A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Manson, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,255
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 584
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.149
Tagged as NNB (North Northern B (Caithness)) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, a, in, i, on, ye, nicht, aa,

List of texts in corpus

Chuckies fir the Cairn
Luath (13-01-2009 ) in Doric (Dumfries) dialect (NNB), categorised as poetry (1,255 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
lek8 6,374.5097.600
and37 29,482.0753.507
an2 1,593.6349.909
sleepan4 3,187.2548.787
tae2 1,593.6339.947
agane6 4,780.8839.043
deid8 6,374.5037.307
ir8 6,374.5034.737
soun5 3,984.0634.432
sheddas3 2,390.4433.614
lyan3 2,390.4433.614
pu'd3 2,390.4433.614
nicht11 8,764.9433.015
vyces4 3,187.2531.517
til10 7,968.1331.370
paris3 2,390.4424.928
doun7 5,577.6923.717
fais2 1,593.6323.075
cords2 1,593.6323.075
alreddy2 1,593.6323.075
gell2 1,593.6321.351
gravestanes2 1,593.6321.351
hus4 3,187.2521.093
skroo2 1,593.6319.263
wir7 5,577.6919.169
bonfires2 1,593.6318.528
banes3 2,390.4418.003
lichted2 1,593.6317.908
gress3 2,390.4417.635
evin2 1,593.6317.373
nakit2 1,593.6317.373
john's2 1,593.6316.482
mature2 1,593.6316.482
crushed2 1,593.6316.482
houses2 1,593.6316.102
fyow2 1,593.6315.755
heerd2 1,593.6315.142
owre4 3,187.2514.674
the107 85,258.9614.590
aroun2 1,593.6314.372
pints2 1,593.6314.372
rod2 1,593.6313.728
naethin4 3,187.2513.606
that2 1,593.6313.534
aa10 7,968.1313.419
frae10 7,968.1313.259
throu5 3,984.0613.208
thae5 3,984.0613.169
merrynes2 1,593.63nan
sanct2 1,593.6313.008
i19 15,139.4412.815
macdiarmid2 1,593.6312.693
yirth2 1,593.6312.693
without2 1,593.6312.401
stude2 1,593.6312.263
eftir3 2,390.4411.927
sall2 1,593.6311.876
anerlie2 1,593.6311.755
notes2 1,593.6311.307
fuirsday4 3,187.25nan
stane3 2,390.4411.841
neeps2 1,593.6311.203
bi7 5,577.6910.919
asleep2 1,593.6310.812
round2 1,593.6310.812
train2 1,593.6310.812
i've2 1,593.6310.720
yella2 1,593.6310.720
strae2 1,593.6310.631
gangs2 1,593.6310.292
them8 6,374.5010.260
auld7 5,577.699.430
haurd2 1,593.639.429
syne5 3,984.069.340
coman3 2,390.44nan
-3 2,390.449.523
find3 2,390.449.107
whan6 4,780.888.241
vallejo3 2,390.44nan
year5 3,984.067.875
lass2 1,593.637.837
dee3 2,390.447.651
wha4 3,187.257.364
bides2 1,593.637.228
brae2 1,593.636.863
cesar2 1,593.63nan
bifore2 1,593.63nan
canna3 2,390.446.825
yit2 1,593.636.769
sleep2 1,593.636.769
no9 7,171.316.767
in32 25,498.016.731
grey2 1,593.636.476
chaak-white2 1,593.63nan
airms2 1,593.636.420
rain3 2,390.446.220
wis5 3,984.066.187
weet2 1,593.635.932
on15 11,952.195.348
o38 30,278.885.064
bit8 6,374.504.982
about2 1,593.634.712
mebbe2 1,593.634.680
black2 1,593.634.569
lat2 1,593.634.288
twa5 3,984.064.260
nae8 6,374.504.036
hert2 1,593.633.993
out2 1,593.633.856
gaed3 2,390.443.822
as3 2,390.443.757
ye12 9,561.753.392
masel2 1,593.633.389
whaur3 2,390.443.127
end2 1,593.632.823
gang2 1,593.632.735
cam3 2,390.442.646
near2 1,593.632.628
forgettan2 1,593.63nan
karm2 1,593.63nan
ma9 7,171.312.192
day5 3,984.062.095
maun2 1,593.632.006
days2 1,593.631.845
for4 3,187.251.627
scots2 1,593.631.581
see4 3,187.251.532
scottish2 1,593.631.471
ah4 3,187.251.455
at5 3,984.061.371
hae5 3,984.061.193
its3 2,390.441.191
time4 3,187.251.135
is5 3,984.061.118
nor2 1,593.631.116
een2 1,593.630.963
english2 1,593.630.932
aff3 2,390.440.883
did2 1,593.630.810
it's2 1,593.630.810
some3 2,390.440.744
haed2 1,593.630.690
sae3 2,390.440.465
bitween2 1,593.63nan
mair4 3,187.250.661
ane2 1,593.630.439
he9 7,171.310.385
man2 1,593.630.368
lang2 1,593.630.350
guid2 1,593.630.335
me3 2,390.440.265
here2 1,593.630.241
wi8 6,374.500.225
ither2 1,593.630.213
his6 4,780.880.212
a34 27,091.630.204
fur4 3,187.250.186
up4 3,187.250.151
back2 1,593.630.140
oan2 1,593.630.048
been2 1,593.630.041
him3 2,390.440.036
there3 2,390.440.015
this5 3,984.060.009
can2 1,593.630.004
they5 3,984.060.004
we5 3,984.060.000
laachan2 1,593.63nan
of2 1,593.630.043