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 35,881.4461.286
wis26 40,561.6233.743
and20 31,201.2530.634
gaun7 10,920.4427.150
heided3 4,680.1926.595
hid9 14,040.5625.820
asylum2 3,120.1219.587
were7 10,920.4419.088
a39 60,842.4317.248
di2 3,120.1216.604
started3 4,680.1915.035
warm3 4,680.1914.958
jordan2 3,120.1214.924
wisna4 6,240.2514.904
ate2 3,120.1214.294
middle3 4,680.1913.893
hame5 7,800.3113.764
wids2 3,120.1213.274
there8 12,480.5012.615
food2 3,120.1212.467
sat3 4,680.1912.300
damp2 3,120.1212.186
lookin3 4,680.1912.048
great3 4,680.1911.299
wid5 7,800.3111.161
grand2 3,120.1210.830
comin3 4,680.1910.325
widna2 3,120.129.982
us5 7,800.319.839
drink2 3,120.129.166
bag2 3,120.129.076
happy2 3,120.129.046
walk2 3,120.128.762
keep3 4,680.198.478
cos2 3,120.128.423
each2 3,120.127.869
tae25 39,001.567.670
dexter4 6,240.25nan
mither3 4,680.197.801
so4 6,240.257.537
me7 10,920.447.074
fir3 4,680.197.032
sure2 3,120.126.822
him6 9,360.376.572
nicht3 4,680.195.736
fan2 3,120.125.609
an8 12,480.505.274
rain2 3,120.125.099
see4 6,240.254.952
go2 3,120.124.448
fit3 4,680.194.415
ma7 10,920.444.408
ither3 4,680.194.050
far2 3,120.124.038
place2 3,120.123.816
aboot5 7,800.313.492
doon4 6,240.253.266
didna2 3,120.123.246
big2 3,120.123.231
it13 20,280.813.223
some3 4,680.193.082
anither2 3,120.123.060
he2 3,120.123.057
jist3 4,680.192.860
the28 43,681.752.697
could2 3,120.122.397
s2 3,120.122.168
got2 3,120.122.057
but5 7,800.311.923
here2 3,120.121.586
afore2 3,120.121.445
on2 3,120.121.166
get2 3,120.121.146
aff2 3,120.121.145
as2 3,120.121.141
auld2 3,120.121.120
that9 14,040.561.011
of2 3,120.121.010
oor2 3,120.120.961
if2 3,120.120.818
intae2 3,120.120.596
been2 3,120.120.471
at3 4,680.190.331
ower2 3,120.120.204
oot2 3,120.120.199
be4 6,240.250.173
she4 6,240.250.134
his3 4,680.190.124
up3 4,680.190.114
in9 14,040.560.102
this2 3,120.120.088
bit2 3,120.120.072
nae2 3,120.120.017
wi5 7,800.310.011
o13 20,280.810.002