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 16,666.6795.279
sandy7 12,962.9676.360
he's8 14,814.8166.513
said14 25,925.9356.287
erchie's5 9,259.26nan
i'm7 12,962.9648.126
to10 18,518.5235.875
barman2 3,703.7019.842
of7 12,962.9619.026
bar3 5,555.5617.876
walter2 3,703.7017.723
maybe3 5,555.5617.514
actin2 3,703.7017.279
others2 3,703.7016.881
doctor3 5,555.5616.809
an2 3,703.7016.207
across3 5,555.5615.036
tired2 3,703.7014.631
once2 3,703.7014.631
table3 5,555.5614.336
round2 3,703.7014.322
i've2 3,703.7014.224
aul2 3,703.7014.036
all3 5,555.5613.109
and12 22,222.2212.302
that's3 5,555.5611.847
john3 5,555.5611.529
him7 12,962.9611.103
kin3 5,555.5610.421
cry2 3,703.7010.419
side3 5,555.569.995
his10 18,518.529.738
news2 3,703.709.583
reg3 5,555.56nan
corner2 3,703.7010.277
i'll2 3,703.709.414
o3 5,555.568.531
back5 9,259.267.313
next2 3,703.707.299
aboot6 11,111.117.039
me6 11,111.116.506
times2 3,703.706.282
got3 5,555.565.810
right2 3,703.705.556
was3 5,555.565.477
hiv2 3,703.705.386
i8 14,814.815.196
hit2 3,703.704.851
dinna2 3,703.704.844
ken3 5,555.564.237
it2 3,703.704.105
still2 3,703.703.276
on7 12,962.963.080
year2 3,703.702.930
you3 5,555.562.711
man2 3,703.702.312
lang2 3,703.702.276
fit2 3,703.702.153
bit3 5,555.561.402
tae8 14,814.811.274
jist2 3,703.701.255
see2 3,703.701.089
nae3 5,555.561.085
he7 12,962.960.962
ower2 3,703.700.430
hae2 3,703.700.364
up3 5,555.560.362
ye2 3,703.700.307
wi3 5,555.560.301
in10 18,518.520.285
as4 7,407.410.135
at4 7,407.410.075
be3 5,555.560.028
we2 3,703.700.011
the32 59,259.260.008
a16 29,629.630.003
for3 5,555.560.001