A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Leslie, Dawn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 544
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 312
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.744
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, an, a, te, ma, nae, in, as, fir,

List of texts in corpus

Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner
no publisher recorded (2023-12-05) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (544 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
te14 25,735.29154.794
christmas6 11,029.4150.814
ah'm6 11,029.4141.287
iss4 7,352.9439.266
festive3 5,514.7133.160
fir7 12,867.6529.510
skirlie2 3,676.4723.516
roons2 3,676.4722.609
ah've3 5,514.7121.607
mebbe4 7,352.9420.919
fower4 7,352.9420.322
hivna2 3,676.4719.821
fyow2 3,676.4719.821
ma12 22,058.8219.691
spend2 3,676.4715.063
medical2 3,676.4714.830
ainly2 3,676.4714.610
jist6 11,029.4113.895
pipe2 3,676.4713.498
nae8 14,705.8813.482
fit5 9,191.1813.058
bin3 5,514.7113.011
list2 3,676.4712.902
students2 3,676.4712.833
follaed2 3,676.4712.634
wirkin2 3,676.4712.507
aat2 3,676.4712.385
denner2 3,676.4711.929
quite2 3,676.4710.257
best3 5,514.7110.017
doric2 3,676.479.258
tree2 3,676.478.224
anither3 5,514.717.467
een3 5,514.717.035
brocht2 3,676.477.028
maist3 5,514.716.757
gettin2 3,676.476.753
hiv2 3,676.475.446
folk2 3,676.475.333
aa4 7,352.945.079
go2 3,676.475.022
the21 38,602.944.312
ken3 5,514.714.251
o18 33,088.243.601
ah7 12,867.653.249
as7 12,867.653.121
ae3 5,514.712.988
aboot4 7,352.942.504
day3 5,514.712.374
it3 5,514.712.319
wee3 5,514.712.097
weel2 3,676.471.902
its2 3,676.471.870
up4 7,352.941.393
semester2 3,676.47nan
hid2 3,676.471.447
wis3 5,514.711.389
by2 3,676.471.155
fae3 5,514.711.137
noo2 3,676.471.050
is2 3,676.470.643
doon2 3,676.470.478
his2 3,676.470.447
bit2 3,676.470.231
be2 3,676.470.221
wi5 9,191.180.209
on4 7,352.940.125
an15 27,573.530.106
at3 5,514.710.071
a15 27,573.530.058
oot2 3,676.470.038
or2 3,676.470.031
in8 14,705.880.027
me2 3,676.470.025
scots2 3,676.470.011