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 10,309.2876.912
musselburgh5 7,363.7746.778
music6 8,836.5240.303
band5 7,363.7739.411
accordion3 4,418.2633.458
maun7 10,309.2829.765
dance4 5,891.0227.159
platform3 4,418.2626.835
phoenix2 2,945.5125.537
fiddle3 4,418.2625.470
festival3 4,418.2622.472
aul3 4,418.2622.185
max2 2,945.5120.985
far's2 2,945.5120.985
dumfries2 2,945.5120.985
fraser2 2,945.5118.554
musicians2 2,945.5117.591
annual2 2,945.5117.591
association2 2,945.5115.615
healthy2 2,945.5114.979
oor6 8,836.5211.870
price2 2,945.5111.827
club2 2,945.5111.574
hall2 2,945.5111.223
ardrishaig4 5,891.02nan
theatre2 2,945.5111.453
groups2 2,945.5110.954
the61 89,838.0010.713
aa6 8,836.529.331
bill3 4,418.269.217
haudin2 2,945.518.460
start2 2,945.518.105
century2 2,945.517.826
same3 4,418.267.333
at11 16,200.297.183
scottish3 4,418.266.823
black2 2,945.516.705
bi4 5,891.026.627
it's3 4,418.265.485
nicht3 4,418.265.449
thegither2 2,945.515.241
young2 2,945.515.159
go2 2,945.514.251
on9 13,254.794.239
wi10 14,727.543.796
are3 4,418.263.192
anither2 2,945.512.880
some3 4,418.262.841
ower4 5,891.022.817
een2 2,945.512.628
houliston2 2,945.51nan
as8 11,782.032.848
it4 5,891.022.518
gie2 2,945.512.506
new2 2,945.512.460
did2 2,945.512.350
fae4 5,891.021.788
they5 7,363.771.701
nae4 5,891.021.698
fit2 2,945.511.605
scotland2 2,945.511.536
that10 14,727.541.427
back3 4,418.261.387
tae19 27,982.331.289
o18 26,509.571.103
his2 2,945.511.101
for6 8,836.521.080
twa2 2,945.510.988
lochgilphead2 2,945.51nan
said2 2,945.510.916
a16 23,564.060.839
jist2 2,945.510.787
bit3 4,418.260.747
mcglynn2 2,945.51nan
is2 2,945.511.424
sae2 2,945.510.663
see2 2,945.510.614
noo2 2,945.510.598
and3 4,418.260.596
in13 19,145.800.527
been2 2,945.510.381
oot2 2,945.510.289
or3 4,418.260.263
an19 27,982.330.184
up2 2,945.510.151
hae2 2,945.510.101
be4 5,891.020.094
we3 4,418.260.036
ye4 5,891.020.031
wis7 10,309.280.002
i4 5,891.020.000