A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Shepherd, Robbie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 679
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 339
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.003
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, tae, o, a, in, at, that, wi, on,

List of texts in corpus

Harknin tae the braw souns
John Benjamin (06-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (679 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
clubs7 10,309.2876.883
musselburgh5 7,363.7746.757
music6 8,836.5241.202
band5 7,363.7739.390
accordion3 4,418.2633.445
maun7 10,309.2829.764
dance4 5,891.0227.246
platform3 4,418.2626.822
phoenix2 2,945.5125.528
fiddle3 4,418.2625.457
festival3 4,418.2622.315
aul3 4,418.2622.173
max2 2,945.5120.977
far's2 2,945.5120.977
dumfries2 2,945.5120.977
fraser2 2,945.5118.546
musicians2 2,945.5117.583
annual2 2,945.5117.583
association2 2,945.5115.607
healthy2 2,945.5114.970
price2 2,945.5111.818
oor6 8,836.5211.815
club2 2,945.5111.690
hall2 2,945.5111.386
ardrishaig4 5,891.02nan
theatre2 2,945.5111.445
groups2 2,945.5110.945
the61 89,838.0010.632
bill3 4,418.269.191
aa6 8,836.529.045
haudin2 2,945.518.452
start2 2,945.518.121
century2 2,945.517.863
same3 4,418.267.322
at11 16,200.297.107
scottish3 4,418.266.938
black2 2,945.516.812
bi4 5,891.026.613
it's3 4,418.265.469
nicht3 4,418.265.451
thegither2 2,945.515.203
young2 2,945.515.151
go2 2,945.514.289
on9 13,254.794.175
wi10 14,727.543.721
are3 4,418.263.298
anither2 2,945.512.842
some3 4,418.262.838
as8 11,782.032.797
een2 2,945.512.589
gie2 2,945.512.542
houliston2 2,945.51nan
ower4 5,891.022.783
new2 2,945.512.469
it4 5,891.022.455
did2 2,945.512.373
fae4 5,891.021.840
they5 7,363.771.691
nae4 5,891.021.684
fit2 2,945.511.530
scotland2 2,945.511.530
that10 14,727.541.432
back3 4,418.261.390
tae19 27,982.331.256
his2 2,945.511.128
o18 26,509.571.070
for6 8,836.521.034
twa2 2,945.510.973
lochgilphead2 2,945.51nan
said2 2,945.510.927
a16 23,564.060.818
jist2 2,945.510.752
bit3 4,418.260.741
mcglynn2 2,945.51nan
is2 2,945.511.430
sae2 2,945.510.652
see2 2,945.510.616
noo2 2,945.510.608
and3 4,418.260.577
in13 19,145.800.522
been2 2,945.510.388
oot2 2,945.510.286
or3 4,418.260.241
up2 2,945.510.157
an19 27,982.330.147
hae2 2,945.510.098
be4 5,891.020.093
ye4 5,891.020.037
we3 4,418.260.032
wis7 10,309.280.001
i4 5,891.020.000