A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Benzie, Lesley

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 4,504
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 1,706
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.64
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, tae, a, in, their, as, ye, for,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (188 words)
Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (139 words)
Fessen Reared
Seahorse (2020-04-30 ) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as poetry (4,177 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
their56 12,433.39125.625
joan8 1,776.2071.963
yer42 9,325.0470.387
twaa6 1,332.1551.975
hiv18 3,996.4551.009
o164 36,412.0845.720
i2 444.0539.189
fan14 3,108.3538.620
ye'd7 1,554.1737.404
and4 888.1036.102
aroon12 2,664.3036.040
auler4 888.1035.978
aa30 6,660.7533.434
while14 3,108.3530.844
blue10 2,220.2530.502
far14 3,108.3527.867
it20 4,440.5027.570
shadows4 888.1026.933
ah'm8 1,776.2026.063
reid8 1,776.2026.063
spit5 1,110.1226.050
country's3 666.0725.986
despite5 1,110.1225.755
wisdom4 888.1025.707
like33 7,326.8225.045
sea9 1,998.2224.911
hairt6 1,332.1524.022
ye52 11,545.2923.778
warld11 2,442.2723.730
across8 1,776.2022.353
fitiver4 888.1021.463
bush4 888.1021.145
spik6 1,332.1520.702
fa9 1,998.2220.573
green8 1,776.2020.037
life13 2,886.3220.034
for50 11,101.2418.838
vast3 666.0718.739
as53 11,767.3218.683
a86 19,094.1418.665
mornins3 666.0718.245
broucht2 444.0517.988
crammed2 444.0517.988
crayons2 444.0517.988
azure2 444.0517.988
amidst2 444.0517.988
awkwardness2 444.0517.988
wide5 1,110.1217.860
only11 2,442.2717.694
there's6 1,332.1517.337
lips4 888.1016.955
wis21 4,662.5216.773
een13 2,886.3216.536
soaked2 444.0516.271
soucht2 444.0516.271
denies2 444.0516.271
perfection2 444.0516.271
sculpted2 444.0516.271
fortunes2 444.0516.271
sky6 1,332.1515.969
women3 666.0715.936
fae29 6,438.7215.701
fires3 666.0715.629
licht8 1,776.2015.540
lap3 666.0715.337
slums2 444.0515.094
peripheral2 444.0515.094
volcanic2 444.0515.094
cuppie2 444.0515.094
didn't2 444.0515.094
envy2 444.0515.094
it's13 2,886.3214.972
bleed3 666.0714.542
these8 1,776.2014.455
hardly4 888.1014.435
feminine2 444.0514.195
by19 4,218.4714.055
vision3 666.0713.846
polish3 666.0713.846
or3 666.0713.678
limits2 444.0513.466
aboon2 444.0513.466
ilky2 444.0513.466
the322 71,492.0113.459
faces4 888.1013.183
till9 1,998.2213.137
tens2 444.0512.853
portraits2 444.0512.853
soul3 666.0712.851
become4 888.1012.779
bang3 666.0712.498
glesga3 666.0712.330
worship2 444.0512.324
boulders2 444.0512.324
losin2 444.0512.324
tips2 444.0512.324
fur2 444.0512.292
closer3 666.0712.167
bit2 444.0512.092
faimily4 888.1011.863
layers2 444.0511.859
slips2 444.0511.859
return3 666.0711.856
sheen3 666.0711.706
through9 1,998.2211.509
shaped2 444.0511.445
bitty2 444.0511.445
blond2 444.0511.445
edges2 444.0511.445
drawn3 666.0711.147
cakes2 444.0511.071
sunset2 444.0511.071
dreel2 444.0511.071
brakkin2 444.0511.071
shade2 444.0510.731
blanket2 444.0510.731
decline2 444.0510.731
against4 888.1010.692
beyond3 666.0710.642
livin4 888.1010.551
violence2 444.0510.419
passin3 666.0710.292
loved3 666.0710.072
yalla3 666.079.965
flesh3 666.079.965
din2 444.059.862
necessary2 444.059.862
narra2 444.059.862
straicht2 444.059.862
offer3 666.079.861
country4 888.109.703
habit2 444.059.613
mither's2 444.059.613
pints2 444.059.378
decades2 444.059.378
poverty2 444.059.158
themselves2 444.059.158
marks2 444.059.158
tiny2 444.059.158
castin2 444.058.950
airms4 888.108.643
nivver5 1,110.128.623
fite3 666.078.586
tries2 444.058.567
golden2 444.058.567
purpose2 444.058.567
rock3 666.078.428
edge3 666.078.428
millions2 444.058.389
scent2 444.058.389
were13 2,886.328.257
facin2 444.058.220
black5 1,110.128.120
bones2 444.058.058
files2 444.057.903
has7 1,554.177.780
turnin3 666.077.641
though6 1,332.157.619
boats2 444.057.613
wye7 1,554.177.604
taxi2 444.057.476
determined2 444.057.476
benefit2 444.057.344
cast3 666.077.323
atween7 1,554.177.243
benefits2 444.057.217
late4 888.107.166
claim2 444.057.094
forth2 444.057.094
you2 444.057.011
butter2 444.056.976
movement2 444.056.976
an143 31,749.566.881
curtains2 444.056.861
global2 444.056.861
affen2 444.056.861
lines3 666.076.691
escape2 444.056.643
driver2 444.056.643
them15 3,330.376.572
too4 888.106.467
those3 666.076.381
spring3 666.076.381
flooer2 444.056.340
netter4 888.10nan
grew3 666.077.385
belly2 444.056.340
sun5 1,110.126.280
itsel4 888.106.199
almost2 444.056.152
waves2 444.056.152
yird3 666.076.091
they've2 444.056.062
already2 444.056.062
burnin2 444.055.974
ancient2 444.055.974
struck2 444.055.974
is16 3,552.405.898
humans2 444.055.888
haar2 444.055.888
quine3 666.075.820
cairryin2 444.055.805
notion2 444.055.805
yersel4 888.105.792
heughs3 666.07nan
island2 444.055.805
train2 444.055.724
aul2 444.055.724
democracy2 444.055.724
every4 888.105.645
reality2 444.055.567
born3 666.075.484
we9 1,998.225.332
instead2 444.055.275
weather2 444.055.275
freedom2 444.055.275
catterline3 666.07nan
grey3 666.075.210
feels2 444.055.206
white4 888.105.174
fear3 666.075.173
but9 1,998.225.162
square2 444.055.138
are12 2,664.305.135
oot10 2,220.255.123
further2 444.055.072
except2 444.055.072
tae119 26,420.965.055
within2 444.054.944
be13 2,886.324.893
bedroom2 444.054.881
loss2 444.054.881
generations2 444.054.820
cover2 444.054.761
four2 444.054.761
trees3 666.074.748
fleer2 444.054.702
whether2 444.054.645
quines2 444.054.588
fowk2 444.054.538
arrived2 444.054.533
glesga's2 444.05nan
silence2 444.054.533
oppressive2 444.05nan
turns3 666.074.489
urchins2 444.05nan
dreich2 444.054.478
ireland2 444.054.425
information2 444.054.372
bob2 444.054.321
if13 2,886.324.294
birds2 444.054.270
face6 1,332.154.135
winter3 666.073.994
again8 1,776.203.914
such2 444.053.894
ane9 1,998.223.831
sandwicht2 444.05nan
third2 444.053.808
neck2 444.053.765
upon2 444.053.723
began2 444.053.682
share2 444.053.682
fand2 444.053.682
watched2 444.053.682
wi45 9,991.123.556
on38 8,436.943.493
get2 444.053.490
kill2 444.053.486
city2 444.053.448
its10 2,220.253.381
people3 666.073.307
interest2 444.053.303
he's2 444.053.233
noo3 666.073.228
aigg2 444.05nan
aiberdeen2 444.053.268
see3 666.073.157
much4 888.103.105
his35 7,770.873.068
decided2 444.053.035
war7 1,554.172.993
flat2 444.052.972
colour2 444.052.941
himsel3 666.072.819
doon5 1,110.122.803
young4 888.102.794
oor11 2,442.272.665
joan's2 444.05nan
ahin2 444.052.653
coastline2 444.05nan
bus2 444.052.708
media2 444.052.600
up11 2,442.272.599
second2 444.052.573
maitter2 444.052.547
aboot8 1,776.202.507
we're2 444.052.422
iver2 444.052.397
dry3 666.072.372
sat3 666.072.356
rinnin2 444.052.326
gan2 444.052.326
smile2 444.052.326
she31 6,882.772.313
half2 444.052.303
mair5 1,110.122.291
seen6 1,332.152.246
athoot2 444.052.234
under2 444.052.190
land2 444.052.190
aifter2 444.052.168
there7 1,554.172.137
wind2 444.052.125
onybody2 444.052.104
some3 666.072.093
seein2 444.052.042
years4 888.102.008
kent6 1,332.151.989
in82 18,206.041.924
then8 1,776.201.918
ain8 1,776.201.888
world2 444.051.886
eence2 444.051.848
sorry2 444.051.848
love2 444.051.830
bricht2 444.051.830
felt3 666.071.810
tongue2 444.051.794
lost2 444.051.794
which4 888.101.786
at22 4,884.551.778
even6 1,332.151.692
deep2 444.051.690
money2 444.051.690
ony6 1,332.151.625
disnae2 444.051.624
now2 444.051.624
cut2 444.051.607
state2 444.051.560
tea2 444.051.529
ready2 444.051.529
sit2 444.051.529
high2 444.051.529
took3 666.071.522
that's3 666.071.490
god2 444.051.454
cam6 1,332.151.405
got2 444.051.389
air3 666.071.358
says5 1,110.121.349
ma25 5,550.621.262
afore8 1,776.201.253
intae11 2,442.271.230
broon2 444.051.211
thegither3 666.071.200
could6 1,332.151.196
north2 444.051.174
caressin2 444.05nan
sense2 444.051.174
this13 2,886.321.119
hauns2 444.051.092
me11 2,442.271.069
kind2 444.051.058
because2 444.051.047
twaa-year-aul2 444.05nan
mony4 888.101.066
good2 444.051.025
aye4 888.101.020
free2 444.050.993
time11 2,442.270.958
ither3 666.070.949
days4 888.100.923
mither4 888.100.917
hame2 444.050.882
same4 888.100.821
did2 444.050.801
nicht2 444.050.790
first6 1,332.150.785
still5 1,110.120.762
had4 888.100.749
auld4 888.100.747
sure2 444.050.740
ah-hin2 444.05nan
makkin2 444.050.723
think2 444.050.713
aff4 888.100.704
deid2 444.050.675
fell2 444.050.675
foo2 444.050.668
front2 444.050.668
enough2 444.050.668
fit3 666.070.662
man3 666.070.620
micht2 444.050.601
mak5 1,110.120.593
street2 444.050.559
day11 2,442.270.524
wife2 444.050.507
heid3 666.070.506
her20 4,440.500.430
words2 444.050.418
haud2 444.050.386
anither2 444.050.363
bed2 444.050.361
keep3 666.070.344
will5 1,110.120.327
really2 444.050.257
well2 444.050.253
he36 7,992.900.253
fine2 444.050.252
tell2 444.050.226
masel2 444.050.198
wad6 1,332.150.196
last3 666.070.185
made4 888.100.181
can8 1,776.200.172
sae8 1,776.200.129
roon3 666.070.128
they16 3,552.400.119
whizzin2 444.05nan
ah25 5,550.620.150
tak3 666.070.113
ower9 1,998.220.110
men2 444.050.102
us5 1,110.120.091
him13 2,886.320.091
rain2 444.050.079
awa6 1,332.150.074
left2 444.050.061
nae12 2,664.300.051
feel2 444.050.048
gie3 666.070.042
sic2 444.050.037
haun2 444.050.034
wee10 2,220.250.034
how2 444.050.032
mind3 666.070.029
hershness2 444.05nan
jist7 1,554.170.025
let2 444.050.023
to6 1,332.150.020
want2 444.050.012
richt6 1,332.150.011
been8 1,776.200.011
back9 1,998.220.007
that45 9,991.120.007
hid6 1,332.150.004
door3 666.070.004
bein3 666.070.002
say4 888.100.000
ravages2 444.05nan
eardley's2 444.05nan