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 16,245.49113.966
e7 12,635.3831.426
folks3 5,415.1627.758
it'll3 5,415.1626.000
wee10 18,050.5425.512
yer9 16,245.4923.761
craiter2 3,610.1123.445
canary2 3,610.1121.801
broom2 3,610.1121.801
gyaan2 3,610.1119.369
ging3 5,415.1618.600
ye'll3 5,415.1617.902
will5 9,025.2714.589
visit2 3,610.1114.539
toon3 5,415.1614.436
fan3 5,415.1611.433
though3 5,415.1611.116
heed2 3,610.1111.040
caad2 3,610.1110.590
tak4 7,220.2210.457
fae7 12,635.3810.314
ye10 18,050.5410.218
gweed2 3,610.119.381
far3 5,415.168.948
fit4 7,220.228.727
be9 16,245.498.726
sang2 3,610.118.671
a29 52,346.578.430
broon2 3,610.118.156
gies2 3,610.117.924
yersel2 3,610.117.850
aye4 7,220.226.614
hear2 3,610.115.681
nae5 9,025.274.721
is8 14,440.434.486
bairns2 3,610.114.485
til2 3,610.113.536
see3 5,415.163.089
that2 3,610.112.931
could2 3,610.112.833
up5 9,025.272.829
the24 43,321.302.451
aboot4 7,220.222.414
an9 16,245.492.126
or4 7,220.222.009
weel2 3,610.111.849
awa2 3,610.111.760
richt2 3,610.111.576
are2 3,610.111.574
wi2 3,610.111.360
they4 7,220.221.284
fowk2 3,610.111.201
you2 3,610.110.715
on5 9,025.270.663
day2 3,610.110.628
i2 3,610.110.593
doon2 3,610.110.447
hae2 3,610.110.332
but3 5,415.160.285
o13 23,465.700.225
there2 3,610.110.204
like2 3,610.110.176
ma3 5,415.160.123
yellowhammer2 3,610.11nan
tae13 23,465.700.111
at3 5,415.160.090
it6 10,830.320.049
in8 14,440.430.047
me2 3,610.110.017
scots2 3,610.110.006
for3 5,415.160.004