A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Milligan, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 316
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 100
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.16
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, man, but, a, or, her, fu, brawlie, hair,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair
Lallans Magazine (2006-10-24 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (316 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
brawlie8 25,316.46112.496
buskit7 22,151.9091.642
jiggin6 18,987.3482.168
man14 44,303.8078.907
fu8 25,316.4668.565
waddin6 18,987.3467.314
grand7 22,151.9064.421
hair8 25,316.4658.391
tear5 15,822.7852.397
kythes5 15,822.7850.703
lass5 15,822.7842.072
she'd5 15,822.7840.378
but13 41,139.2438.010
or12 37,974.6837.449
kythe3 9,493.6729.580
cam6 18,987.3426.758
yon5 15,822.7825.598
she's3 9,493.6724.081
her11 34,810.1323.638
jist6 18,987.3419.774
heid5 15,822.7818.500
rubber2 6,329.1118.172
hid5 15,822.7815.480
an20 63,291.1413.064
they're2 6,329.1112.947
frae5 15,822.7812.426
heids2 6,329.1111.478
ower5 15,822.7811.050
oot5 15,822.785.947
on6 18,987.345.474
tae3 9,493.672.690
pvc3 9,493.67nan
their3 9,493.675.423
wis5 15,822.780.863
a12 37,974.680.767
up2 6,329.110.433
the17 53,797.470.115
s2 6,329.110.067
o7 22,151.900.038
she'2 6,329.11nan