A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robson, Euan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 647
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 250
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.588
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wis, tae, i, and, it, hid, she, o,

List of texts in corpus

Peelie wally
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (647 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
hid15 23,183.9357.381
di4 6,182.3839.099
ornaments3 4,636.7932.867
i19 29,366.3130.762
a47 72,642.9730.574
wid9 13,910.3629.462
cupboards2 3,091.1925.724
so8 12,364.7624.729
tele2 3,091.1923.999
fizog2 3,091.1922.815
mantelpiece2 3,091.1922.815
started4 6,182.3822.232
sare2 3,091.1920.552
she14 21,638.3318.956
gonna2 3,091.1918.741
and16 24,729.5218.719
wis20 30,911.9017.973
thocht6 9,273.5717.639
gi2 3,091.1917.502
rake2 3,091.1916.776
fan4 6,182.3816.314
music3 4,636.7916.258
fir5 7,727.9816.237
couldna3 4,636.7915.621
skweel2 3,091.1913.510
broken2 3,091.1912.971
something3 4,636.7912.526
jist6 9,273.5712.121
gone2 3,091.1911.242
lookit2 3,091.1911.033
clock2 3,091.1910.557
masel3 4,636.7910.512
getting2 3,091.1910.256
bits2 3,091.1910.055
ony4 6,182.389.855
kitchen2 3,091.199.509
hame4 6,182.389.354
some5 7,727.989.002
an6 9,273.578.931
pit4 6,182.388.823
affa3 4,636.798.754
ma9 13,910.368.487
through3 4,636.798.105
days3 4,636.797.752
mither3 4,636.797.742
too2 3,091.197.702
fit4 6,182.387.684
it16 24,729.527.020
aff4 6,182.386.124
great2 3,091.195.980
took2 3,091.195.786
really2 3,091.195.716
could3 4,636.795.479
got3 4,636.794.881
wisna2 3,091.194.869
hiv2 3,091.194.825
her8 12,364.764.754
best2 3,091.194.583
look2 3,091.194.535
there5 7,727.984.338
then3 4,636.794.333
fair2 3,091.194.321
time4 6,182.384.241
keep2 3,091.194.191
been4 6,182.384.088
far2 3,091.194.001
went2 3,091.193.974
be7 10,819.173.250
didna2 3,091.193.211
on8 12,364.763.170
door2 3,091.192.897
me5 7,727.982.818
een2 3,091.192.770
them3 4,636.792.521
tae20 30,911.902.469
see3 4,636.792.457
ane2 3,091.191.921
nae4 6,182.381.904
the30 46,367.851.775
were2 3,091.191.447
weel2 3,091.191.442
to2 3,091.191.226
ken2 3,091.191.224
richt2 3,091.191.190
in7 10,819.171.072
o10 15,455.950.920
for2 3,091.190.884
bit3 4,636.790.869
but4 6,182.380.721
at3 4,636.790.352
that5 7,727.980.325
back2 3,091.190.295
as3 4,636.790.244
wi4 6,182.380.149
up3 4,636.790.105
fae2 3,091.190.022
aboot2 3,091.190.003