A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Robson, Euan

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 647
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 250
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.588
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, wis, tae, i, and, it, hid, she, o,

List of texts in corpus

Peelie wally
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (647 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
hid15 23,183.9357.067
di4 6,182.3839.095
ornaments3 4,636.7932.864
i19 29,366.3131.165
a47 72,642.9730.726
wid9 13,910.3629.381
cupboards2 3,091.1925.722
so8 12,364.7624.722
tele2 3,091.1923.997
mantelpiece2 3,091.1922.813
fizog2 3,091.1922.813
started4 6,182.3822.228
sare2 3,091.1920.550
she14 21,638.3319.198
gonna2 3,091.1919.120
and16 24,729.5218.897
wis20 30,911.9017.947
thocht6 9,273.5717.756
gi2 3,091.1917.500
rake2 3,091.1916.774
music3 4,636.7916.706
fir5 7,727.9816.233
fan4 6,182.3816.013
couldna3 4,636.7915.407
skweel2 3,091.1913.413
broken2 3,091.1913.140
something3 4,636.7912.401
jist6 9,273.5711.925
gone2 3,091.1911.348
masel3 4,636.7910.787
clock2 3,091.1910.600
lookit2 3,091.1910.423
getting2 3,091.1910.296
bits2 3,091.199.976
kitchen2 3,091.199.576
ony4 6,182.389.562
hame4 6,182.389.376
an6 9,273.579.142
ma9 13,910.369.082
some5 7,727.988.998
pit4 6,182.388.774
affa3 4,636.798.716
through3 4,636.798.145
days3 4,636.797.948
too2 3,091.197.847
mither3 4,636.797.682
fit4 6,182.387.503
it16 24,729.527.141
aff4 6,182.386.098
great2 3,091.195.880
took2 3,091.195.703
really2 3,091.195.691
could3 4,636.795.465
got3 4,636.794.919
wisna2 3,091.194.763
hiv2 3,091.194.746
look2 3,091.194.687
her8 12,364.764.671
best2 3,091.194.613
there5 7,727.984.370
then3 4,636.794.352
fair2 3,091.194.327
time4 6,182.384.290
keep2 3,091.194.197
been4 6,182.384.115
went2 3,091.193.979
far2 3,091.193.896
be7 10,819.173.242
didna2 3,091.193.180
on8 12,364.763.129
me5 7,727.983.024
door2 3,091.192.857
een2 3,091.192.736
them3 4,636.792.502
see3 4,636.792.464
tae20 30,911.902.426
ane2 3,091.191.928
nae4 6,182.381.889
the30 46,367.851.808
were2 3,091.191.443
weel2 3,091.191.441
to2 3,091.191.291
ken2 3,091.191.203
richt2 3,091.191.178
in7 10,819.171.075
o10 15,455.950.936
for2 3,091.190.914
bit3 4,636.790.866
but4 6,182.380.748
at3 4,636.790.366
that5 7,727.980.325
back2 3,091.190.294
as3 4,636.790.260
wi4 6,182.380.160
up3 4,636.790.099
fae2 3,091.190.027
aboot2 3,091.190.002