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 16,245.49114.186
e7 12,635.3831.393
folks3 5,415.1627.831
it'll3 5,415.1626.074
wee10 18,050.5425.505
yer9 16,245.4923.813
craiter2 3,610.1123.494
canary2 3,610.1122.587
broom2 3,610.1121.851
gyaan2 3,610.1119.418
ging3 5,415.1618.611
ye'll3 5,415.1617.920
will5 9,025.2714.721
visit2 3,610.1114.697
toon3 5,415.1614.303
fan3 5,415.1611.267
though3 5,415.1611.234
heed2 3,610.1110.959
fae7 12,635.3810.528
tak4 7,220.2210.394
caad2 3,610.1110.271
ye10 18,050.5410.262
gweed2 3,610.119.318
far3 5,415.168.777
be9 16,245.498.745
sang2 3,610.118.718
fit4 7,220.228.574
a29 52,346.578.366
broon2 3,610.118.183
gies2 3,610.118.008
yersel2 3,610.117.842
aye4 7,220.226.404
hear2 3,610.115.545
nae5 9,025.274.707
bairns2 3,610.114.528
is8 14,440.434.481
til2 3,610.113.469
see3 5,415.163.098
that2 3,610.112.940
could2 3,610.112.871
up5 9,025.272.797
aboot4 7,220.222.383
the24 43,321.302.335
an9 16,245.492.290
or4 7,220.221.925
weel2 3,610.111.789
awa2 3,610.111.715
are2 3,610.111.651
richt2 3,610.111.579
wi2 3,610.111.381
they4 7,220.221.266
fowk2 3,610.111.167
you2 3,610.110.798
day2 3,610.110.653
on5 9,025.270.632
i2 3,610.110.545
doon2 3,610.110.448
hae2 3,610.110.311
but3 5,415.160.298
there2 3,610.110.208
o13 23,465.700.205
like2 3,610.110.195
ma3 5,415.160.188
yellowhammer2 3,610.11nan
tae13 23,465.700.100
at3 5,415.160.092
in8 14,440.430.050
it6 10,830.320.041
me2 3,610.110.030
scots2 3,610.110.006
for3 5,415.160.004