A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Noble, Brian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 726
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 338
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, te, en, for, he, s, it, his, we,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2022-01-25) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (261 words)


Facebook (2021-02-18) in Doric (Fraserburgh) dialect (MNA), categorised as social (465 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
te21 28,925.62262.408
en19 26,170.80127.768
fergie10 13,774.10119.121
harry9 12,396.6971.424
croft3 4,132.2333.012
abody4 5,509.6430.149
sharn3 4,132.2330.106
partridge2 2,754.8225.239
an2 2,754.8224.418
for17 23,415.9822.923
grey4 5,509.6422.698
pudding2 2,754.8222.331
iye2 2,754.8220.068
plooin2 2,754.8219.532
rare3 4,132.2319.089
so7 9,641.8718.421
wid7 9,641.8718.153
neuk3 4,132.2318.036
getting3 4,132.2317.082
dee4 5,509.6416.579
east3 4,132.2316.265
fan4 5,509.6415.419
stanley2 2,754.8215.320
happy3 4,132.2315.178
tractor2 2,754.8215.151
big5 6,887.0515.010
fairm2 2,754.8214.136
haggis2 2,754.8214.011
here's2 2,754.8213.032
aul2 2,754.8212.937
affa4 5,509.6412.917
fairly2 2,754.8211.948
mony4 5,509.6411.852
hairt2 2,754.8211.045
davie2 2,754.8210.932
we10 13,774.1010.836
lang5 6,887.0510.771
found2 2,754.8210.561
realised2 2,754.8210.131
mare2 2,754.829.509
s14 19,283.759.268
ca2 2,754.829.043
time6 8,264.468.996
o5 6,887.058.991
he15 20,661.168.684
aileen3 4,132.23nan
they9 12,396.698.679
full2 2,754.828.230
hid5 6,887.058.226
burns2 2,754.827.847
a35 48,209.377.645
too2 2,754.827.246
night2 2,754.827.226
one2 2,754.827.106
roon3 4,132.237.083
work2 2,754.827.028
sure2 2,754.826.366
were4 5,509.646.360
his10 13,774.105.971
great2 2,754.825.579
made3 4,132.235.577
new3 4,132.235.285
nicht3 4,132.235.096
niver2 2,754.824.906
got3 4,132.234.346
years2 2,754.824.337
folk2 2,754.824.320
but7 9,641.874.308
see4 5,509.644.213
things2 2,754.823.756
left2 2,754.823.394
afore3 4,132.233.289
same2 2,754.823.288
that3 4,132.233.094
it14 19,283.752.874
the32 44,077.132.864
didna2 2,754.822.830
wee4 5,509.642.799
kent2 2,754.822.473
ower4 5,509.642.472
jist3 4,132.232.367
still2 2,754.822.362
mak2 2,754.822.209
and2 2,754.822.136
hame2 2,754.822.067
could2 2,754.822.040
my2 2,754.821.881
there4 5,509.641.830
is2 2,754.821.752
as2 2,754.821.657
fit2 2,754.821.426
scotland2 2,754.821.405
here2 2,754.821.264
ye2 2,754.821.152
awa2 2,754.821.076
ken2 2,754.820.964
wis10 13,774.100.860
by2 2,754.820.583
on3 4,132.230.541
him3 4,132.230.512
in9 12,396.690.502
oot2 2,754.820.423
nae3 4,132.230.372
aboot3 4,132.230.302
been2 2,754.820.286
day2 2,754.820.212
worket2 2,754.82nan
back2 2,754.820.155
be3 4,132.230.129
hae2 2,754.820.057