A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Dunnett, Nathan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 641
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.401
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wis, tae, we, and, o, it, hid, that,

List of texts in corpus

The Auld Asylum
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (641 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
we23 35,881.4461.279
wis26 40,561.6233.679
and20 31,201.2530.587
gaun7 10,920.4427.128
heided3 4,680.1926.586
hid9 14,040.5625.966
asylum2 3,120.1219.581
were7 10,920.4419.078
a39 60,842.4317.244
di2 3,120.1216.598
started3 4,680.1915.025
warm3 4,680.1914.949
jordan2 3,120.1214.917
wisna4 6,240.2514.892
ate2 3,120.1214.287
middle3 4,680.1913.915
hame5 7,800.3113.760
wids2 3,120.1213.268
there8 12,480.5012.623
food2 3,120.1212.461
sat3 4,680.1912.338
damp2 3,120.1212.180
lookin3 4,680.1912.084
great3 4,680.1911.289
wid5 7,800.3111.147
grand2 3,120.1210.824
comin3 4,680.1910.333
widna2 3,120.129.976
us5 7,800.319.838
drink2 3,120.129.160
bag2 3,120.129.099
happy2 3,120.129.040
walk2 3,120.128.756
keep3 4,680.198.480
cos2 3,120.128.416
each2 3,120.127.884
tae25 39,001.567.665
dexter4 6,240.25nan
mither3 4,680.197.792
so4 6,240.257.532
me7 10,920.447.069
fir3 4,680.197.024
sure2 3,120.126.848
him6 9,360.376.576
nicht3 4,680.195.728
fan2 3,120.125.603
an8 12,480.505.288
rain2 3,120.125.094
see4 6,240.254.949
go2 3,120.124.466
fit3 4,680.194.407
ma7 10,920.444.403
ither3 4,680.194.042
far2 3,120.124.032
place2 3,120.123.810
aboot5 7,800.313.492
doon4 6,240.253.265
big2 3,120.123.255
didna2 3,120.123.240
it13 20,280.813.231
some3 4,680.193.081
anither2 3,120.123.055
he2 3,120.123.052
jist3 4,680.192.867
the28 43,681.752.692
could2 3,120.122.406
s2 3,120.122.158
got2 3,120.122.053
but5 7,800.311.917
here2 3,120.121.584
afore2 3,120.121.443
on2 3,120.121.172
aff2 3,120.121.151
get2 3,120.121.146
as2 3,120.121.134
auld2 3,120.121.119
that9 14,040.561.015
of2 3,120.121.006
oor2 3,120.120.959
if2 3,120.120.817
intae2 3,120.120.598
been2 3,120.120.471
at3 4,680.190.331
ower2 3,120.120.202
oot2 3,120.120.199
be4 6,240.250.173
she4 6,240.250.133
his3 4,680.190.122
up3 4,680.190.115
in9 14,040.560.103
this2 3,120.120.088
bit2 3,120.120.071
nae2 3,120.120.017
wi5 7,800.310.011
o13 20,280.810.003