
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.074
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, ti, bit, ma, a, ken, dina, she, wint, she's,

List of texts in corpus

Fit why nae?
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (251 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
dina6 23,904.3894.539
i21 83,665.3474.435
ti11 43,824.7053.367
she's5 19,920.3248.320
wint5 19,920.3237.078
bit10 39,840.6436.525
i'd3 11,952.1928.811
dein2 7,968.1326.666
ats2 7,968.1324.400
ken6 23,904.3824.048
ging3 11,952.1923.511
ma9 35,856.5723.082
belangs2 7,968.1319.148
manage2 7,968.1316.962
fit4 15,936.2514.327
athin2 7,968.1313.453
winna2 7,968.1312.944
easy2 7,968.1312.788
i'll2 7,968.1312.466
life3 11,952.1912.294
leave2 7,968.1312.041
why2 7,968.1311.437
yi2 7,968.1310.971
nae5 19,920.3210.960
try2 7,968.1310.456
am2 7,968.139.732
dee2 7,968.139.637
mean2 7,968.139.519
really2 7,968.139.268
she6 23,904.389.256
niver2 7,968.138.792
aye3 11,952.197.370
mither2 7,968.137.112
een2 7,968.135.987
hame2 7,968.135.561
will2 7,968.135.450
an2 7,968.134.317
richt2 7,968.133.985
if2 7,968.133.439
can2 7,968.133.415
is4 15,936.252.716
o2 7,968.132.605
mysell2 7,968.13nan
her3 11,952.191.670
be2 7,968.130.368
yi'll2 7,968.13nan
it4 15,936.250.342
in3 11,952.190.237
a7 27,888.450.019