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 28,925.62233.381
en19 26,170.80127.258
fergie10 13,774.10119.515
harry9 12,396.6971.776
croft3 4,132.2333.130
sharn3 4,132.2330.224
abody4 5,509.6430.144
partridge2 2,754.8225.318
an2 2,754.8224.852
for17 23,415.9822.979
grey4 5,509.6422.729
pudding2 2,754.8222.410
iye2 2,754.8220.147
plooin2 2,754.8219.139
rare3 4,132.2319.031
so7 9,641.8718.588
wid7 9,641.8718.343
neuk3 4,132.2318.152
getting3 4,132.2317.261
dee4 5,509.6416.460
east3 4,132.2316.219
stanley2 2,754.8215.398
tractor2 2,754.8215.229
fan4 5,509.6415.226
happy3 4,132.2315.204
big5 6,887.0514.828
haggis2 2,754.8214.089
fairm2 2,754.8213.849
here's2 2,754.8213.109
affa4 5,509.6412.998
aul2 2,754.8212.831
fairly2 2,754.8211.883
mony4 5,509.6411.803
davie2 2,754.8211.009
lang5 6,887.0510.679
hairt2 2,754.8210.637
found2 2,754.8210.637
we10 13,774.1010.497
realised2 2,754.829.988
s14 19,283.759.648
mare2 2,754.829.509
o5 6,887.059.168
time6 8,264.469.086
ca2 2,754.829.052
he15 20,661.168.597
they9 12,396.698.583
full2 2,754.828.305
aileen3 4,132.23nan
hid5 6,887.058.282
burns2 2,754.827.922
a35 48,209.377.616
too2 2,754.827.341
night2 2,754.827.300
work2 2,754.827.279
one2 2,754.827.199
roon3 4,132.236.874
sure2 2,754.826.314
were4 5,509.646.187
his10 13,774.105.914
made3 4,132.235.621
great2 2,754.825.468
new3 4,132.235.344
nicht3 4,132.235.086
niver2 2,754.824.856
but7 9,641.874.393
years2 2,754.824.322
folk2 2,754.824.306
got3 4,132.234.298
see4 5,509.644.237
things2 2,754.823.650
left2 2,754.823.410
same2 2,754.823.306
afore3 4,132.233.227
that3 4,132.233.140
it14 19,283.752.982
didna2 2,754.822.862
wee4 5,509.642.790
the32 44,077.132.739
ower4 5,509.642.484
kent2 2,754.822.468
still2 2,754.822.344
jist3 4,132.232.266
mak2 2,754.822.160
and2 2,754.822.092
could2 2,754.822.072
hame2 2,754.822.072
my2 2,754.821.938
there4 5,509.641.844
is2 2,754.821.740
as2 2,754.821.711
scotland2 2,754.821.397
fit2 2,754.821.377
here2 2,754.821.264
ye2 2,754.821.137
awa2 2,754.821.050
ken2 2,754.820.951
wis10 13,774.100.908
on3 4,132.230.568
by2 2,754.820.536
in9 12,396.690.523
him3 4,132.230.511
oot2 2,754.820.411
nae3 4,132.230.370
been2 2,754.820.305
aboot3 4,132.230.287
day2 2,754.820.232
be3 4,132.230.124
hae2 2,754.820.044
worket2 2,754.82nan
back2 2,754.820.168