Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Fowler, Ross

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 607
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 241
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.519
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, tae, and, wis, an, ma, he, him, o,

List of texts in corpus

Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (607 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
fitba	6	9,884.68	43.427
hibs	3	4,942.34	35.142
and	20	32,948.93	32.591
wint	5	8,237.23	28.227
faither	6	9,884.68	27.459
kick	3	4,942.34	25.018
settled	3	4,942.34	23.914
freen	3	4,942.34	23.748
ba	3	4,942.34	22.568
gairden	4	6,589.79	20.855
him	10	16,474.46	19.824
hauf	4	6,589.79	19.029
rangers	2	3,294.89	18.646
ma	12	19,769.36	18.477
getting	3	4,942.34	18.232
strip	2	3,294.89	17.028
bleed	2	3,294.89	16.415
winted	2	3,294.89	16.053
himself	2	3,294.89	13.665
match	2	3,294.89	12.393
wir	4	6,589.79	12.224
baith	4	6,589.79	11.996
telt	4	6,589.79	11.607
neb	2	3,294.89	11.035
came	3	4,942.34	10.684
lookit	2	3,294.89	10.672
gaen	2	3,294.89	10.545
second	2	3,294.89	10.036
playin	2	3,294.89	9.687
hid	5	8,237.23	9.638
watch	2	3,294.89	9.430
wis	15	24,711.70	9.131
jist	5	8,237.23	8.947
got	4	6,589.79	8.913
stood	2	3,294.89	8.828
cos	2	3,294.89	8.648
then	4	6,589.79	8.098
we	8	13,179.57	8.047
mither	3	4,942.34	8.023
oot	8	13,179.57	7.448
bit	6	9,884.68	7.313
fir	3	4,942.34	7.308
didna	3	4,942.34	7.137
front	2	3,294.89	6.847
he	12	19,769.36	6.261
up	7	11,532.13	6.083
doon	5	8,237.23	6.052
took	2	3,294.89	5.934
fan	2	3,294.89	5.657
come	3	4,942.34	5.650
me	6	9,884.68	5.521
see	4	6,589.79	5.290
ane	3	4,942.34	5.020
look	2	3,294.89	4.911
road	2	3,294.89	4.861
wid	3	4,942.34	4.398
better	2	3,294.89	4.249
through	2	3,294.89	4.229
were	3	4,942.34	4.151
us	3	4,942.34	3.697
tae	20	32,948.93	3.285
anither	2	3,294.89	3.195
gie	2	3,294.89	2.885
a	25	41,186.16	2.729
i	7	11,532.13	2.599
could	2	3,294.89	2.560
intae	3	4,942.34	2.506
thocht	2	3,294.89	2.430
say	2	3,294.89	2.430
hoose	2	3,294.89	2.388
at	7	11,532.13	1.989
so	2	3,294.89	1.812
weel	2	3,294.89	1.605
its	2	3,294.89	1.539
his	6	9,884.68	1.508
aff	2	3,294.89	1.270
said	2	3,294.89	1.179
there	3	4,942.34	1.054
be	5	8,237.23	1.039
as	2	3,294.89	0.966
can	2	3,294.89	0.943
in	7	11,532.13	0.716
aboot	3	4,942.34	0.652
that	8	13,179.57	0.620
o	10	16,474.46	0.555
her	2	3,294.89	0.479
it	9	14,827.02	0.459
back	2	3,294.89	0.385
ower	2	3,294.89	0.262
the	38	62,602.97	0.197
an	14	23,064.25	0.165
wi	4	6,589.79	0.070
she	3	4,942.34	0.004