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 25,735.29149.997
christmas6 11,029.4150.961
ah'm6 11,029.4141.433
iss4 7,352.9437.657
festive3 5,514.7133.233
fir7 12,867.6529.632
skirlie2 3,676.4723.565
roons2 3,676.4722.658
ah've3 5,514.7121.680
ma12 22,058.8220.700
mebbe4 7,352.9420.693
fower4 7,352.9419.928
hivna2 3,676.4719.870
fyow2 3,676.4719.870
spend2 3,676.4715.112
medical2 3,676.4714.879
ainly2 3,676.4714.156
jist6 11,029.4113.641
pipe2 3,676.4713.467
nae8 14,705.8813.455
list2 3,676.4712.950
fit5 9,191.1812.858
bin3 5,514.7112.752
students2 3,676.4712.748
wirkin2 3,676.4712.556
follaed2 3,676.4712.556
aat2 3,676.4712.433
denner2 3,676.4711.871
quite2 3,676.4710.305
best3 5,514.7110.059
doric2 3,676.479.306
tree2 3,676.478.231
anither3 5,514.717.396
een3 5,514.717.009
brocht2 3,676.476.920
gettin2 3,676.476.865
maist3 5,514.716.723
hiv2 3,676.475.411
folk2 3,676.475.317
go2 3,676.475.065
aa4 7,352.944.816
ken3 5,514.714.221
the21 38,602.944.161
ah7 12,867.654.014
o18 33,088.243.514
as7 12,867.653.077
ae3 5,514.713.052
aboot4 7,352.942.473
day3 5,514.712.426
it3 5,514.712.264
wee3 5,514.712.095
weel2 3,676.471.842
its2 3,676.471.831
up4 7,352.941.372
semester2 3,676.47nan
hid2 3,676.471.478
wis3 5,514.711.345
fae3 5,514.711.196
by2 3,676.471.122
noo2 3,676.471.033
is2 3,676.470.644
doon2 3,676.470.478
his2 3,676.470.462
bit2 3,676.470.231
be2 3,676.470.219
wi5 9,191.180.200
on4 7,352.940.112
at3 5,514.710.073
an15 27,573.530.070
a15 27,573.530.062
me2 3,676.470.040
oot2 3,676.470.037
in8 14,705.880.029
or2 3,676.470.022
scots2 3,676.470.011