A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Hardie, Buff

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 784
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 329
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.383
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an', i, ye, tae, it, o', at, wis, a,

List of texts in corpus

Dod 'n' Bunty
Evening Express (11-03-2000) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (784 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
an'24 30,612.24174.902
o'16 20,408.16108.017
peterheid5 6,377.5556.817
photie5 6,377.5551.387
instructions4 5,102.0439.591
porridge4 5,102.0439.037
i23 29,336.7337.258
booth3 3,826.5333.617
it's9 11,479.5931.817
ye20 25,510.2030.981
card3 3,826.5328.640
tape3 3,826.5327.749
criminal3 3,826.5327.749
fit9 11,479.5927.154
button3 3,826.5325.974
quid3 3,826.5325.390
crackly2 2,551.0224.961
audio2 2,551.0224.961
pressed3 3,826.5324.371
at's4 5,102.0423.964
access3 3,826.5322.234
sittin'2 2,551.0222.053
instruction2 2,551.0222.053
ta'en2 2,551.0222.053
an4 5,102.0419.265
prison2 2,551.0218.783
leisure2 2,551.0218.361
green4 5,102.0418.048
look5 6,377.5517.878
d'ye2 2,551.0217.633
so7 8,928.5717.521
fower4 5,102.0417.495
cope2 2,551.0217.018
buttons2 2,551.0216.743
shottie2 2,551.0216.245
widna3 3,826.5316.193
wi'3 3,826.5316.136
press3 3,826.5316.136
photies2 2,551.0213.736
een5 6,377.5513.018
weel6 7,653.0612.591
neen2 2,551.0211.748
bunty3 3,826.53nan
at15 19,132.6513.012
far4 5,102.0411.543
onywye2 2,551.0211.533
my5 6,377.5511.402
deen2 2,551.0211.395
simple2 2,551.0211.395
words3 3,826.5310.362
mean3 3,826.539.997
that's3 3,826.539.797
fan3 3,826.539.537
still4 5,102.048.726
naething2 2,551.028.548
use2 2,551.028.548
get5 6,377.557.888
money2 2,551.027.609
happened2 2,551.027.442
sunday2 2,551.027.027
three3 3,826.537.012
word2 2,551.026.808
looked2 2,551.026.158
foo2 2,551.025.942
didna3 3,826.535.877
few2 2,551.025.839
yer5 6,377.555.533
but8 10,204.085.501
a13 16,581.635.268
there6 7,653.065.124
oh2 2,551.025.114
wis15 19,132.655.020
new3 3,826.534.910
think3 3,826.534.874
came2 2,551.024.775
hid4 5,102.044.693
could3 3,826.534.533
hear2 2,551.024.470
pit3 3,826.534.257
it16 20,408.164.053
got3 3,826.533.987
them4 5,102.043.867
dinna2 2,551.023.602
me6 7,653.063.318
last2 2,551.023.223
you4 5,102.043.002
dae3 3,826.532.864
baith2 2,551.022.826
telt2 2,551.022.603
richt3 3,826.532.599
nae5 6,377.552.551
for8 10,204.082.390
mind2 2,551.022.142
ony2 2,551.022.068
maist2 2,551.022.051
did2 2,551.021.940
if3 3,826.531.912
on8 10,204.081.777
come2 2,551.021.757
thocht2 2,551.021.685
booths2 2,551.02nan
language2 2,551.021.723
time3 3,826.531.370
she2 2,551.021.288
that11 14,030.611.232
ither2 2,551.021.062
were2 2,551.020.994
in9 11,479.590.943
to2 2,551.020.805
ken2 2,551.020.803
are2 2,551.020.773
auld2 2,551.020.693
some2 2,551.020.613
of2 2,551.020.602
oot2 2,551.020.599
aye2 2,551.020.577
jist2 2,551.020.519
can2 2,551.020.447
by2 2,551.020.431
this2 2,551.020.375
see2 2,551.020.374
the42 53,571.430.319
fae3 3,826.530.276
is6 7,653.060.264
aboot3 3,826.530.180
tae16 20,408.160.036
we3 3,826.530.003
like2 2,551.020.003
up3 3,826.530.000