A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Coutts, Pete

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 386
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 210
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.838
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, he, a, tae, his, in, was, calder, o,

List of texts in corpus

Belhelvie
bandcamp (2016-10-04) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (386 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
calder6 15,544.0485.833
and20 51,813.4748.146
rig4 10,362.6944.139
steam3 7,772.0229.879
engine3 7,772.0229.321
loon4 10,362.6925.953
was6 15,544.0422.397
pin2 5,181.3520.783
he13 33,678.7616.153
wheel2 5,181.3515.635
his10 25,906.7414.844
dyke2 5,181.3514.519
stopped2 5,181.3514.445
nearly2 5,181.3513.533
brig2 5,181.3511.898
far3 7,772.0210.958
er2 5,181.3510.898
roon3 7,772.0210.524
way2 5,181.358.475
belhelvie3 7,772.02nan
mak3 7,772.028.469
fae5 12,953.377.696
though2 5,181.357.286
road2 5,181.356.529
auld3 7,772.025.622
him4 10,362.694.971
noo3 7,772.024.682
aboot4 10,362.694.335
an5 12,953.372.947
they4 10,362.692.902
aff2 5,181.352.507
their2 5,181.351.810
day2 5,181.351.415
the28 72,538.861.354
up3 7,772.021.204
doon2 5,181.351.164
but3 7,772.021.135
that2 5,181.351.034
on4 10,362.690.937
there2 5,181.350.787
bit2 5,181.350.783
o6 15,544.040.513
tae10 25,906.740.352
this2 5,181.350.169
in7 18,134.720.162
a12 31,088.080.041
it5 12,953.370.038