A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Martin, Keiron

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 612
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.292
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, and, the, tae, wis, ma, i, o, she, hid,

List of texts in corpus

Ma Worst Nicht Oot
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (612 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
ma21 34,313.7352.063
and25 40,849.6749.750
family5 8,169.9336.859
plate4 6,535.9530.350
wis24 39,215.6929.812
di3 4,901.9627.760
aul-man2 3,267.9725.945
fit8 13,071.9025.624
blether3 4,901.9623.381
dein2 3,267.9723.036
fan5 8,169.9322.700
hid8 13,071.9021.880
abidy2 3,267.9720.772
creepy2 3,267.9719.342
something4 6,535.9519.191
stared2 3,267.9718.961
pinted2 3,267.9718.961
a38 62,091.5017.758
horror2 3,267.9716.382
an3 4,901.9615.714
neeps2 3,267.9714.243
fair4 6,535.9514.065
ages2 3,267.9713.274
needed2 3,267.9713.189
meal2 3,267.9713.106
food2 3,267.9712.867
i12 19,607.8412.253
telt4 6,535.9511.548
pit4 6,535.959.159
started2 3,267.978.617
makin2 3,267.978.258
so4 6,535.957.839
wid4 6,535.957.678
rest2 3,267.977.501
tae24 39,215.697.406
free2 3,267.977.356
she9 14,705.887.331
sure2 3,267.976.939
aroon2 3,267.976.816
foo2 3,267.976.786
sat2 3,267.976.697
wrang2 3,267.976.697
jist4 6,535.955.674
came2 3,267.975.596
me6 9,803.925.453
hiv2 3,267.974.941
there5 8,169.934.749
went2 3,267.974.168
bairns2 3,267.974.148
were3 4,901.964.113
they6 9,803.923.905
to3 4,901.963.833
thing2 3,267.973.820
the25 40,849.673.786
ken3 4,901.963.667
get3 4,901.963.590
fir2 3,267.973.464
oot6 9,803.923.332
kent2 3,267.972.962
mak2 3,267.972.669
in5 8,169.932.657
first2 3,267.972.256
got2 3,267.972.207
then2 3,267.971.872
awa2 3,267.971.452
he3 4,901.961.244
auld2 3,267.971.232
o9 14,705.881.178
on6 9,803.921.115
aye2 3,267.971.004
fowk2 3,267.970.949
them2 3,267.970.838
see2 3,267.970.818
his2 3,267.970.773
their2 3,267.970.690
aboot3 4,901.960.633
wi6 9,803.920.398
mosset2 3,267.97nan
wee2 3,267.970.353
doon2 3,267.970.304
at5 8,169.930.263
ower2 3,267.970.252
it6 9,803.920.211
her4 6,535.950.203
up3 4,901.960.164
that7 11,437.910.149
bit2 3,267.970.106
we2 3,267.970.084
him2 3,267.970.079
be3 4,901.960.002
or2 3,267.970.000