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 28,925.62241.308
en19 26,170.80127.774
fergie10 13,774.10119.237
harry9 12,396.6971.527
croft3 4,132.2333.046
sharn3 4,132.2330.141
abody4 5,509.6430.034
partridge2 2,754.8225.262
an2 2,754.8224.351
for17 23,415.9822.958
grey4 5,509.6422.744
pudding2 2,754.8222.354
iye2 2,754.8220.091
plooin2 2,754.8219.555
rare3 4,132.2318.863
so7 9,641.8718.470
wid7 9,641.8718.225
neuk3 4,132.2318.070
getting3 4,132.2317.116
dee4 5,509.6416.515
east3 4,132.2316.191
fan4 5,509.6415.439
stanley2 2,754.8215.343
happy3 4,132.2315.212
tractor2 2,754.8215.174
big5 6,887.0515.006
fairm2 2,754.8214.159
haggis2 2,754.8214.034
here's2 2,754.8213.054
affa4 5,509.6412.944
aul2 2,754.8212.867
fairly2 2,754.8211.971
mony4 5,509.6411.894
hairt2 2,754.8211.011
davie2 2,754.8210.955
we10 13,774.1010.783
lang5 6,887.0510.705
found2 2,754.8210.583
realised2 2,754.8210.109
mare2 2,754.829.531
s14 19,283.759.328
o5 6,887.059.074
ca2 2,754.829.065
time6 8,264.468.985
he15 20,661.168.745
aileen3 4,132.23nan
they9 12,396.698.686
hid5 6,887.058.255
full2 2,754.828.226
burns2 2,754.827.797
a35 48,209.377.683
too2 2,754.827.268
night2 2,754.827.247
one2 2,754.827.127
roon3 4,132.237.066
work2 2,754.827.050
sure2 2,754.826.387
were4 5,509.646.225
his10 13,774.106.004
made3 4,132.235.592
great2 2,754.825.563
new3 4,132.235.276
nicht3 4,132.235.112
niver2 2,754.824.927
got3 4,132.234.334
years2 2,754.824.332
but7 9,641.874.320
folk2 2,754.824.315
see4 5,509.644.222
things2 2,754.823.776
left2 2,754.823.406
afore3 4,132.233.307
same2 2,754.823.284
that3 4,132.233.124
it14 19,283.752.903
the32 44,077.132.879
didna2 2,754.822.848
wee4 5,509.642.796
kent2 2,754.822.482
ower4 5,509.642.481
still2 2,754.822.372
jist3 4,132.232.366
mak2 2,754.822.219
and2 2,754.822.179
hame2 2,754.822.083
could2 2,754.822.046
my2 2,754.821.897
there4 5,509.641.829
is2 2,754.821.743
as2 2,754.821.673
fit2 2,754.821.429
scotland2 2,754.821.363
here2 2,754.821.272
ye2 2,754.821.139
awa2 2,754.821.085
ken2 2,754.820.962
wis10 13,774.100.853
by2 2,754.820.561
on3 4,132.230.544
in9 12,396.690.517
him3 4,132.230.515
oot2 2,754.820.416
nae3 4,132.230.374
aboot3 4,132.230.298
been2 2,754.820.286
day2 2,754.820.215
worket2 2,754.82nan
back2 2,754.820.158
be3 4,132.230.126
hae2 2,754.820.052