A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gilbert, Jo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,722
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 754
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.284
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, aa, tae, a, o, fae, ma, in, nae,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (484 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (172 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (211 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (532 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (323 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
aa51 29,616.72184.639
iss10 5,807.2084.471
fae33 19,163.7671.829
wae17 9,872.2455.058
ma33 19,163.7648.972
hame16 9,291.5248.882
come14 8,130.0838.263
nae24 13,937.2838.067
yer19 11,033.6837.794
anthology3 1,742.1633.947
am8 4,645.7630.612
gilbert3 1,742.1627.004
jo3 1,742.1625.577
panel3 1,742.1623.469
we're5 2,903.6022.407
bricks2 1,161.4421.811
aa'm2 1,161.4421.811
wrecked2 1,161.4420.088
necht2 1,161.4420.088
recht2 1,161.4420.088
standardisation2 1,161.4420.088
decision3 1,742.1619.921
wyes3 1,742.1619.684
merried2 1,161.4418.907
kint2 1,161.4418.907
it's9 5,226.4818.851
established2 1,161.4417.268
the63 36,585.3716.952
enough5 2,903.6016.560
dinnae6 3,484.3216.187
chunce2 1,161.4416.115
companion2 1,161.4416.115
ats2 1,161.4415.645
kin6 3,484.3215.621
gym2 1,161.4415.225
doric4 2,322.8814.853
questions3 1,742.1613.979
mou3 1,742.1613.183
rugby2 1,161.4413.122
hink3 1,742.1612.965
ye22 12,775.8412.817
summin2 1,161.4412.683
fiction2 1,161.4412.683
golf2 1,161.4412.481
neighbours2 1,161.4412.481
pamphlet2 1,161.4412.106
create2 1,161.4412.106
ging3 1,742.1611.930
nivver4 2,322.8811.755
smokin2 1,161.4411.303
hate2 1,161.4411.023
writer2 1,161.4410.891
project2 1,161.4410.403
eens2 1,161.4410.291
spend2 1,161.4410.291
gettin4 2,322.8810.289
wirk3 1,742.1610.274
oor9 5,226.4810.204
afore8 4,645.769.938
love3 1,742.169.782
lips2 1,161.449.584
made6 3,484.329.544
that6 3,484.329.533
skweel2 1,161.449.405
pittin3 1,742.169.333
wearin2 1,161.449.318
cos3 1,742.169.297
ba2 1,161.449.151
we16 9,291.528.863
fan4 2,322.888.792
bit12 6,968.648.783
poet2 1,161.448.619
freens2 1,161.448.619
fit7 4,065.048.455
onywye2 1,161.448.346
grunny2 1,161.448.281
rules2 1,161.448.217
oorsels2 1,161.448.032
wirds4 2,322.887.814
safe2 1,161.447.688
hall2 1,161.447.688
folk4 2,322.887.485
aathin2 1,161.447.374
wish2 1,161.447.324
denner2 1,161.447.324
gled2 1,161.447.086
hings2 1,161.446.906
teachers2 1,161.446.820
aroon3 1,742.166.777
led2 1,161.446.418
mare2 1,161.446.197
cup2 1,161.446.127
fa3 1,742.166.099
she'd2 1,161.446.058
readin2 1,161.445.957
watchin2 1,161.445.892
listen2 1,161.445.860
ahin2 1,161.445.796
ony5 2,903.605.777
sleep2 1,161.445.613
gan2 1,161.445.411
there's2 1,161.445.328
airms2 1,161.445.274
she3 1,742.165.170
say5 2,903.605.141
aa've2 1,161.44nan
if7 4,065.045.131
hope2 1,161.445.067
pit5 2,903.604.971
cannae3 1,742.164.749
met2 1,161.444.667
are6 3,484.324.629
buik2 1,161.444.624
isnae2 1,161.444.581
idea2 1,161.444.538
they2 1,161.444.536
feart2 1,161.444.476
late2 1,161.444.455
heid5 2,903.604.319
believe2 1,161.444.257
a37 21,486.643.981
yersel2 1,161.443.797
ain5 2,903.603.797
een4 2,322.883.790
aa'll2 1,161.44nan
doon8 4,645.763.713
wye3 1,742.163.697
lik3 1,742.163.566
an57 33,101.053.530
yon3 1,742.163.493
makkin2 1,161.443.266
open2 1,161.443.123
sic3 1,742.163.121
wrang2 1,161.443.073
should2 1,161.442.782
felt2 1,161.442.738
get5 2,903.602.542
aboot2 1,161.442.506
masel2 1,161.442.407
is6 3,484.322.403
these2 1,161.442.325
hid5 2,903.602.226
her5 2,903.602.050
and7 4,065.042.009
hear2 1,161.441.898
feel2 1,161.441.869
years2 1,161.441.660
as15 8,710.801.655
maist3 1,742.161.585
bi4 2,322.881.558
or3 1,742.161.507
mak3 1,742.161.482
could3 1,742.161.339
at15 8,710.801.244
up4 2,322.881.214
want2 1,161.441.208
face2 1,161.441.089
far2 1,161.441.059
for13 7,549.360.978
you5 2,903.600.977
day5 2,903.600.732
baith2 1,161.440.722
big2 1,161.440.652
telt2 1,161.440.621
wid3 1,742.160.563
here3 1,742.160.541
efter3 1,742.160.530
fur3 1,742.160.495
on13 7,549.360.495
bein2 1,161.440.489
been2 1,161.440.488
noo4 2,322.880.482
weel3 1,742.160.448
oot9 5,226.480.400
intae4 2,322.880.369
it23 13,356.560.368
still2 1,161.440.363
in30 17,421.600.361
even2 1,161.440.352
micht2 1,161.440.346
new2 1,161.440.319
time4 2,322.880.263
tae40 23,228.800.248
sae2 1,161.440.200
be10 5,807.200.193
twa3 1,742.160.190
language2 1,161.440.171
scots5 2,903.600.161
jist2 1,161.440.135
wis16 9,291.520.134
ay2 1,161.440.124
aye2 1,161.440.117
wee3 1,742.160.101
back3 1,742.160.086
me5 2,903.600.041
see3 1,742.160.021
us2 1,161.440.017
o35 20,325.200.008
awa2 1,161.440.004
their3 1,742.160.001
hae4 2,322.880.000
aa'd2 1,161.44nan