A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Crawford, Jack

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 623
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 258
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.415
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, i, ma, wis, me, in, it, tae,

List of texts in corpus

The Pluffer
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (623 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
freen7 11,235.9667.705
ma21 33,707.8751.394
class6 9,630.8246.578
i22 35,313.0042.858
and22 35,313.0038.362
pea3 4,815.4134.985
teacher5 8,025.6832.903
me12 19,261.6423.430
heidie2 3,210.2722.058
room5 8,025.6820.496
loaded2 3,210.2719.271
walking2 3,210.2718.542
drawer2 3,210.2717.651
got6 9,630.8217.425
spotted2 3,210.2717.394
pluffer7 11,235.96nan
shoot2 3,210.2717.152
ca3 4,815.4116.876
shot3 4,815.4116.773
wis19 30,497.5916.698
peas2 3,210.2716.126
wid6 9,630.8215.553
saw4 6,420.5514.971
pen2 3,210.2714.516
a36 57,784.9114.047
turned3 4,815.4113.097
took3 4,815.4111.018
masel3 4,815.4111.000
fan3 4,815.4110.588
him7 11,235.969.531
half2 3,210.279.298
fair3 4,815.418.851
hit3 4,815.418.689
an6 9,630.828.351
history2 3,210.278.167
up8 12,841.098.140
so4 6,420.557.719
wint2 3,210.277.623
roond2 3,210.277.083
to4 6,420.556.805
front2 3,210.276.750
sat2 3,210.276.631
am2 3,210.276.337
came2 3,210.275.531
thocht3 4,815.415.437
intae4 6,420.554.814
at9 14,446.234.606
richt3 4,815.413.541
the26 41,733.553.453
doon4 6,420.553.432
aff3 4,815.413.431
fir2 3,210.273.406
telt2 3,210.273.316
o7 11,235.963.252
he10 16,051.363.071
ony2 3,210.272.619
there4 6,420.552.548
could2 3,210.272.482
my2 3,210.272.357
nae4 6,420.552.055
then2 3,210.271.823
fit2 3,210.271.756
oot5 8,025.681.717
back3 4,815.411.678
get2 3,210.271.252
twa2 3,210.271.167
of2 3,210.271.113
tae10 16,051.360.951
jist2 3,210.270.930
it10 16,051.360.894
that4 6,420.550.861
for2 3,210.270.792
d2 3,210.270.687
s3 4,815.410.652
aboot3 4,815.410.591
time2 3,210.270.581
her2 3,210.270.541
in12 19,261.640.509
ower2 3,210.270.230
be4 6,420.550.218
on3 4,815.410.203
this3 4,815.410.151
we3 4,815.410.103
his3 4,815.410.098
bit2 3,210.270.091
fae2 3,210.270.046
wi5 8,025.680.023
she3 4,815.410.011