A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Innes, Brian P.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 918
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 384
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.391
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, wis, tae, o, that, at, peacock, in,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (918 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
heidy6 6,535.9569.308
pupils7 7,625.2758.734
jim7 7,625.2749.981
hens5 5,446.6240.565
assembly3 3,267.9730.772
box5 5,446.6228.442
crisp3 3,267.9725.341
iss3 3,267.9723.663
peacock16 17,429.19nan
inverurie2 2,178.6522.602
interval2 2,178.6522.602
goonie2 2,178.6520.513
safely2 2,178.6519.777
crisps2 2,178.6519.157
late4 4,357.3018.733
pea2 2,178.6518.621
department2 2,178.6518.621
weel8 8,714.6018.502
says6 6,535.9517.235
mornin5 5,446.6216.486
office3 3,267.9716.000
wid7 7,625.2715.277
pole2 2,178.6514.591
girls2 2,178.6514.414
sharp2 2,178.6513.929
fan4 4,357.3013.592
got6 6,535.9513.157
science2 2,178.6513.109
landed2 2,178.6513.109
at16 17,429.1911.894
front3 3,267.9710.242
birds2 2,178.6510.156
imagine2 2,178.6510.044
boys2 2,178.659.675
lug2 2,178.659.576
wis20 21,786.499.296
teachers2 2,178.659.249
some6 6,535.959.148
managed2 2,178.659.117
feed2 2,178.658.786
jist6 6,535.958.668
masel3 3,267.978.536
second2 2,178.658.137
teacher2 2,178.658.008
show2 2,178.657.976
een4 4,357.307.730
bag2 2,178.657.673
soon2 2,178.657.341
school2 2,178.657.111
that18 19,607.846.932
richt5 5,446.626.849
i'm2 2,178.656.714
idea2 2,178.656.692
things3 3,267.976.508
hid5 5,446.626.401
middle2 2,178.656.339
gies2 2,178.656.037
nivver2 2,178.655.793
makkin2 2,178.655.444
foo2 2,178.655.340
next2 2,178.655.268
siller2 2,178.655.254
dee2 2,178.654.806
seen3 3,267.974.721
hae6 6,535.954.646
took2 2,178.654.525
a38 41,394.344.197
ye10 10,893.254.013
bit6 6,535.953.928
end2 2,178.653.884
and2 2,178.653.814
how2 2,178.653.628
haun2 2,178.653.628
hiv2 2,178.653.619
aye4 4,357.303.616
let2 2,178.653.547
go2 2,178.653.255
nae6 6,535.953.220
is2 2,178.653.176
i10 10,893.253.039
keep2 2,178.653.031
noo4 4,357.302.903
intae4 4,357.302.623
same2 2,178.652.545
were3 3,267.972.378
an31 33,769.062.372
for9 9,803.922.353
been4 4,357.302.274
aa4 4,357.302.250
aff3 3,267.971.887
bein2 2,178.651.887
twa3 3,267.971.835
ma7 7,625.271.788
micht2 2,178.651.694
mak2 2,178.651.570
nicht2 2,178.651.520
tak2 2,178.651.459
could2 2,178.651.417
his8 8,714.601.278
lang2 2,178.650.929
time3 3,267.970.895
fit2 2,178.650.883
we2 2,178.650.878
this2 2,178.650.770
she3 3,267.970.745
its2 2,178.650.641
awa2 2,178.650.602
on4 4,357.300.533
to2 2,178.650.506
are2 2,178.650.479
get2 2,178.650.435
in12 13,071.900.399
be6 6,535.950.377
oor2 2,178.650.311
the57 62,091.500.246
wi8 8,714.600.189
see2 2,178.650.171
there3 3,267.970.157
he9 9,803.920.130
like3 3,267.970.126
their2 2,178.650.116
they3 3,267.970.087
no2 2,178.650.076
fae3 3,267.970.076
yer2 2,178.650.073
you2 2,178.650.048
o18 19,607.840.043
as6 6,535.950.030
aboot3 3,267.970.028
day2 2,178.650.024
back2 2,178.650.007
tae20 21,786.490.007
oot4 4,357.300.005
wee2 2,178.650.003
it11 11,982.570.002
doon2 2,178.650.000
me3 3,267.970.000