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 11,627.9145.452
fir10 10,570.8238.408
and27 28,541.2337.821
figs3 3,171.2532.477
syrup3 3,171.2529.826
rhymes3 3,171.2527.502
league3 3,171.2526.611
andrew's2 2,114.1624.201
onyhoo2 2,114.1624.201
daid2 2,114.1624.201
incase2 2,114.1624.201
sitch2 2,114.1624.201
mebbe5 5,285.4122.946
infant2 2,114.1622.477
middle-aged2 2,114.1622.477
folk6 6,342.4922.123
pupil2 2,114.1618.496
intentions2 2,114.1618.496
clessroom2 2,114.1615.047
an8 8,456.6615.038
adult2 2,114.1614.650
gun2 2,114.1614.650
aa9 9,513.7414.635
youth2 2,114.1614.290
fixed2 2,114.1614.290
o38 40,169.1314.075
report3 3,171.2512.924
skweel2 2,114.1611.915
aald2 2,114.1611.391
mind5 5,285.4111.210
ither6 6,342.4910.897
less3 3,171.2510.877
generations2 2,114.1610.860
sae7 7,399.5810.736
amang3 3,171.2510.444
as15 15,856.2410.199
wheen3 3,171.259.467
yin4 4,228.337.867
them6 6,342.497.678
stuff2 2,114.167.358
weys2 2,114.167.358
yaised2 2,114.167.250
er2 2,114.167.145
agayn3 3,171.25nan
ask2 2,114.167.145
must2 2,114.167.043
their6 6,342.497.016
bring2 2,114.166.896
aften2 2,114.166.732
high2 2,114.166.620
else2 2,114.166.533
each2 2,114.166.426
things3 3,171.256.315
tellin2 2,114.166.165
bairns3 3,171.256.073
some5 5,285.416.015
every2 2,114.165.940
when4 4,228.335.160
bin2 2,114.165.128
weel4 4,228.334.594
hoo2 2,114.164.588
young2 2,114.164.002
a18 19,027.483.943
get4 4,228.333.939
it's3 3,171.253.892
nicht3 3,171.253.875
thocht3 3,171.253.478
best2 2,114.163.337
lik2 2,114.162.978
the68 71,881.612.958
weanhood2 2,114.16nan
saalts2 2,114.16nan
yon2 2,114.162.926
his2 2,114.162.872
wi12 12,684.992.832
noo4 4,228.332.790
went2 2,114.162.753
than3 3,171.252.690
days2 2,114.162.671
hae5 5,285.412.582
same2 2,114.162.462
efter3 3,171.252.411
we7 7,399.582.225
her2 2,114.162.221
fine2 2,114.162.083
be2 2,114.162.070
baein2 2,114.16nan
at3 3,171.251.948
day4 4,228.331.934
us3 3,171.251.891
anither2 2,114.161.871
it7 7,399.581.773
in20 21,141.651.711
is3 3,171.251.691
micht2 2,114.161.594
maist2 2,114.161.528
whit4 4,228.331.472
ony2 2,114.161.452
my2 2,114.161.237
liberation2 2,114.16nan
commonsense2 2,114.16nan
say2 2,114.161.234
ye3 3,171.250.986
i8 8,456.660.953
they2 2,114.160.912
bit4 4,228.330.845
then2 2,114.160.818
wis7 7,399.580.794
wid2 2,114.160.710
back3 3,171.250.494
aboot4 4,228.330.436
for4 4,228.330.382
me2 2,114.160.381
twa2 2,114.160.360
tae23 24,312.900.351
of2 2,114.160.327
oot3 3,171.250.263
aye2 2,114.160.239
nae2 2,114.160.199
can2 2,114.160.196
fae2 2,114.160.151
no2 2,114.160.095
forecastable2 2,114.16nan
jist2 2,114.160.219
there2 2,114.160.080
that10 10,570.820.048
this4 4,228.330.041
but4 4,228.330.028
ower2 2,114.160.007
on6 6,342.490.004
or3 3,171.250.004
mair2 2,114.160.001