A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Chapman, Henry

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 283
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.726
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, wis, n, tae, we, ma, fin, he, and,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2018-09-22) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (131 words)


Facebook (2018-10-23) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (152 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
n7 24,734.9845.762
ging4 14,134.2832.732
fin6 21,201.4129.848
ats2 7,067.1423.919
stracht2 7,067.1420.864
peats2 7,067.1418.097
we7 24,734.9813.801
wye3 10,600.7113.384
some4 14,134.2811.441
loon2 7,067.1411.397
ma6 21,201.419.956
took2 7,067.148.854
wid3 10,600.718.364
niver2 7,067.148.332
dinnae2 7,067.147.970
gang2 7,067.147.970
faither2 7,067.147.857
set2 7,067.147.123
by3 10,600.716.391
an2 7,067.145.505
wis7 24,734.984.362
lang2 7,067.144.356
ll2 7,067.144.049
there3 10,600.713.981
and5 17,667.843.628
he6 21,201.413.620
auld2 7,067.143.482
o2 7,067.143.461
jist2 7,067.143.060
fowk2 7,067.143.046
s5 17,667.842.913
d2 7,067.142.684
his4 14,134.282.487
i4 14,134.282.404
doon2 7,067.141.971
in2 7,067.141.685
bit2 7,067.141.511
nae2 7,067.141.253
ye3 10,600.711.125
but2 7,067.140.595
they2 7,067.140.594
oot2 7,067.140.463
the18 63,604.240.168
tae7 24,734.980.135
ah2 7,067.140.128
a8 28,268.550.012