A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Katie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 834
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 322
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.59
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - yi, a, tae, the, we, wee, ah, it, and, ma,

List of texts in corpus

Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Buckie) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (834 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
yi36 43,165.47324.258
cus12 14,388.49123.179
yur13 15,587.53114.669
ih6 7,194.2458.634
wee19 22,781.7756.898
iways5 5,995.2055.035
use7 8,393.2946.686
we22 26,378.9046.356
kane4 4,796.1644.698
fan8 9,592.3338.873
quiney3 3,597.1238.291
hiv8 9,592.3335.881
am7 8,393.2935.085
an2 2,398.0829.738
dollies2 2,398.0824.705
play5 5,995.2023.634
mam4 4,796.1622.573
o2 2,398.0822.084
off4 4,796.1622.034
defiantly2 2,398.0821.797
gan4 4,796.1621.715
stuff4 4,796.1621.058
love4 4,796.1620.945
ma15 17,985.6120.869
just6 7,194.2420.537
ah17 20,383.6919.886
skinny2 2,398.0818.999
life6 7,194.2418.888
ana3 3,597.1218.666
cid2 2,398.0818.106
using2 2,398.0818.106
wish3 3,597.1217.711
go5 5,995.2017.133
always3 3,597.1216.823
em3 3,597.1216.755
the24 28,776.9816.160
cin2 2,398.0815.990
aawye2 2,398.0815.990
hooses3 3,597.1215.168
times4 4,796.1614.506
git4 4,796.1614.321
hope3 3,597.1214.013
gither2 2,398.0813.243
sister3 3,597.1213.022
so6 7,194.2412.743
grown2 2,398.0812.505
mind5 5,995.2012.311
miss3 3,597.1212.304
wye4 4,796.1611.779
d7 8,393.2911.385
and15 17,985.6111.086
hid6 7,194.2410.226
such2 2,398.0810.144
hink2 2,398.089.992
widna2 2,398.088.995
wid5 5,995.208.884
pal2 2,398.088.465
iver2 2,398.088.336
barbies3 3,597.12nan
our2 2,398.088.031
mak4 4,796.167.809
best3 3,597.127.725
ask2 2,398.087.619
tae30 35,971.226.970
one2 2,398.086.629
can5 5,995.206.285
hair2 2,398.085.593
lot2 2,398.085.565
street2 2,398.085.536
different2 2,398.085.215
dee2 2,398.085.140
up8 9,592.335.071
us4 4,796.164.753
niver2 2,398.084.422
a35 41,966.434.227
n2 2,398.084.186
come3 3,597.124.122
right2 2,398.084.036
let2 2,398.083.893
s2 2,398.083.872
years2 2,398.083.869
if4 4,796.163.820
need2 2,398.083.519
till2 2,398.083.483
dinna2 2,398.083.373
keep2 2,398.083.353
it16 19,184.653.342
fit3 3,597.123.107
ll3 3,597.122.928
you4 4,796.162.848
at2 2,398.082.809
is2 2,398.082.526
to3 3,597.122.515
nae5 5,995.202.197
of3 3,597.122.079
even2 2,398.081.943
oor3 3,597.121.913
jist3 3,597.121.779
i8 9,592.331.660
will2 2,398.081.591
her2 2,398.081.562
say2 2,398.081.547
that5 5,995.201.485
was2 2,398.081.213
time3 3,597.121.199
lang2 2,398.081.132
for7 8,393.290.958
but5 5,995.200.823
wis6 7,194.240.814
be6 7,194.240.682
oot5 5,995.200.566
oan2 2,398.080.541
she3 3,597.120.422
by2 2,398.080.329
like3 3,597.120.276
day2 2,398.080.088
in14 16,786.570.076
back2 2,398.080.046
there2 2,398.080.009
fur2 2,398.080.008
hae2 2,398.080.001