A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Gauld, Ilene

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 893
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 408
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.189
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, i, the, s, we, tae, an, fit, ma, in,

List of texts in corpus

Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet
Doric Future (05-09-2020) in Doric (Keith) dialect (MNA), categorised as weans (893 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
ees9 10,078.3996.426
fit15 16,797.3155.171
i29 32,474.8052.416
hiv10 11,198.2147.893
sash3 3,359.4635.650
tractor4 4,479.2834.559
we19 21,276.6033.131
sean3 3,359.4630.172
dunlop3 3,359.4628.349
magic4 4,479.2828.228
hubby2 2,239.6424.432
camouflage2 2,239.6422.707
macintyre2 2,239.6421.524
tartan3 3,359.4621.446
well5 5,599.1020.063
ma15 16,797.3119.295
canna5 5,599.1019.231
rose3 3,359.4618.454
fairies2 2,239.6418.255
bob3 3,359.4618.077
invited2 2,239.6417.833
special3 3,359.4617.809
beets2 2,239.6415.960
dress2 2,239.6415.718
s19 21,276.6015.506
gings2 2,239.6415.491
caad3 3,359.4615.477
the27 30,235.1615.449
dad3 3,359.4615.306
brilliant2 2,239.6414.695
kilt2 2,239.6413.601
breeks2 2,239.6412.535
lobby2 2,239.6412.433
fin5 5,599.1012.308
abody2 2,239.6411.380
d7 7,838.7510.622
us6 6,718.9210.282
these3 3,359.468.844
flat2 2,239.648.770
so5 5,599.108.522
a42 47,032.478.476
ll5 5,599.108.222
off2 2,239.648.044
zyne4 4,479.28nan
them6 6,718.928.205
mine2 2,239.647.982
bade2 2,239.647.891
doric2 2,239.647.361
sang2 2,239.646.970
dinna3 3,359.466.761
jist5 5,599.105.924
bonnie2 2,239.645.839
wird2 2,239.645.741
lang4 4,479.285.701
see5 5,599.105.408
am2 2,239.645.037
ee2 2,239.644.923
m4 4,479.284.703
ken4 4,479.284.363
ve3 3,359.464.354
get4 4,479.284.265
hear2 2,239.643.937
will3 3,359.463.810
kin2 2,239.643.714
which2 2,239.643.449
has2 2,239.643.361
zynes3 3,359.46nan
name2 2,239.643.610
lik2 2,239.643.160
only2 2,239.642.931
bairns2 2,239.642.913
o12 13,437.852.602
his2 2,239.642.493
wir2 2,239.642.460
been4 4,479.282.431
an16 17,917.132.372
telt2 2,239.642.212
didna2 2,239.642.199
syne2 2,239.641.975
auld3 3,359.461.948
he12 13,437.851.944
een2 2,239.641.803
for8 8,958.571.459
is3 3,359.461.381
my2 2,239.641.377
say2 2,239.641.374
as3 3,359.461.351
pit2 2,239.641.314
tinkerbell2 2,239.64nan
noo3 3,359.461.299
or5 5,599.101.208
oot2 2,239.640.992
day3 3,359.460.775
ye3 3,359.460.764
but2 2,239.640.738
weel2 2,239.640.717
nae4 4,479.280.708
this2 2,239.640.686
afore2 2,239.640.665
her3 3,359.460.653
up5 5,599.100.628
to2 2,239.640.603
that11 12,318.030.513
said2 2,239.640.415
on7 7,838.750.372
me2 2,239.640.274
tae17 19,036.950.260
there3 3,359.460.201
bit3 3,359.460.196
ae2 2,239.640.158
yer2 2,239.640.107
at5 5,599.100.104
time2 2,239.640.100
wis10 11,198.210.092
him2 2,239.640.064
in13 14,557.670.064
be5 5,599.100.054
she5 5,599.100.040
it10 11,198.210.023
back2 2,239.640.015
wi7 7,838.750.014
wee2 2,239.640.010
and6 6,718.920.001