Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Heidi and Isla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 240
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 140
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.714
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, i, wis, o, ma, fan, at, an, the, in,

List of texts in corpus

Then and noo
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Keith) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (240 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
fan	5	20,833.33	31.886
er	3	12,500.00	21.105
mither	4	16,666.67	19.871
schuil	3	12,500.00	19.315
i	9	37,500.00	18.446
got	4	16,666.67	15.705
just	3	12,500.00	13.402
aften	2	8,333.33	12.013
ma	6	25,000.00	11.549
play	2	8,333.33	10.710
the	5	20,833.33	8.059
ay	3	12,500.00	7.563
face	2	8,333.33	7.512
can	3	12,500.00	7.406
says	2	8,333.33	6.866
she	5	20,833.33	6.560
still	2	8,333.33	6.089
ve	2	8,333.33	6.013
wis	7	29,166.67	5.728
at	5	20,833.33	4.881
afore	2	8,333.33	4.387
auld	2	8,333.33	3.999
a	12	50,000.00	3.027
day	2	8,333.33	2.789
bit	2	8,333.33	1.944
nae	2	8,333.33	1.666
or	2	8,333.33	1.308
but	2	8,333.33	0.923
o	7	29,166.67	0.770
wi	3	12,500.00	0.671
her	2	8,333.33	0.392
in	5	20,833.33	0.389
tae	4	16,666.67	0.285
an	5	20,833.33	0.235
that	3	12,500.00	0.158
and	2	8,333.33	0.096
it	3	12,500.00	0.012