A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnstone, Ian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 946
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 466
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.03
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, tae, in, a, as, wi, wir, that,

List of texts in corpus

Tuney Loon's low doon
The Fraserburgh Herald (03-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (946 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
wir11 11,627.9145.673
fir10 10,570.8238.447
and27 28,541.2337.566
figs3 3,171.2532.489
syrup3 3,171.2529.838
rhymes3 3,171.2527.515
league3 3,171.2526.624
onyhoo2 2,114.1624.209
sitch2 2,114.1624.209
andrew's2 2,114.1624.209
daid2 2,114.1624.209
incase2 2,114.1624.209
mebbe5 5,285.4122.966
infant2 2,114.1622.485
middle-aged2 2,114.1622.485
folk6 6,342.4922.064
pupil2 2,114.1618.504
intentions2 2,114.1618.504
aa9 9,513.7415.074
clessroom2 2,114.1615.056
an8 8,456.6614.687
adult2 2,114.1614.659
gun2 2,114.1614.474
youth2 2,114.1614.298
o38 40,169.1314.224
fixed2 2,114.1614.130
report3 3,171.2512.936
skweel2 2,114.1612.018
aald2 2,114.1611.400
mind5 5,285.4111.183
ither6 6,342.4911.019
less3 3,171.2510.943
sae7 7,399.5810.800
generations2 2,114.1610.798
amang3 3,171.2510.505
as15 15,856.2410.320
wheen3 3,171.259.520
yin4 4,228.337.891
them6 6,342.497.697
weys2 2,114.167.393
yaised2 2,114.167.365
stuff2 2,114.167.311
er2 2,114.167.284
agayn3 3,171.25nan
their6 6,342.497.070
ask2 2,114.166.977
must2 2,114.166.977
bring2 2,114.166.857
aften2 2,114.166.717
high2 2,114.166.672
else2 2,114.166.519
each2 2,114.166.413
things3 3,171.256.389
tellin2 2,114.166.153
bairns3 3,171.256.084
some5 5,285.416.021
every2 2,114.165.806
bin2 2,114.165.108
when4 4,228.334.920
weel4 4,228.334.602
hoo2 2,114.164.595
young2 2,114.164.009
a18 19,027.483.994
it's3 3,171.253.907
nicht3 3,171.253.874
get4 4,228.333.849
thocht3 3,171.253.439
best2 2,114.163.313
the68 71,881.613.007
lik2 2,114.162.985
yon2 2,114.162.952
wi12 12,684.992.907
his2 2,114.162.823
noo4 4,228.332.765
weanhood2 2,114.16nan
went2 2,114.162.736
than3 3,171.252.624
hae5 5,285.412.605
days2 2,114.162.565
same2 2,114.162.468
liberation2 2,114.16nan
efter3 3,171.252.376
we7 7,399.582.268
her2 2,114.162.163
fine2 2,114.162.080
saalts2 2,114.16nan
be2 2,114.162.065
at3 3,171.251.913
us3 3,171.251.907
anither2 2,114.161.904
day4 4,228.331.895
it7 7,399.581.839
in20 21,141.651.724
is3 3,171.251.684
micht2 2,114.161.623
ony2 2,114.161.560
maist2 2,114.161.543
whit4 4,228.331.432
my2 2,114.161.221
baein2 2,114.16nan
commonsense2 2,114.16nan
say2 2,114.161.161
ye3 3,171.251.023
they2 2,114.160.905
i8 8,456.660.896
bit4 4,228.330.853
then2 2,114.160.806
wis7 7,399.580.780
wid2 2,114.160.723
back3 3,171.250.492
me2 2,114.160.454
aboot4 4,228.330.451
tae23 24,312.900.371
forecastable2 2,114.16nan
twa2 2,114.160.371
for4 4,228.330.353
of2 2,114.160.303
aye2 2,114.160.283
oot3 3,171.250.266
jist2 2,114.160.241
nae2 2,114.160.194
can2 2,114.160.190
fae2 2,114.160.166
no2 2,114.160.105
there2 2,114.160.085
that10 10,570.820.047
this4 4,228.330.040
but4 4,228.330.023
on6 6,342.490.007
ower2 2,114.160.006
mair2 2,114.160.002
or3 3,171.250.001