Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skinner, Alison C.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 499
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 291
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.715
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, her, she, in, an, a, o, hid, we, it,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (123 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (376 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
granmither's	6	12,024.05	82.800
her	22	44,088.18	56.129
foun	5	10,020.04	51.485
she	17	34,068.14	35.954
granmither	3	6,012.02	35.299
hid	8	16,032.06	24.786
fan	5	10,020.04	24.540
leaves	3	6,012.02	22.215
inside	4	8,016.03	21.995
winnert	2	4,008.02	20.160
wardrobe	2	4,008.02	19.430
mither's	2	4,008.02	18.539
she'd	3	6,012.02	18.507
covert	2	4,008.02	18.282
box	3	6,012.02	17.786
waddin	2	4,008.02	16.503
gaithert	2	4,008.02	15.282
haud	3	6,012.02	12.678
buiks	2	4,008.02	12.262
amon	4	8,016.03	nan
aneth	2	4,008.02	11.573
laid	2	4,008.02	11.529
ilka	3	6,012.02	11.288
throwe	2	4,008.02	10.876
aa	5	10,020.04	8.528
its	4	8,016.03	8.505
syne	3	6,012.02	7.736
we	7	14,028.06	7.652
een	3	6,012.02	7.405
ain	3	6,012.02	5.534
wid	3	6,012.02	5.330
only	2	4,008.02	4.862
last	2	4,008.02	4.729
some	3	6,012.02	4.184
tae	5	10,020.04	3.868
in	12	24,048.10	1.995
a	10	20,040.08	1.661
by	2	4,008.02	1.344
the	25	50,100.20	0.645
on	2	4,008.02	0.436
for	4	8,016.03	0.432
him	2	4,008.02	0.294
his	2	4,008.02	0.291
an	11	22,044.09	0.269
it	7	14,028.06	0.211
that	4	8,016.03	0.185
o	9	18,036.07	0.172
wis	6	12,024.05	0.162
minet	2	4,008.02	nan
wi	4	8,016.03	0.017
leviathan	2	4,008.02	nan
haun	2	4,008.02	5.825
at	3	6,012.02	0.015
they	2	4,008.02	0.002
as	3	6,012.02	0.001