A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnston, Shaun

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 641
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.401
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, wis, o, tae, in, he, ma, we,

List of texts in corpus

The Forkie Gollach
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (641 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
and26 40,561.6251.427
poke5 7,800.3148.535
chips5 7,800.3147.718
fir7 10,920.4427.288
wid8 12,480.5024.506
shop4 6,240.2524.234
hilarious2 3,120.1224.034
a42 65,522.6222.199
waiting2 3,120.1219.579
we12 18,720.7518.422
thocht6 9,360.3717.858
ma12 18,720.7517.441
same5 7,800.3117.388
bobbies2 3,120.1217.280
an3 4,680.1916.942
gan3 4,680.1916.120
me10 15,600.6216.040
heided2 3,120.1216.013
then6 9,360.3715.828
jordan2 3,120.1214.916
mates2 3,120.1214.781
paid2 3,120.1213.951
fair4 6,240.2513.719
usual2 3,120.1211.612
fan3 4,680.1910.428
niver3 4,680.1910.250
to5 7,800.3110.126
mannie2 3,120.129.682
could4 6,240.259.309
hid5 7,800.319.184
wis15 23,400.948.170
just3 4,680.197.898
toon2 3,120.127.654
windae2 3,120.127.236
were4 6,240.257.020
roond2 3,120.126.977
telt3 4,680.196.875
looked2 3,120.126.846
next2 3,120.126.659
us4 6,240.256.374
new3 4,680.195.919
took2 3,120.125.736
he12 18,720.755.537
i9 14,040.565.267
them4 6,240.255.018
got3 4,680.194.964
hiv2 3,120.124.779
ane3 4,680.194.757
go2 3,120.124.487
fit3 4,680.194.280
mither2 3,120.123.754
roon2 3,120.123.666
thing2 3,120.123.666
tell2 3,120.123.309
doon4 6,240.253.281
did2 3,120.122.544
nicht2 3,120.122.533
again2 3,120.122.508
come2 3,120.122.320
my2 3,120.122.274
say2 3,120.122.270
him4 6,240.252.237
first2 3,120.122.123
up5 7,800.312.013
so2 3,120.121.666
wee3 4,680.191.535
richt2 3,120.121.200
aff2 3,120.121.142
said2 3,120.121.053
that4 6,240.250.990
oor2 3,120.120.949
there3 4,680.190.900
jist2 3,120.120.869
like3 4,680.190.849
in13 20,280.810.840
this4 6,240.250.831
she5 7,800.310.782
gollach2 3,120.12nan
but4 6,240.250.776
oot4 6,240.250.554
time2 3,120.120.531
back2 3,120.120.307
it9 14,040.560.274
on3 4,680.190.255
the35 54,602.180.166
wi4 6,240.250.145
they2 3,120.120.102
tae13 20,280.810.044
for4 6,240.250.036
be3 4,680.190.017
nae2 3,120.120.016
aboot2 3,120.120.004
o13 20,280.810.004
forkie2 3,120.12nan
his3 4,680.190.133