A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fairbairn, Jamie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 554
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.816
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, o, tae, wee, ye, yer, ess, be, an,

List of texts in corpus

The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner
DC Thomson (2024-02-17 ) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (554 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
ess9 16,245.49113.928
e7 12,635.3831.348
folks3 5,415.1628.045
it'll3 5,415.1625.988
wee10 18,050.5425.613
yer9 16,245.4924.021
craiter2 3,610.1123.437
canary2 3,610.1122.530
broom2 3,610.1121.793
gyaan2 3,610.1119.361
ging3 5,415.1618.526
ye'll3 5,415.1617.890
will5 9,025.2714.652
visit2 3,610.1114.640
toon3 5,415.1614.575
fan3 5,415.1611.202
though3 5,415.1611.186
heed2 3,610.1111.031
caad2 3,610.1110.505
fae7 12,635.3810.446
tak4 7,220.2210.358
ye10 18,050.5410.345
gweed2 3,610.119.262
far3 5,415.168.770
sang2 3,610.118.733
be9 16,245.498.716
fit4 7,220.228.531
a29 52,346.578.497
broon2 3,610.118.148
gies2 3,610.117.954
yersel2 3,610.117.879
aye4 7,220.226.391
hear2 3,610.115.587
nae5 9,025.274.697
bairns2 3,610.114.478
is8 14,440.434.475
til2 3,610.113.520
see3 5,415.163.095
that2 3,610.112.926
could2 3,610.112.834
up5 9,025.272.804
the24 43,321.302.483
aboot4 7,220.222.383
an9 16,245.492.237
or4 7,220.221.949
weel2 3,610.111.845
awa2 3,610.111.708
are2 3,610.111.638
richt2 3,610.111.559
wi2 3,610.111.393
they4 7,220.221.277
fowk2 3,610.111.171
you2 3,610.110.777
day2 3,610.110.645
on5 9,025.270.642
i2 3,610.110.563
doon2 3,610.110.452
hae2 3,610.110.327
but3 5,415.160.298
o13 23,465.700.212
there2 3,610.110.210
like2 3,610.110.188
ma3 5,415.160.181
yellowhammer2 3,610.11nan
tae13 23,465.700.103
at3 5,415.160.097
in8 14,440.430.049
it6 10,830.320.041
me2 3,610.110.032
for3 5,415.160.006
scots2 3,610.110.004