A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Mitchell, Kiera

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 251
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 121
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.074
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, ti, bit, ma, a, ken, dina, she, wint, she's,

List of texts in corpus

Fit why nae?
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (251 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
dina6 23,904.3894.366
i21 83,665.3474.158
ti11 43,824.7053.060
she's5 19,920.3248.177
wint5 19,920.3236.986
bit10 39,840.6436.471
i'd3 11,952.1928.724
dein2 7,968.1326.608
ats2 7,968.1324.343
ken6 23,904.3824.004
ging3 11,952.1923.426
ma9 35,856.5723.005
belangs2 7,968.1319.090
manage2 7,968.1316.904
fit4 15,936.2514.280
athin2 7,968.1313.396
winna2 7,968.1312.887
easy2 7,968.1312.762
i'll2 7,968.1312.410
life3 11,952.1912.294
leave2 7,968.1311.984
why2 7,968.1311.423
nae5 19,920.3210.949
yi2 7,968.1310.915
try2 7,968.1310.518
am2 7,968.139.788
dee2 7,968.139.636
mean2 7,968.139.463
really2 7,968.139.250
she6 23,904.389.162
niver2 7,968.138.845
aye3 11,952.197.359
mither2 7,968.137.099
een2 7,968.135.959
hame2 7,968.135.586
will2 7,968.135.423
an2 7,968.134.271
richt2 7,968.133.959
if2 7,968.133.448
can2 7,968.133.403
is4 15,936.252.713
o2 7,968.132.590
mysell2 7,968.13nan
her3 11,952.191.633
be2 7,968.130.365
yi'll2 7,968.13nan
it4 15,936.250.342
in3 11,952.190.235
a7 27,888.450.016