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 23,183.9357.127
di4 6,182.3839.112
ornaments3 4,636.7932.877
i19 29,366.3130.802
a47 72,642.9730.578
wid9 13,910.3629.489
cupboards2 3,091.1925.730
so8 12,364.7624.740
tele2 3,091.1924.005
fizog2 3,091.1922.822
mantelpiece2 3,091.1922.822
started4 6,182.3822.245
sare2 3,091.1920.558
she14 21,638.3318.971
and16 24,729.5218.753
gonna2 3,091.1918.747
wis20 30,911.9018.017
thocht6 9,273.5717.657
gi2 3,091.1917.509
rake2 3,091.1916.782
fan4 6,182.3816.327
music3 4,636.7916.267
fir5 7,727.9816.252
couldna3 4,636.7915.630
skweel2 3,091.1913.516
broken2 3,091.1912.977
something3 4,636.7912.535
jist6 9,273.5712.105
gone2 3,091.1911.248
lookit2 3,091.1911.040
clock2 3,091.1910.563
masel3 4,636.7910.521
getting2 3,091.1910.263
bits2 3,091.1910.023
ony4 6,182.389.857
kitchen2 3,091.199.516
hame4 6,182.389.357
some5 7,727.989.004
an6 9,273.578.913
pit4 6,182.388.834
affa3 4,636.798.763
ma9 13,910.368.493
through3 4,636.798.093
days3 4,636.797.761
mither3 4,636.797.751
too2 3,091.197.708
fit4 6,182.387.695
it16 24,729.527.008
aff4 6,182.386.106
great2 3,091.195.986
took2 3,091.195.780
really2 3,091.195.699
could3 4,636.795.463
got3 4,636.794.889
wisna2 3,091.194.875
hiv2 3,091.194.831
her8 12,364.764.764
best2 3,091.194.588
look2 3,091.194.517
there5 7,727.984.334
fair2 3,091.194.327
then3 4,636.794.323
time4 6,182.384.250
keep2 3,091.194.190
been4 6,182.384.088
far2 3,091.194.006
went2 3,091.193.960
be7 10,819.173.248
didna2 3,091.193.216
on8 12,364.763.183
door2 3,091.192.898
me5 7,727.982.821
een2 3,091.192.775
them3 4,636.792.511
tae20 30,911.902.471
see3 4,636.792.458
ane2 3,091.191.926
nae4 6,182.381.904
the30 46,367.851.779
were2 3,091.191.449
weel2 3,091.191.444
to2 3,091.191.230
ken2 3,091.191.228
richt2 3,091.191.194
in7 10,819.171.068
o10 15,455.950.909
for2 3,091.190.879
bit3 4,636.790.873
but4 6,182.380.724
at3 4,636.790.352
that5 7,727.980.327
back2 3,091.190.292
as3 4,636.790.248
wi4 6,182.380.148
up3 4,636.790.104
fae2 3,091.190.022
aboot2 3,091.190.003