A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnston, Shaun

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, and, wis, o, tae, in, he, ma, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Forkie Gollach
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
and26 40,561.6251.159
poke5 7,800.3148.139
chips5 7,800.3147.354
fir7 10,920.4427.316
wid8 12,480.5024.602
shop4 6,240.2524.118
hilarious2 3,120.1224.043
a42 65,522.6222.076
waiting2 3,120.1219.165
we12 18,720.7518.549
thocht6 9,360.3717.759
same5 7,800.3117.408
bobbies2 3,120.1217.289
an3 4,680.1916.651
ma12 18,720.7516.565
gan3 4,680.1916.274
heided2 3,120.1216.021
then6 9,360.3715.761
me10 15,600.6215.486
jordan2 3,120.1214.924
mates2 3,120.1214.789
paid2 3,120.1213.959
fair4 6,240.2513.719
usual2 3,120.1211.620
fan3 4,680.1910.659
niver3 4,680.1910.293
to5 7,800.319.909
mannie2 3,120.129.690
could4 6,240.259.307
hid5 7,800.319.201
wis15 23,400.948.215
just3 4,680.197.686
toon2 3,120.127.562
windae2 3,120.127.120
were4 6,240.257.034
looked2 3,120.126.903
telt3 4,680.196.886
roond2 3,120.126.728
next2 3,120.126.577
us4 6,240.256.402
new3 4,680.195.904
took2 3,120.125.814
he12 18,720.755.643
i9 14,040.565.142
them4 6,240.255.031
got3 4,680.194.934
hiv2 3,120.124.864
ane3 4,680.194.753
go2 3,120.124.448
fit3 4,680.194.415
mither2 3,120.123.797
roon2 3,120.123.731
thing2 3,120.123.685
tell2 3,120.123.316
doon4 6,240.253.266
nicht2 3,120.122.532
did2 3,120.122.521
again2 3,120.122.464
come2 3,120.122.323
him4 6,240.252.257
my2 3,120.122.254
say2 3,120.122.181
first2 3,120.122.114
up5 7,800.312.035
so2 3,120.121.669
wee3 4,680.191.516
richt2 3,120.121.216
aff2 3,120.121.145
said2 3,120.121.042
that4 6,240.250.993
gollach2 3,120.12nan
oor2 3,120.120.961
jist2 3,120.120.907
there3 4,680.190.886
in13 20,280.810.847
this4 6,240.250.829
like3 4,680.190.820
but4 6,240.250.752
she5 7,800.310.745
oot4 6,240.250.549
time2 3,120.120.519
back2 3,120.120.305
it9 14,040.560.251
on3 4,680.190.242
the35 54,602.180.157
wi4 6,240.250.133
they2 3,120.120.100
for4 6,240.250.044
tae13 20,280.810.038
nae2 3,120.120.017
be3 4,680.190.017
aboot2 3,120.120.005
o13 20,280.810.002
forkie2 3,120.12nan
his3 4,680.190.124