A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Crawford, Jack

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 623
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 258
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.415
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, i, ma, wis, me, in, it, tae,

List of texts in corpus

The Pluffer
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (623 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
freen7 11,235.9667.712
ma21 33,707.8749.638
class6 9,630.8246.584
i22 35,313.0042.372
and22 35,313.0038.089
pea3 4,815.4134.988
teacher5 8,025.6832.993
me12 19,261.6422.723
heidie2 3,210.2722.060
room5 8,025.6820.778
loaded2 3,210.2719.273
walking2 3,210.2718.544
spotted2 3,210.2717.653
drawer2 3,210.2717.396
got6 9,630.8217.339
shot3 4,815.4116.776
pluffer7 11,235.96nan
ca3 4,815.4116.879
wis19 30,497.5916.723
shoot2 3,210.2716.711
peas2 3,210.2716.128
wid6 9,630.8215.605
saw4 6,420.5514.937
pen2 3,210.2714.640
a36 57,784.9113.951
turned3 4,815.4113.626
took3 4,815.4111.148
fan3 4,815.4110.810
masel3 4,815.4110.724
him7 11,235.969.582
half2 3,210.279.331
fair3 4,815.418.842
hit3 4,815.418.749
up8 12,841.098.199
an6 9,630.828.152
history2 3,210.277.950
so4 6,420.557.723
wint2 3,210.277.624
roond2 3,210.276.828
sat2 3,210.276.797
front2 3,210.276.797
to4 6,420.556.628
am2 3,210.276.233
came2 3,210.275.586
thocht3 4,815.415.384
intae4 6,420.554.730
at9 14,446.234.667
richt3 4,815.413.563
aff3 4,815.413.449
doon4 6,420.553.416
the26 41,733.553.409
fir2 3,210.273.408
telt2 3,210.273.322
o7 11,235.963.224
he10 16,051.363.153
ony2 3,210.272.746
there4 6,420.552.525
could2 3,210.272.491
my2 3,210.272.332
nae4 6,420.552.071
fit2 3,210.271.830
then2 3,210.271.812
oot5 8,025.681.712
back3 4,815.411.681
get2 3,210.271.213
twa2 3,210.271.184
of2 3,210.271.070
jist2 3,210.270.972
tae10 16,051.360.928
that4 6,420.550.861
it10 16,051.360.856
for2 3,210.270.765
s3 4,815.410.714
d2 3,210.270.673
aboot3 4,815.410.607
time2 3,210.270.566
her2 3,210.270.519
in12 19,261.640.511
ower2 3,210.270.236
be4 6,420.550.220
on3 4,815.410.194
this3 4,815.410.150
we3 4,815.410.110
bit2 3,210.270.092
his3 4,815.410.088
fae2 3,210.270.040
wi5 8,025.680.028
she3 4,815.410.016