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Elphinstone Institute

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,907
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 597
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.194
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, o, tae, in, doric, scots, a, leid, for,

List of texts in corpus

Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines
Aberdeenshire Council (01-08-2017) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as government (1,907 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
doric51 26,743.58455.630
aiberdeenshire18 9,438.91184.939
leid28 14,682.75120.035
heirskip9 4,719.45106.988
curriculum11 5,768.2291.769
award9 4,719.4582.748
an120 62,926.0676.308
skweels6 3,146.3066.658
cooncil12 6,292.6164.872
support12 6,292.6164.592
develop7 3,670.6961.577
scots35 18,353.4360.710
nor-east6 3,146.3060.508
scotland20 10,487.6856.169
education12 6,292.6154.091
larnin16 8,390.14nan
opportunities7 3,670.6955.229
regional8 4,195.0753.941
pairtnership5 2,621.9250.687
excellence5 2,621.9250.687
spik8 4,195.0745.952
larn4 2,097.5445.427
larners10 5,243.84nan
skills7 3,670.6945.724
engage5 2,621.9244.821
minority8 4,195.0741.460
developin5 2,621.9241.188
recognises4 2,097.5436.989
educational5 2,621.9236.845
scrievin6 3,146.3036.230
o82 42,999.4836.229
encouragin4 2,097.5436.033
charter4 2,097.5434.412
promote5 2,621.9233.848
eese5 2,621.9233.291
cultural7 3,670.6932.965
leids9 4,719.4532.758
communities5 2,621.9232.511
unique4 2,097.5428.183
pairt9 4,719.4527.967
sqa3 1,573.1527.253
elphinstone3 1,573.1527.253
benefits4 2,097.5426.685
spukken3 1,573.1526.384
value4 2,097.5425.664
their16 8,390.1425.657
local6 3,146.3023.544
establishments6 3,146.30nan
throwe5 2,621.9223.390
related3 1,573.1523.311
policy5 2,621.9223.294
practice4 2,097.5423.225
in59 30,938.6522.842
culture6 3,146.3022.751
development4 2,097.5422.558
institute3 1,573.1522.424
literacy3 1,573.1522.027
scottish9 4,719.4521.921
links3 1,573.1521.654
fulfillin2 1,048.7721.396
highlichts2 1,048.7721.396
environments2 1,048.7721.396
ilkae2 1,048.7721.396
awareness3 1,573.1520.973
secondary3 1,573.1520.660
create3 1,573.1520.660
includin4 2,097.5420.120
recognised3 1,573.1519.811
learners2 1,048.7718.493
teachers4 2,097.5418.372
provision3 1,573.1518.210
principles3 1,573.1517.823
studies3 1,573.1517.639
supports2 1,048.7717.588
recognition3 1,573.1517.288
access3 1,573.1516.347
will9 4,719.4516.304
experiences2 1,048.7716.236
phase2 1,048.7715.703
objectives2 1,048.7715.703
wealth2 1,048.7715.703
wards2 1,048.7715.703
historic2 1,048.7715.703
cultures2 1,048.7715.233
chaunce2 1,048.7715.233
study3 1,573.1515.059
themes2 1,048.7714.814
specifically2 1,048.7714.814
promotin2 1,048.7714.814
weys4 2,097.5414.708
learnin3 1,573.1514.617
engagin2 1,048.7714.435
launched2 1,048.7714.435
government5 2,621.9213.977
appropriate2 1,048.7713.772
are10 5,243.8413.571
senior2 1,048.7713.479
a31 16,255.9013.432
tae66 34,609.3313.294
makin4 2,097.5413.223
supportin2 1,048.7713.206
census3 1,573.1513.049
inclusion2 1,048.7712.952
bairns'2 1,048.7712.952
share3 1,573.1512.737
effective2 1,048.7712.712
essential2 1,048.7712.712
engagement2 1,048.7712.712
teachin3 1,573.1512.588
key3 1,573.1512.588
indigenous2 1,048.7712.487
it8 4,195.0712.451
developed2 1,048.7712.274
encourage2 1,048.7711.881
environment2 1,048.7711.881
poetry3 1,573.1511.768
aiberdeen3 1,573.1511.768
mony6 3,146.3011.745
unnerstaunin2 1,048.7711.524
respeck2 1,048.7711.358
recognise2 1,048.7711.358
his2 1,048.7711.129
materials2 1,048.7710.755
islands2 1,048.7710.619
celebrate2 1,048.7710.487
appendix3 1,573.15nan
hiv5 2,621.9210.471
for23 12,060.8310.460
life6 3,146.3010.217
use3 1,573.1510.190
historical2 1,048.7710.000
heeze2 1,048.7710.000
bigg2 1,048.779.888
context2 1,048.779.888
equal2 1,048.779.570
fa4 2,097.549.482
texts2 1,048.779.372
provide2 1,048.779.184
resources2 1,048.779.094
diversity2 1,048.778.919
school3 1,573.158.909
community3 1,573.158.873
bring3 1,573.158.730
bairns5 2,621.928.557
creative2 1,048.778.516
gie6 3,146.308.245
range2 1,048.778.153
sangs2 1,048.778.018
population2 1,048.777.952
rich2 1,048.777.823
area2 1,048.777.521
wark4 2,097.547.521
areas2 1,048.777.464
haill2 1,048.777.190
buiks2 1,048.777.190
university2 1,048.777.036
groups2 1,048.776.986
whilk2 1,048.776.840
places2 1,048.776.522
sure3 1,573.156.476
plenty2 1,048.776.231
fowk8 4,195.076.184
we2 1,048.775.871
l2 1,048.775.819
centre2 1,048.775.715
aa9 4,719.455.626
order2 1,048.775.615
biggin2 1,048.775.517
far4 2,097.545.314
stories2 1,048.775.154
airts2 1,048.774.960
young3 1,573.154.560
means2 1,048.774.558
tobar2 1,048.77nan
early2 1,048.774.653
dualchais2 1,048.77nan
european2 1,048.775.361
language5 2,621.924.493
fun2 1,048.774.442
important2 1,048.774.288
sang2 1,048.774.245
oot3 1,573.154.150
at6 3,146.303.999
languages2 1,048.773.637
gies2 1,048.773.553
up3 1,573.153.320
play2 1,048.773.127
amang2 1,048.773.085
atween3 1,573.153.055
as18 9,438.912.937
nae2 1,048.772.886
mak4 2,097.542.863
ither5 2,621.922.744
fae2 1,048.772.638
place3 1,573.152.542
should2 1,048.772.489
its5 2,621.922.483
by6 3,146.302.405
like2 1,048.772.326
baith3 1,573.152.107
these2 1,048.772.045
help2 1,048.771.886
they4 2,097.541.880
warld2 1,048.771.763
weel-bein2 1,048.77nan
ain4 2,097.541.554
wirds2 1,048.771.532
ower2 1,048.771.519
kent3 1,573.151.465
years2 1,048.771.406
on8 4,195.071.374
has2 1,048.771.198
and9 4,719.451.190
mair2 1,048.771.163
till2 1,048.771.126
hame3 1,573.151.090
day2 1,048.770.924
three2 1,048.770.835
richt4 2,097.540.826
fosterin2 1,048.77nan
wey3 1,573.150.684
of4 2,097.540.632
intae2 1,048.770.534
or8 4,195.070.446
see2 1,048.770.413
the105 55,060.300.379
can4 2,097.540.376
them4 2,097.540.289
be8 4,195.070.288
self-esteem2 1,048.77nan
is14 7,341.370.402
made2 1,048.770.273
weel3 1,573.150.263
this6 3,146.300.239
een2 1,048.770.239
oor2 1,048.770.220
tak2 1,048.770.117
get2 1,048.770.094
aboot5 2,621.920.088
hae5 2,621.920.062
wi15 7,865.760.034
that19 9,963.290.002
guid2 1,048.770.001