A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The Flying Pigs

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,765
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 696
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.536
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, i, tae, in, o, and, s, it, but,

List of texts in corpus

There’s nae reassurance over national insurance
Press and Journal (2022-04-09) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (356 words)

Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing
Press and Journal (2022-05-14) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (580 words)

The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep
Press and Journal (2018-11-12) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (426 words)

Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition
Press and Journal (2018-09-18) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (403 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
i52 29,461.7686.341
fan15 8,498.5869.990
my18 10,198.3056.863
an6 3,399.4355.560
fit17 9,631.7345.286
voting3 1,699.7231.647
fa8 4,532.5830.540
hiv9 5,099.1529.853
insurance3 1,699.7228.823
mail4 2,266.2927.977
rising3 1,699.7226.933
nae20 11,331.4425.493
cash3 1,699.7221.850
merried2 1,133.1421.763
arriving2 1,133.1421.763
venue2 1,133.1421.763
gan5 2,832.8621.476
wik3 1,699.7221.206
pay3 1,699.7220.355
cleaning2 1,133.1420.041
but21 11,898.0218.879
being4 2,266.2918.214
because5 2,832.8618.181
naeb2 1,133.1417.954
so10 5,665.7217.428
viable2 1,133.1417.220
and28 15,864.0216.650
drones2 1,133.1416.602
wedding2 1,133.1416.602
of11 6,232.2916.376
remote2 1,133.1416.068
onywye3 1,699.7215.045
dy3 1,699.7214.941
village3 1,699.7214.739
running2 1,133.1414.453
met4 2,266.2914.226
prices2 1,133.1413.842
earn2 1,133.1413.842
costs2 1,133.1413.842
dinna6 3,399.4313.801
funny3 1,699.7213.578
caul2 1,133.1413.075
seeing2 1,133.1413.075
naebdy2 1,133.1413.075
folks2 1,133.1412.849
youse2 1,133.1412.636
romantic2 1,133.1412.434
thinking2 1,133.1412.242
getting3 1,699.7212.103
telling2 1,133.1411.884
energy2 1,133.1411.557
s27 15,297.4511.427
politicians2 1,133.1411.404
get9 5,099.1511.356
understand2 1,133.1410.977
obviously2 1,133.1410.357
aboot14 7,932.019.972
thoosand2 1,133.149.925
court2 1,133.149.925
credit2 1,133.149.925
his2 1,133.149.794
sonya4 2,266.29nan
cos3 1,699.729.340
instead2 1,133.148.945
canna4 2,266.298.893
control2 1,133.148.717
national3 1,699.727.639
tried3 1,699.727.639
date2 1,133.147.379
very3 1,699.727.366
plan2 1,133.147.329
into2 1,133.147.182
the77 43,626.067.129
surprise2 1,133.147.088
if8 4,532.587.003
m7 3,966.016.961
september2 1,133.146.950
affa4 2,266.296.775
lot3 1,699.726.491
ging2 1,133.146.489
een5 2,832.866.250
mind5 2,832.866.182
am3 1,699.726.056
he7 3,966.015.854
far4 2,266.295.798
gets2 1,133.145.785
pal2 1,133.145.691
ony5 2,832.865.690
onythin2 1,133.145.570
ma2 1,133.145.539
withoot2 1,133.145.511
masel3 1,699.725.455
wiz5 2,832.865.431
form2 1,133.145.424
ll6 3,399.435.381
we14 7,932.015.208
course2 1,133.145.152
is19 10,764.874.986
there10 5,665.724.920
on19 10,764.874.916
means2 1,133.144.854
kens2 1,133.144.582
re4 2,266.294.565
are6 3,399.434.502
big4 2,266.294.442
got5 2,832.864.420
disnae2 1,133.144.393
ken6 3,399.434.341
hale3 1,699.724.304
in39 22,096.324.300
cooncil2 1,133.144.294
fact2 1,133.144.235
seen4 2,266.294.135
folk3 1,699.724.102
local2 1,133.144.013
their7 3,966.013.885
used2 1,133.143.874
couple2 1,133.143.840
wye3 1,699.723.672
about2 1,133.143.600
kind2 1,133.143.569
find2 1,133.143.554
nivver2 1,133.143.465
yon3 1,699.723.459
run2 1,133.143.309
something2 1,133.143.241
better3 1,699.723.225
they12 6,798.873.162
only3 1,699.723.151
next2 1,133.143.149
foo2 1,133.143.136
three3 1,699.723.023
last3 1,699.723.007
daein2 1,133.142.999
dae5 2,832.862.945
place3 1,699.722.776
first4 2,266.292.613
mean2 1,133.142.556
at17 9,631.732.481
these2 1,133.142.144
came2 1,133.142.135
fae2 1,133.142.123
comes2 1,133.142.119
time6 3,399.432.077
niver2 1,133.142.007
anither3 1,699.721.955
end2 1,133.141.865
feel2 1,133.141.829
bit2 1,133.141.795
right2 1,133.141.767
wid4 2,266.291.762
me9 5,099.151.728
jist5 2,832.861.660
sonja2 1,133.14nan
tae46 26,062.321.650
even3 1,699.721.627
ve3 1,699.721.592
years2 1,133.141.591
look2 1,133.141.591
da2 1,133.141.590
name2 1,133.141.566
oot11 6,232.291.526
best2 1,133.141.513
which2 1,133.141.483
think3 1,699.721.475
wis13 7,365.441.411
didnae2 1,133.141.382
up4 2,266.291.359
ayewiz2 1,133.14nan
year3 1,699.721.298
will3 1,699.721.209
set2 1,133.141.180
ye13 7,365.441.172
her6 3,399.431.165
things2 1,133.141.102
pit3 1,699.721.058
doon2 1,133.141.049
days2 1,133.140.987
you5 2,832.860.926
yer5 2,832.860.924
twa4 2,266.290.915
hid4 2,266.290.910
back2 1,133.140.839
thing2 1,133.140.769
wir2 1,133.140.763
was3 1,699.720.720
day2 1,133.140.672
life2 1,133.140.662
or4 2,266.290.648
than3 1,699.720.645
this5 2,832.860.508
til2 1,133.140.463
ither3 1,699.720.429
made2 1,133.140.379
d2 1,133.140.371
a56 31,728.050.338
as9 5,099.150.328
to3 1,699.720.304
new2 1,133.140.299
them2 1,133.140.271
see2 1,133.140.267
did2 1,133.140.249
it23 13,031.160.244
again2 1,133.140.236
nicht2 1,133.140.231
starbucks2 1,133.14nan
could2 1,133.140.201
been4 2,266.290.183
oor2 1,133.140.144
aye2 1,133.140.143
wee3 1,699.720.141
hoose2 1,133.140.128
for11 6,232.290.118
some2 1,133.140.084
said2 1,133.140.074
fowk3 1,699.720.042
can3 1,699.720.039
like5 2,832.860.037
mair4 2,266.290.032
by3 1,699.720.020
that18 10,198.300.018
then2 1,133.140.011
hae4 2,266.290.008
o36 20,396.600.007
noo3 1,699.720.006
wi13 7,365.440.003
weel2 1,133.140.003
be9 5,099.150.002
efter2 1,133.140.001
she9 5,099.150.000