Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
freen	7	11,235.96	67.735
ma	21	33,707.87	49.657
class	6	9,630.82	46.603
i	22	35,313.00	42.420
and	22	35,313.00	38.142
pea	3	4,815.41	34.998
teacher	5	8,025.68	33.009
me	12	19,261.64	22.732
heidie	2	3,210.27	22.066
room	5	8,025.68	20.770
loaded	2	3,210.27	19.279
walking	2	3,210.27	18.550
spotted	2	3,210.27	17.402
drawer	2	3,210.27	17.402
got	6	9,630.82	17.357
shot	3	4,815.41	16.786
pluffer	7	11,235.96	nan
ca	3	4,815.41	16.888
wis	19	30,497.59	16.764
shoot	2	3,210.27	16.718
peas	2	3,210.27	16.134
wid	6	9,630.82	15.622
saw	4	6,420.55	14.950
pen	2	3,210.27	14.647
a	36	57,784.91	13.953
turned	3	4,815.41	13.606
took	3	4,815.41	11.139
fan	3	4,815.41	10.819
masel	3	4,815.41	10.733
him	7	11,235.96	9.577
half	2	3,210.27	9.338
fair	3	4,815.41	8.851
hit	3	4,815.41	8.746
up	8	12,841.09	8.189
an	6	9,630.82	8.136
history	2	3,210.27	7.956
so	4	6,420.55	7.727
wint	2	3,210.27	7.631
roond	2	3,210.27	6.834
front	2	3,210.27	6.788
sat	2	3,210.27	6.773
to	4	6,420.55	6.639
am	2	3,210.27	6.239
came	2	3,210.27	5.592
thocht	3	4,815.41	5.392
intae	4	6,420.55	4.723
at	9	14,446.23	4.664
richt	3	4,815.41	3.570
aff	3	4,815.41	3.437
doon	4	6,420.55	3.417
the	26	41,733.55	3.414
fir	2	3,210.27	3.413
telt	2	3,210.27	3.323
o	7	11,235.96	3.205
he	10	16,051.36	3.146
ony	2	3,210.27	2.747
there	4	6,420.55	2.522
could	2	3,210.27	2.482
my	2	3,210.27	2.337
nae	4	6,420.55	2.071
fit	2	3,210.27	1.834
then	2	3,210.27	1.806
oot	5	8,025.68	1.709
back	3	4,815.41	1.674
get	2	3,210.27	1.213
twa	2	3,210.27	1.184
of	2	3,210.27	1.074
jist	2	3,210.27	0.968
tae	10	16,051.36	0.927
that	4	6,420.55	0.864
it	10	16,051.36	0.852
for	2	3,210.27	0.760
s	3	4,815.41	0.720
d	2	3,210.27	0.675
aboot	3	4,815.41	0.607
time	2	3,210.27	0.569
her	2	3,210.27	0.517
in	12	19,261.64	0.515
ower	2	3,210.27	0.238
be	4	6,420.55	0.220
on	3	4,815.41	0.192
this	3	4,815.41	0.151
we	3	4,815.41	0.110
bit	2	3,210.27	0.093
his	3	4,815.41	0.090
fae	2	3,210.27	0.039
wi	5	8,025.68	0.028
she	3	4,815.41	0.016