A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Riddell, Conor

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 528
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 222
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.378
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, tae, it, wis, ma, hid, and, o, in,

List of texts in corpus

San Diego
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (528 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
a56 106,060.6166.607
hid12 22,727.2745.177
shopping3 5,681.8235.980
hotel4 7,575.7634.965
christmas4 7,575.7630.731
ma14 26,515.1528.366
canterbury2 3,787.8826.536
holiday3 5,681.8224.918
gardens2 3,787.8824.811
wis20 37,878.7923.791
it21 39,772.7322.074
aready2 3,787.8821.983
lichts3 5,681.8220.665
got6 11,363.6419.247
di2 3,787.8817.369
heided2 3,787.8816.785
cos3 5,681.8216.156
late3 5,681.8215.640
hame5 9,469.7015.554
trip2 3,787.8814.411
train2 3,787.8814.411
tae25 47,348.4812.598
bed3 5,681.8212.410
shops2 3,787.8812.259
there7 13,257.5811.779
gled2 3,787.8811.728
grand2 3,787.8811.534
happy2 3,787.889.757
ane4 7,575.769.585
start2 3,787.889.084
ready2 3,787.888.869
so4 7,575.768.845
takin2 3,787.888.390
wint2 3,787.888.250
couple2 3,787.888.192
bonny2 3,787.887.931
richt4 7,575.767.583
get4 7,575.767.539
next2 3,787.887.384
came2 3,787.886.132
and9 17,045.456.041
cauld2 3,787.885.609
time4 7,575.765.499
than3 5,681.825.334
go2 3,787.885.167
days2 3,787.884.583
funnert2 3,787.88nan
ower4 7,575.764.124
fir2 3,787.883.953
an7 13,257.583.918
didna2 3,787.883.844
tak2 3,787.883.012
say2 3,787.882.854
thocht2 3,787.882.854
aboot4 7,575.762.617
that2 3,787.882.606
wid2 3,787.882.133
were2 3,787.881.984
be5 9,469.701.641
o7 13,257.581.622
jist2 3,787.881.309
fowk2 3,787.881.288
oot4 7,575.761.160
s2 3,787.881.149
the26 49,242.420.837
on5 9,469.700.804
day2 3,787.880.738
back2 3,787.880.619
i2 3,787.880.450
up3 5,681.820.405
like2 3,787.880.245
in7 13,257.580.197
nae2 3,787.880.147
me2 3,787.880.059
but2 3,787.880.001
wi4 7,575.760.000