A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Bowie, Tyler

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 580
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 262
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.214
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, ma, i, wis, tae, and, hid, me, on,

List of texts in corpus

Stookie
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (580 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
ma25 43,103.4570.249
messages6 10,344.8353.356
i23 39,655.1748.940
hid10 17,241.3832.474
wis23 39,655.1729.048
gaen4 6,896.5527.002
and17 29,310.3424.346
tea4 6,896.5522.457
fancied2 3,448.2820.995
stookie2 3,448.2820.459
a37 63,793.1018.310
am4 6,896.5518.278
airm3 5,172.4118.025
porridge2 3,448.2817.688
fridge2 3,448.2817.446
fan4 6,896.5517.163
shop3 5,172.4116.958
heided2 3,448.2816.419
hungry2 3,448.2814.931
mince2 3,448.2814.147
got5 8,620.6913.458
looked3 5,172.4113.238
next3 5,172.4112.734
fir4 6,896.5512.158
door4 6,896.5511.256
hospital2 3,448.2810.990
me8 13,793.1010.843
there7 12,068.9710.663
milk2 3,448.2810.448
press2 3,448.2810.333
eat2 3,448.289.806
aifter2 3,448.289.432
couldna2 3,448.289.258
fair3 5,172.419.243
warm2 3,448.288.780
o4 6,896.557.210
sure2 3,448.287.196
aroon2 3,448.287.055
feet2 3,448.286.569
bed2 3,448.286.374
hame3 5,172.416.095
wisnae2 3,448.286.085
pit3 5,172.415.715
an7 12,068.975.125
keep2 3,448.284.566
were3 5,172.414.372
on8 13,793.104.120
roon2 3,448.284.067
thing2 3,448.284.019
doon4 6,896.553.805
aff3 5,172.413.754
ower4 6,896.553.640
some3 5,172.413.515
them3 5,172.412.957
tae18 31,034.482.269
in5 8,620.692.180
heid2 3,448.282.178
fit2 3,448.282.032
so2 3,448.281.940
awa2 3,448.281.641
of2 3,448.281.240
fowk2 3,448.281.096
fae3 5,172.410.952
oot4 6,896.550.838
intae2 3,448.280.788
the29 50,000.000.751
back2 3,448.280.455
she2 3,448.280.379
up3 5,172.410.247
but3 5,172.410.213
for4 6,896.550.161
aboot2 3,448.280.044
wi4 6,896.550.024
at4 6,896.550.021
it7 12,068.970.003