A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Harper, Norman

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 540
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 278
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.942
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, said, and, his, in, to, erchie, tae, he's,

List of texts in corpus

Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village
The Press and Journal (11-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (540 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
erchie9 16,666.6795.317
sandy7 12,962.9676.389
he's8 14,814.8166.904
said14 25,925.9356.156
i'm7 12,962.9648.071
to10 18,518.5235.392
barman2 3,703.7019.851
of7 12,962.9618.809
walter2 3,703.7017.973
bar3 5,555.5617.942
actin2 3,703.7017.288
maybe3 5,555.5616.911
doctor3 5,555.5616.777
others2 3,703.7016.527
an2 3,703.7015.950
across3 5,555.5614.984
table3 5,555.5614.642
tired2 3,703.7014.639
once2 3,703.7014.430
erchie's5 9,259.26nan
round2 3,703.7014.330
i've2 3,703.7014.137
aul2 3,703.7014.044
all3 5,555.5613.099
and12 22,222.2212.198
that's3 5,555.5611.895
john3 5,555.5611.490
him7 12,962.9611.151
reg3 5,555.56nan
cry2 3,703.7010.500
kin3 5,555.5610.419
corner2 3,703.7010.320
side3 5,555.5610.019
his10 18,518.529.837
news2 3,703.709.450
i'll2 3,703.709.450
o3 5,555.568.466
back5 9,259.267.304
next2 3,703.707.216
aboot6 11,111.117.098
times2 3,703.706.289
me6 11,111.116.209
got3 5,555.565.779
was3 5,555.565.681
right2 3,703.705.545
hiv2 3,703.705.473
i8 14,814.815.081
hit2 3,703.704.888
dinna2 3,703.704.873
ken3 5,555.564.286
it2 3,703.704.174
still2 3,703.703.291
on7 12,962.963.129
year2 3,703.702.929
you3 5,555.562.584
lang2 3,703.702.299
man2 3,703.702.274
fit2 3,703.702.236
bit3 5,555.561.410
jist2 3,703.701.298
tae8 14,814.811.248
nae3 5,555.561.096
see2 3,703.701.086
he7 12,962.961.000
ower2 3,703.700.441
hae2 3,703.700.370
up3 5,555.560.370
ye2 3,703.700.323
in10 18,518.520.288
wi3 5,555.560.286
as4 7,407.410.144
at4 7,407.410.081
be3 5,555.560.028
the32 59,259.260.010
we2 3,703.700.009
a16 29,629.630.002
for3 5,555.560.000